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JCPenney Extends E-Commerce Functionality With New Facebook Application

The next frontier of social shopping has arrived. While retailers have been capitalizing on the thriving communities within Facebook and Twitter for enhanced customer engagement, JCPenney announced this week that…

News December 16

Motorola Solutions Unveils Mobile Computers Designed To Improve Workforce Efficiency

Motorola Solutions recently introduced the MC55A0 series of Wi-Fi mobile computers, designed to improve workforce productivity and efficiency in the retail, hospitality, manufacturing and healthcare industries. Part of the company’s…

News December 15

8 Tips To Maximize Loss Prevention During the 2010 Holiday Season

By Derek Rodner, VP, Product Strategy, Agilence The holiday season is upon us again. As retailers stock their shelves and hire extra help, they need to consider the fraud and…

Features December 15

Crate and Barrel Joins Geo-location Bandwagon With shopkick Partnership

Home furnishings provider Crate and Barrel yesterday announced a new partnership with location-based application provider shopkick. With the holiday shopping season in full swing, location applications are gaining momentum by…

Features December 14

TellApart Empowers Retailers By Transforming the Analysis Of Ads and Customer Data

Concept: Every day retailers collect behavioral and transactional data on web site visitors and shoppers. TellApart offers retailers the ability to merge that information in a cloud-based store to create…

News December 9

The Buy Online, Pick-Up In-Store Wars

By Tom Ryan, RetailWire Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from one of RetailWire’s recent online discussions. Each business morning on RetailWire.com, retail industry execs get plugged in to…

News December 9

Roots Thinks Outside the “Inbox” With Opterus Store Ops-Center

Roots Canada Ltd., a leading lifestyle apparel retailer, has completely eliminated the use of email in their stores and now remotely manages all of its locations through Opterus’ Store Ops-Center.…

News December 9

Acxiom VP Promotes “Generating Jingle” To Engage Last-Minute Holiday Shoppers

While the recession is technically over, research shows consumer sentiment is still dismal.  According to a recent survey from BIGresearch, 81% of consumers believe the recession has not ended. To…

Executive Viewpoints December 9

Pre-Offers, Mobile Promos and Social Media Events Boost Early Holiday Shopping

5 Innovative Approaches The big holiday kickoff weekend gave retailers something to celebrate, as the National Retail Federation reported that 212 million shoppers visited stores and web sites over Black…

News December 2
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