RedPrairie aquires Escalate Retail

February 1, 2011

RedPrairie Corp., a productivity solutions provider, announced it has finalized the acquisition of Escalate Retail, a leading provider of all-channel commerce…

OpinionLab adds auto-translate feature to VOC platform

February 1, 2011

OpinionLab, developer of voice-of-customer (VOC) listening technologies, has unveiled a major enhancement to its feedback-translation tool, enabling companies…

RichRelevance unveils open-source retail personalization testing tool

January 31, 2011

RichRelevance, a provider of e-commerce personalization for retail, today introduced RecLab, a new open-source project designed to spur innovation in retail…

Certona Product Recommendations drove 1 percent of all Cyber Monday purchases

January 31, 2011

Tallying the numbers from a positive 2010 holiday shopping season, multi-channel personalization firm Certona reported more good news in its post-2010 holiday…

NFC developer Proxama acquires proximity-marketing company Hypertag

January 25, 2011

U.K.-based Proxama, a developer of mobile contactless payments and near field communications (NFC) technologies, announced earlier this week it has acquired…

Next gen iPhones, iPads to support NFC

by James Wester — Editor 1, Mobile Payments Today

January 24, 2011

According to Bloomberg, Apple Inc. will ship the next generation of its iPhones for AT&T Inc. and the iPad 2 with support for near-field communication…

Kwik Trip selects Radiant Systems technology for its convenience stores

January 23, 2011

Radiant Systems today announced a new agreement with Kwik Trip, a Wisconsin-based petroleum and convenience store retailer with 425 locations, to equip its…

Report: Consumer goods, apparel, electronics are top targets for retail RFID

January 18, 2011

Forty percent of 125 survey respondents said a pilot store is part of their RFID roll-out strategy, according to a study released by Aberdeen Group.

Checkpoint intros open EPC number management solution for apparel retailers

January 17, 2011

Checkpoint Systems Inc., a global supplier of shrink management, merchandise visibility and apparel labeling solutions for the retail industry and its supply…

AisleBuyer, Alliance Companies announce partnership

January 17, 2011

AisleBuyer LLC, provider of mobile checkout solutions, announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with Alliance Companies, a leading expert and…

Shopatron adds new features to e-commerce suite

January 12, 2011

Shopatron has unveiled Shopatron 3.0, promising an upgraded customer experience that will lead to increased sales. This announcement comes after months of…

NRF: Intel shows 'Connected Store' proof-of-concept at BIG Show

January 12, 2011

Earlier this week at the National Retail Federation BIG Show in New York City, Intel Corp. unveiled its Connected Store concept, a two-story, 2,400 square-foot…

Square secures new round of funding

by James Wester — Editor 1, Mobile Payments Today

January 11, 2011

According to the Wall Street Journal, mobile payment company Square has secured a new round of funding worth $27.5 million. With this newest round of funding…

Retaligent intros Charisma 1:1 clienteling and loyalty solution

January 9, 2011

Retail software company Retaligent Solutions Inc. recently announced its new retail-specific Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, Charisma 1:1.

At CES, Alcatel-Lucent unveils six new retail solutions

January 6, 2011

At this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, six new retail solutions were debuted by the ng Connect Program, founded by Alcatel-Lucent.The…

Starmount launches mobile POS system for retail

January 5, 2011

Starmount has introduced its new mobile selling assistant, Engage, which it says allows retailers to deliver a more efficient, personalized store experience…

Aruba announces Wi-Fi solution for in-store mobile marketing

January 5, 2011

Aruba Networks has announced a new Wi-Fi solution for in-store mobile marketing, developed in partnership with Digby and Nearbuy Systems, that it says enables…

Tomax adds employee biometrics to POS line

January 4, 2011

Tomax, a provider of real-time merchandising and store execution software applications and services, has integrated U.are.U fingerprint biometrics from…

Fred's Inc. chooses KSS Retail for price modeling and optimization

January 4, 2011

Discount retailer Fred's Inc. of Memphis, Tenn., has selected KSS Retail as its provider of price modeling, forecasting and price optimization. Fred's, with…

Item-level RFID comes to 150 European stores

December 20, 2010

Technology company Trimble Navigation Limited announced today that its ThingMagic M5e and M5e-Compact RFID reader modules are being used as part of an…