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Hallmark Cards Implements ‘Retail-As-A-Service’ To Decrease Costs And Improve Brick-And-Mortar Performance

The cloud and “as-a-service” business models are making inroads within the retail industry due to a promise of…

Smartphones And Social Media Encourage Boost In Back-To-School Purchases

Retailers have geared up for the back-to-school season (BTS) by rolling out interactive marketing strategies, mobile applications, and new…

Founded By Leading Retailers, MCX Promotes Convenient Mobile Payment Solution

Leading retailers including Best Buy, Lowes, Target and Walmart are among the founding members of Merchant Customer Exchange…

Starbucks/Square Agreement Helps Spur Local Business Growth

Expensive interchange fees associated with credit/debit card payment processing, cumbersome merchant application procedures and mandatory credit checks are…

Retail Executives Share Challenges With Solution Provider Partners During RetailNOW Panel Discussion

Nearly 2,000 retailers, retail solution providers and resellers gathered at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las…

Finding The Best Workforce BalanceBy Debbie Hauss Last week I attended an event sponsored by Workforce Insight and…

10 Trends Impacting Back-To-School Spending In 2012 [Infographic]

Since 2003, online shopping has quadrupled for back-to-school (BTS), according to NRF’s Back-To-School Shopping report. In 2012, most…

Back-To-School Shopping Increases In 2012; Target & IKEA Focus On Mobile, Social Strategies

This is Part I of the Retail TouchPoints two-part Back-To-School report. This feature highlights strategies, spending trends and…

Analyzing User Content Consumption Patterns To Improve Marketing Efforts

Targeting on a mass scale was the foundation of sound marketing efforts for most of the last century…