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Tripping Over Your Own Feet: Effectively Managing Advanced WFM Scheduling Solutions

By Bob Clements, Principal, Retail Practice Lead, Axsium Group A busy soccer mom walks briskly from her van into the local grocery store on a five-minute mission to buy ham,…

Features January 7

Solution Spotlight: Runa Leverages Analytics to Improve Conversion Rates

Concept:In recent years e-tailers have focused on driving traffic to their sites, spending more than $20 billion on SEO/SEM in 2008, according to Runa. Now at a market saturation point,…

News January 7
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Apple To Take Bite Out of POS Space with iPod Touch-Based System?

One of the many innovations Apple helped to usher in with the rollout of its Apple Stores was the elimination of standard POS lanes. By arming its store associates with…

Features January 7

Top Stories of 2009

As 2009 comes to a close, I wanted to thank you for your continued support and interest in Retail TouchPoints. This was a difficult year for the retail industry, as…

News December 31

A&P Launches Online Printable Coupons

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. recently premiered a new online coupon gallery available via its banner Web sites, in partnership with Coupons.com, a leader in Internet printable…

News December 29

Handheld POS Solution Grabs Rave Reviews At Movie Tavern Chain

Focused on providing customers with an optimal experience, Custom Business Solutions, Inc. (CBS) partnered with Texas-based Movie Tavern, and recently rolled out DT Research’s next-generation Handheld POS Terminals, the WebDT…

Features December 23

Office Max, Crate & Barrel Lead List Of Mobile Commerce Sites Hitting For Holiday Rush

If there are still lingering doubts about the role mobile devices will play in the retail environment, this holiday season will likely put them to rest. Mobile Web platform provider…

News December 17

Solution Spotlight: AisleFinder Helps Consumers Navigate Stores with Interactive Kiosk Map

Concept:Created in 2008, AisleFinder is an in-store interactive shopping display and kiosk application designed to enable shoppers to quickly and efficiently find the items they want to buy within medium-to-large…

News December 17

Beyond The Madness: 3 Crowd Management Tactics For Multichannel Merchants

By Nick Godfrey, Partner, Customer Portfolios It looks like the Thanksgiving weekend passed rather successfully and uneventfully as Black Friday took in slightly more shoppers without incident and Cyber Monday…

News December 17
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