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Ecommerce Sales Rise, But Cannibalization Cuts Into In-Store Revenue
Ecommerce is growing sharply — much more rapidly than in-store sales. It grew some 21 percent, to $175 billion last year, crediting ecommerce with six percent of all retail sales,…
News April 29Q&A With Dee McLaughlin, VP of Marketing, Virgin Entertainment Group
With music and movies now available via a quick download to consumers’ desktops, technology has in some ways made it increasingly difficult to bring people into stores, and many entertainment…
News April 23Customer Focus, Multi-Channel Connections Top List of POS Initiatives in Aberdeen Report
It’s no longer enough to improve store productivity and decrease the cost of operations with a new POS system. Today’s smartest retailers are also focusing on increasing customer satisfaction and…
News April 23
AT&T Unveils Surface Technology As Latest Component of Customer Experience Initiative
Microsoft’s Surface technology made its consumer debut this week at five of AT&T’s retail locations in New York, Atlanta, San Antonio and San Francisco. Given the intense focus on customer…
Features April 18
Robot Galaxy Blasts Off With New Retail Concept
New Year’s is over, but on the third floor of the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack, NY, countdowns are heard through the entire galaxy as the next big idea…
Features April 10
Kroger Teams With Packaged Goods Companies to Test Mobile E-Coupons
With the mobile phone stepping in as a new advertising medium, 25 to 34-year-olds are the demographic for what AdAge is calling the biggest test of wireless coupons to date.
News April 10New Solution Lightens Loyalty Load, Connects Credit, Debit Cards To Merchant Reward Plans
The separate loyalty card may become a relic now that retailers can tie their loyalty programs into customers’ credit and debit cards.
News April 10Wharton’s Fader Studies Impact of Marketing On Shopping Patterns
Retailers might know how much of an item is sold using a store display versus how much is sold without the display, but until now, most retailers didn’t know how…
Features April 9
Kroger Partners With AOL To Tap Paperless Coupons Into Loyalty Program
Kroger is targeting today’s Internet-savvy consumers with a new paperless coupon program from AOL. The second-largest supermarket retailer in the U.S. (behind Wal-Mart, according to Supermarket News) is offering its…
News April 4
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