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EGain To Acquire Exony For $16.1M

EGain, a customer engagement solution provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire contact center software provider Exony for approximately $16.1 million. The transaction is expected to close within one…

Building Loyalty Among Millennials: The Need For Mobile Incentive Programs

By Jeff Vogel, FreedomPay When you think of Millennials, what comes to mind first? If it’s a young person with their eyes glued to their smartphone, tapping out a tweet,…

Target Names PepsiCo Alum As Chairman And CEO

Target Corporation has appointed former PepsiCo executive Brian Cornell as Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO, effective August 12. In his role, Cornell will lead the company’s mission…

Fashion fanatics and start-up geeks finally have something in common! That “something” is Looklist, a fashion-image search engine tool that is equal parts tech and style. Looklist allows users to…

NRF Honors Retail Execs For Public Policy Efforts

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has named Art Potash, owner of Potash Markets in Chicago, America’s Retail Champion of the Year during the organization’s Retail Advocates Summit. NRF launched the…

Shoppers Kick Off Back-To-School Research Early In 2014

Back-to-school shoppers in the U.S. started their research earlier than expected in 2014, according to a report from Bazaarvoice. Although consumers indicated in an earlier Google/Ipsos study that they would…

National Retail Federation Launches Small Business Retail Council

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has launched the Small Business Retail Council to represent and respond to the interests of small regional and local independent retailers. The committee will identify…

Market6 Appoints CPG Exec As VP Of Kroger Business

Market6, a SaaS-based retail analytics applications provider, has named CPG exec Jerry Stephens as Vice President of Kroger Business. Stephens joins Market6 with 15 years of experience in the consumer…

MarketLive Integrates Login And Pay With Amazon

E-Commerce platform MarketLive has integrated Login and Pay with Amazon to facilitate the login and checkout process. The integration will be available for all MarketLive merchants in Q3 2014. The…