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Making The Sale When The Path To Purchase Leads To Your Door

As consumers continue to trim spending and shift their shopping to the Internet, two significant retail store trends have emerged. Bigbox retailers are moving to smaller formats to reduce under-utilized…

Executive Viewpoints November 3

Modiv Media Integrates Payment, Deals And Loyalty With Mobile App

Concept: No one loves grocery shopping. Shoppers want to get in and out as fast as possible, while still saving money. Since its inception approximately 10 years ago, Modiv Media…

News November 3

Mobile Technology Lessons Learned At The Expense Of The Book Industry

We all know that Amazon is a business disruptor. What we collectively do not seem to understand is how the industry’s shifting roles is undermining the value chain for both…

News November 3

RadioShack Awarded For 2010 Holiday Social Media Program “Holiday Heroes”

RadioShack was recently honored for a holiday social media program during the Fifth Annual Forrester Groundswell Awards. The retailer’s 2010 holiday social media program, themed “Holiday Heroes,” was designed to…

News November 3

IBM Unveils Smarter Checkout To Help Capture And Analyze Customer Data

During the week of October 31, 2011, IBM released IBM Smarter Checkout, a retail technology solution designed to enable stores to offer targeted third-party products and services to consumers at…

News November 3

Retail TouchPoints To Present On Mobile, Social Strategies At CETW Conference In New York

Amanda Batista, Associate Editor of Retail TouchPoints, will chair a panel discussion about mobile and social retail strategies during Customer Engagement Technology World (CETW), being held next week at the…

News November 2

Gilt Groupe Executive Reveals Holiday Mobile Tips And Tricks

As retailers prepare for the 2011 holiday shopping season, they must be quick to innovate and offer new experiences across channels. One outlet for doing so is mobile initiatives including…

News November 1

New Oracle Survey Reveals Shopper Insights On Mobile Marketing, Payments

Shoppers are more comfortable tapping into their smartphones in-store and at home to interact with brands, comparison shop and make purchases, according to new research from Oracle. As a result,…

Features October 31

Global Shrinkage Reaches $119.1 Billion; 52% Of Retailers Implement RFID Solutions To Reduce Theft

Organized retail crime (ORC) is no longer a problem only faced by retailers in North America. As the practice becomes prevalent overseas, retailers worldwide are deploying tactics that confront this…

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