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Walmart Promotes Rogers To Chief Marketing Post

Walmart is elevating Tony Rogers to Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of its U.S. operations, where he will immediately succeed Stephen Quinn, who is retiring from the position in January 2016.…

News December 21

The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Subscriptions Fuel Holiday Shopping

By Dan Burkhart, CEO and Co-Founder at Recurly With the 2015 holiday shopping season in full swing, retail continues to demonstrate the influence of the digital world as Black Friday…

Executive Viewpoints December 21

Melissa & Doug, Moleskine Stand Out Among Retailers Combining Content And Commerce

As consumers browse online, they are inundated with retail brand information at nearly every point of their user experience. Whether through an ad, a social network brand page, a video…

News December 21

IT Skills Deficit, Product Constraints Inhibit SMBs From Boosting Online Sales

Approximately 43% of small-to-midsized businesses (SMBs) revealed they’d like to increase their upsell and cross-sell opportunities online, but they face two major barriers: They can’t add organic products and services…

News December 18

Yuno Shopping Site Gives Cash For Product Recommendations

The recently launched shopping site Yuno pays cold, hard cash for something many people already do for free: recommend products to the friends that populate their social networks. Users that…

News December 18

If The Weather Outside Is Frightful, Your Online Shop Must Be Delightful

By Marc Janssens, Fujitsu America, Inc. Holiday shopping is top of mind for consumers this time of year, but in order for retailers to capitalize on this hectic holiday season,…

Executive Viewpoints December 18

The Cost Of Stunning Success Online? Slower Shipping

Online retail has really been flexing its muscles this holiday season — so much so that some retail operations are having trouble keeping up. For example, the average order-to-delivery time…

Features December 18

Padloc Rebrands As Aila Technologies, Receives $4.5 Million In Funding Round

Padloc Inc., a provider of in-store mobile devices, has rebranded itself as Aila Technologies and has received $4.5 million in funding from private investment firm Romulus Capital. With this funding…

News December 17

Holiday Return Fraud Forecast To Cost Retailers $2.2 Billion In 2015

Retailers take notice: return fraud is still a major issue pervading the holiday season, and it’s only getting bigger. The NRF Return Fraud Survey reveals that 3.5% of 2015 holiday…

News December 17
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