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SAP Partners With IBM To Expand Cloud Services

SAP has selected IBM as a premier strategic provider of cloud infrastructure services for its business applications. With the partnership SAP aims to accelerate customers’ ability to run their businesses in…

News October 15
Anametrix

Ensighten Acquires Anametrix To Add Marketing Analytics Technology To Platform

Ensighten, a global omnichannel data and tag management provider, has acquired Anametrix, a cloud-based, multichannel marketing analytics platform. The news comes following Ensighten’s March 2014 purchase of tag management company TagMan.…

News October 15

Office Depot Implements Supplier Collaboration Solution From HighJump Software

Office Depot has selected the Atlas Products network-based supplier collaboration platform from HighJump Software to better manage its European trading operations.  A global provider of products, services and solutions for…

News October 15
Ellison

JCPenney Names Home Depot Exec President And CEO-Designee

The JCPenney Board of Directors has selected Marvin Ellison, current EVP of U.S. Stores at The Home Depot, as the company’s next President and CEO-Designee effective November 1, 2014. Ellison…

News October 15

DICK’S Sporting Goods Improves Customer Engagement, Satisfaction With New Mobile App

Over the past few years, DICK’S Sporting Goods has seen a significant uptick in mobile traffic and sales. To keep mobile-savvy shoppers engaged and satisfied, the sporting goods retailer has…

Features October 15

Is Amazon Venturing Into Brick-And-Mortar?

It was only a matter of time before unnamed sources started buzzing about Amazon diving into the brick-and-mortar scene.  Although Amazon has confirmed it will be opening pop-up kiosks in…

Executive Viewpoints October 15

EarthLink Unveils PCI Compliance Solutions Suite

EarthLink Holdings Corp., an online services and cloud solutions provider for multi-location businesses, has launched the PCI Compliance Solutions suite designed to help retailers achieve and maintain PCI DSS 3.0…

News October 14

Stephen Dubner Teaches Retailers How To Think Like Freaks

What do retail, hot dog eating contests and the end of the world have in common? A lot, apparently. Well, at least to Stephen Dubner, journalist and co-author of the Freakonomics series…

Executive Viewpoints October 14

Kmart Investigates Payment System Breach

Kmart is investigating a store payment data system breach, according to President and Chief Member Officer Alasdair James. On Oct. 9, 2014, the Kmart IT team determined that the payment…

News October 14
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