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Pitney Bowes’ Portrait Uplift Optimizer Analyzes Customer Communication Strategies

Concept:Pitney Bowes Business Insight is introducing the Portrait Uplift Optimizer, designed to evaluate the effectiveness of customer communication. Through communication analysis, retailers are able to create targeted offers directed to…

News June 9

Bulletin Board: Week of 6-6-2011

Aeropostale Partners With NGC To Boost International Sales Aeropostale is implementing NGC’s international supply chain management system to improve visibility, collaboration and communication between vendors and international licensees.  NGC’s software…

News June 8

Groupon Goes Public In $750M Deal; Further Ignites The Daily Deal Model

In the last year, daily deal companies have been on the rise, with the promise of giving shoppers an offer they can’t refuse. Rue La La and Gilt Groupe provide…

News June 8

eBay To Acquire Magento To Accelerate X.Commerce Platform Development

eBay Inc. is acquiring open source e-Commerce platform Magento, following an initial investment in the company in 2010. The June 6, 2011 announcement was delivered on the heels of eBay’s…

Features June 7

Price Optimization Facilitates Growth For SMB Grocer

More retail companies are realizing the value and potential of price optimization. In fact, the number of companies that ranked price optimization software are somewhat to very effective quadrupled in…

News June 6

Best Buy Extends shopkick Application With Nationwide Store Rollout

Extending the success of its August 2010 pilot launch, Best Buy announced the expansion of shopkick walk-in rewards to all of its 1,300 Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile locations…

News June 3

GameStop CEO To Deliver Keynote At NRF Loss Prevention Conference In Dallas

In a discussion centering on the importance of involving C-level executives in companies’ loss prevention efforts, GameStop CEO Paul Raines will be joined by Albuquerque Chief of Police Ray Shultz…

News June 2

Zappos.com Utilizes Product Videos And SEO To Spike Consumer Loyalty And Interest

Video is growing in popularity as a means for retailers to engage consumers and reignite the shopping experience. Through YouTube, more companies are using video to increase brand awareness, site…

News June 2

Bulletin Board: Week 5-30-2011

ShopSavvy Teams With ShareSquare To Promote QR Marketing In a new partnership,ShopSavvyand ShareSquare are teaming up to offer a combined mobile shopping assistant and scanning service,which will be recommended to…

News June 2
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