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Monetate Helps Retailers Optimize E-Commerce Performance With Testing And Targeting

Concept: Monetate is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology platform designed to help retailers boost online sales by optimizing the user web site experience with more compelling, personal and engaging offers and…

News March 30

Social Location Marketing Author Talks Gaming, Loyalty and shopkick

Foursquare, Gowalla and shopkick brought the “check-in” concept to life, and the growing interest around location-based applications is prompting retailers to reevaluate marketing strategy, integrating these new technologies. Retail TouchPoints…

Executive Viewpoints March 30

Bulletin Board: Week of 3-28-2011

Usablenet, MyBuys, Moovweb Recognized In Mobile Commerce Vendor Matrix Ranking Usablenet has been ranked at the top of the latest Non-NFC Mobile Commerce Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. MyBuys,…

News March 30

Speculation Surrounds eBay-GSI Commerce Acquisition

With the $2.4 billion eBay acquisition of GSI Commerce just announced, it’s impossible to know how the melding of the two companies will affect the two companies in the long…

Features March 29

Gigya Launches Social Commerce Integration With ATG, Demandware And Magento

The meaning of “social commerce” — a popular buzz phrase recently — is causing the retail industry to reconsider how socially-driven technologies are changing the way people shop. Shoppers are…

News March 29

Oracle Survey Reveals 48% Of Shoppers Use Mobile Devices For Research and Browsing

While it’s impressive that 48% of shoppers are now using mobile devices to research and browse products, the growth of that percentage is even more significant, according to research conducted…

News March 28

SAP In-Memory Analytics Speeds Information Access

Store managers can receive real-time information on sales and make immediate decisions regarding inventory, merchandising and promotions using SAP’s High-Performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) software running In-Memory Analytics. The first in…

Features March 25

What Retailers Can Learn From The ‘Daily Deal’ and ‘Private Sale’ Models

 In the wake of the economic downturn, consumers were forced to tighten spending belts as value crowned the “smart shopper’s” list of considerations before making a purchase. The “daily deal”…

News March 24

Beyond Jeopardy! “Watson” And The Future Of Retailing

By Rob Garf, Associate Partner and Global RetailIndustry Strategy Leader for IBM Global Business Services Anyone watching Watson’s victorious performance on Jeopardy! couldn’t help but be wowed by the machine’s ability to…

Executive Viewpoints March 24
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