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Conservative Ordering Makes Inventory Strategy Critical To Avoid Stock Outs This Holiday Season

  Fearful of cautious consumers this holiday season, retailers may be setting themselves up for failure in the critical Q4 period by keeping inventories too lean. Recent surveys Retail System…

News August 20
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Greenfeet.com Taps Tag-Based Reviews to Supplement Community Vibe

One of the most powerful elements of the cross channel shopping experience is customer reviews. Nearly nine out of 10 US online buyers read customer reviews at least “some of…

News August 19
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Cross-Channel Retail: What are Online Customers Doing Today?

There has been a lot written recently about cross-channel retail in terms of the value to the retailer and importance to consumers. Aside from survey results, few hard facts have…

News August 19
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Mobile Retailing Dissected At NRFtech Panel Discussion

A diverse panel of industry executives gathered to discuss the short- and long-term potential for mobile retailing at the NRFtech Annual CIO Summit in La Jolla, California this week. Sahir…

News August 12
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Solution Spotlight: GoECart Targets Shopping Cart Abandonment Issue With One Page Checkout

Concept: Using innovative tools to address the challenges of the ever-changing online shopping environment, the GoECart solution is designed to empower merchants and retailers of all sizes with on-demand ecommerce…

News August 12
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5 Tips for Adding Mobile to the Mix

It’s no secret that retailers’ ad budgets are shrinking and countless executives are tasked with doing more with less. So what’s the secret? Well, when the times get tough, the…

News August 12
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Nordstrom Implements Size Optimization To Maximize its Merchandise Selection

Looking to further refine its merchandise offerings to better meet customer demand, while also reducing overall inventory expenses, Nordstrom recently added Oracle’s Retail Size Profile Optimization application. The new solution…

News August 6
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Microsoft’s POS 2009 Rollout Provides SMBs With Advanced Functionality

Microsoft is aiming to help smaller retailers provide better customer service with Microsoft Dynamics POS 2009, which became available on Monday, August 3. POS 2009 offers a flexible, configurable user…

News August 6
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2-D Barcodes Present Path To Get Shoppers To ‘Opt-In’ To In-Store

During the course of 2009, we have seen more retailers utilizing shopper path tracking and gaze tracking to better understand how shoppers are responding to in-store promotions (both traditional and…

Features August 6
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