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Not Just For Shoppers: How Mobile Helps Store Associates

Have you ever worked as a retail store associate? If so, how long did it take you to memorize the location of 45,000 products? On day one, you’re just learning…

Executive Viewpoints March 23

Adroit Digital Shopper Cooperative Gives Retailers Access To 400 Million Anonymous Consumer Profiles

To successfully engage consumers who have access to a wealth of brand and product options, best-in-class retailers are focusing on refining and optimizing their personalization strategies. However, retailers must have…

News March 23

Amazon Plans To Close Webstore In 2016

Amazon is telling all online merchants using its Webstore e-Commerce platform that it will be shut down starting July 1, 2016, according to posts on an Amazon forum. Although the…

News March 23

Foot Locker Shuts Down Lady Foot Locker Brand

Footwear and apparel retailer Foot Locker plans to gradually phase out its Lady Foot Locker business over the next few years, the company revealed during a call with investors. Dick…

News March 20

Indix And Prosperent Bring Product-Specific Content To Retailers

Indix, a cloud-based product intelligence solution provider, has partnered with consumer product content marketing company Prosperent to organize, categorize and streamline up to 50 million products a day from 4,800…

News March 20

The Heart Of The Matter: Why Retailers Need Sentiment Analysis To Connect With Customers

By Dheepan Ramanan, Clarabridge Viktor Frankl, the Holocaust survivor and writer of Man’s Search For Meaning once remarked, “Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any…

Executive Viewpoints March 20

Vestique Streamlines Business Expansion With Springboard Retail

SMBs that expand online and to multiple stores sometimes have issues scaling their POS systems, inventory management strategies and overall business reporting to meet and exceed growth objectives. Experiencing these…

Features March 20

Mobile Payments Market Starts To Take Shape

Apple Pay’s introduction last fall kick-started mobile wallet adoption into high gear. I chalk this up to Apple’s ability to create excitement around its product launches while effectively streamlining and…

Editor's Perspective March 19

Target Raises Minimum Wage To $9 Per Hour

Target will increase the hourly wage for entry-level employees to $9 starting in April 2015, according to a report from Reuters. Although Target has not made a formal statement, this…

News March 19
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