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As Video Game Sales Decline, GameStop Shifts To Collectibles And Mobile

Video game and electronics retailer GameStop saw its global sales decrease 13.6% to $3.05 billion in Q4, with consolidated comparable store sales…

Smart & Final Seeks Highly Localized Retail Assortments

Smart & Final has extended its retail technology investment in Symphony GOLD’s unified software platform for omnichannel retail. The warehouse and grocery store…

#ShopTalk17: Target Debuts New Store Prototype; 2017 Will Be The Year Of eGrocery

This year’s Shoptalk event wowed attendees with a lot of cutting-edge, innovative announcements — from Instagram’s new shopping feature to new digital…

Bebe Reportedly Closing All Stores To Become E-Commerce Only

Fashion retailer bebe stores is exploring strategic alternatives for its besieged business, with a report from Bloomberg indicating that bebe plans to close…

#Shoptalk17: Instagram Rolls Out Shopping Feature

Instagram made a big splash at Shoptalk 2017, unveiling that it is expanding its Instagram Shopping feature to all fashion, apparel, jewelry…

Foursquare Offers Foot Traffic Analytics To Retailers, Restaurants

Foursquare has released Foursquare Analytics, a dashboard designed to give retailers and restaurants greater visibility into location intelligence. With the platform, analysts…

BlueSnap Expands Local Payment Processing Into Canada, Latin America

BlueSnap has expanded its local payment processing capabilities to help partner merchants sell more products in North America. With the most recent…

#Shoptalk17: Jos. A Bank and Pottery Barn Show Off Enhanced E-Commerce Capabilities

Men’s apparel retailer Jos. A Bank and home furnishings seller Pottery Barn have been busy showing off their respective new digital capabilities…

Discounting Errors Cost 114 E-Commerce Retailers $9.2 Million In 2016

Retailers’ recent forays into deep discounting may be costing them profits in more ways than one. In 2016, 114 e-Commerce retailers missed…

Pier 1 Imports Turns To Predictive Analytics To Sharpen Product Offerings

Pier 1 Imports has partnered with First Insight to leverage predictive analytics for its merchandise categories. The retailer will use these insights…

Ginza Six Mall Deploys Indoor Positioning System

Ginza Six, a 500,000-square-foot retail complex in Tokyo, Japan opening April 20, 2017, has installed StepInside, an indoor positioning system (IPS) from…

WePay Expands Apple Pay, Android Pay Mobile Functionality

WePay, an integrated payments platform provider, has enabled its retail customers to integrate Apple Pay and Android Pay within their mobile e-Commerce…

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News Briefs

As Video Game Sales Decline, GameStop Shifts To Collectibles And Mobile

Smart & Final Seeks Highly Localized Retail Assortments

#ShopTalk17: Target Debuts New Store Prototype; 2017 Will Be The Year Of eGrocery

Bebe Reportedly Closing All Stores To Become E-Commerce Only

#Shoptalk17: Instagram Rolls Out Shopping Feature

Foursquare Offers Foot Traffic Analytics To Retailers, Restaurants

BlueSnap Expands Local Payment Processing Into Canada, Latin America

#Shoptalk17: Jos. A Bank and Pottery Barn Show Off Enhanced E-Commerce Capabilities

Discounting Errors Cost 114 E-Commerce Retailers $9.2 Million In 2016

Pier 1 Imports Turns To Predictive Analytics To Sharpen Product Offerings

Ginza Six Mall Deploys Indoor Positioning System

WePay Expands Apple Pay, Android Pay Mobile Functionality

State of the Store: Exclusive Insights into Retailers’ 2026 Brick-and-Mortar Plans

Ready Your Brand: Leveraging Composable Architecture and AI to Scale and Simplify Digital Content

The Next Era of AI: Combining Consumer, Associate and Workforce Management Tools for a Cohesive In-Store Experience

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