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Augmented and virtual reality shopping
What we can expect from virtual reality in retail
Of virtual tents and 3D foot analysis
The E-Commerce Event
Bad preference management equals frustrated customers
The largest fashion marketplace in Europe
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Digital signage: outdoor LED screen in Mexico
By Mark Thomson, Director of Retail Solutions, Zebra Technologies
A journey towards intelligence
Debenhams research reveals the amount of preparation customers make when Black Friday approaches
The multinational retailer deployed a comprehensive in-store digital signage solution
The boards of directors of the Association for Retail Environments and POPAI enter a due diligence phase
Winter Olympics and Paralympics in PyeongChang 2018
Bulgari unveils its first jewelry, watches and leather goods Pop-up at an airport
How a good design concept can lead to more sales
The National Retail Federation today increased its retail sales forecast for 2018, saying sales are expected to grow more than previously predicted thanks to tax reform and other positive economic inputs but warning that tariffs threaten to dampen ...
Research from OrderDynamics explores North American click and collect trends, including communications and timing preferences, return behaviors, and unplanned purchasing habits. OrderDynamic, announced its latest consumer study, “The Rise ...
A new report shows that out-of-stock rates for online purchases of consumer products in the U.S. are nearly twice as high as in-store availability. The report, issued by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), shows potential online sales ...
Trace One, the world’s largest collaborative retail business network for private label, released the results of its 2018 Retail Collaboration Survey. Surveying 385 grocery retailers and consumer goods suppliers across North America and Europe, ...
Poundworld, which is set to disappear from the UK high street by early August 2018, must look to its own failures – and in particular its failure to stand out from other discounters – to explain its demise, says GlobalData, a data and ...
In addition to its wide range of modern touch screens, Permaplay has developed the innovative POS software Permaplay POS-TOUCH, a new Touch Content Management system. Thus, all sales-relevant content can be displayed easily, without requiring any ...
Benevity, Inc., the global leader in corporate social responsibility and employee engagement software, today announced the results of the Benevity Engagement Study, an analysis of the link between participation in corporate Goodness programs and ...
The U.S. cycling market is a $5.9 billion industry, with independent bicycle dealers capturing about 52 percent of those sales and the rest of the market the remaining piece of the pie, according to retail sales data from global information ...
As one of the leading companies in the water damage, janitorial, retail, pet and inflatable industry, B-Air has set the standard in providing the highest-quality manufactured air movers, dryers, blowers, dehumidifiers and air scrubbers for ...
The time, that was previously spent on changing prices and marking up clothes and shoes at the adventure and sports chain Eventyrsport, is now spend on customer service and advice. The first goal is to convert 1.5 visitors into ...
Custom, authentic and exclusive – words that describe the product selection of the small fashion store called Herrenbude in Köln Ehrenfeld (a city district of the German City of Cologne). It’s a concept that is able to keep up with ...
The ongoing debate over shopping hours on Sundays has heated up in recent months in Germany. Ver.di (the German trade union) successfully filed lawsuits against a number of Sunday shopping events nationwide. Communities and retail representatives ...
Fraser Hammond economists say at least 5,300 retail jobs are in danger after a major toy retailer and an electronics chain closed their doors last week. Both companies were unable to continue operating due to stiff online competition and economic ...
While seemingly overshadowed by the whirlwind developments in the food segment, innovation and trends in the beverage market are equally impressive and just as likely to resonate for years to come. Hybrid beverages that cross categories, savory and ...
Birkenstock has received the peta2 Libby Award "Most Vegan-Friendly Shoe Company 2017. "With this award, which is highly regarded throughout the global vegan community, the youth organization of Peta USA is honoring Germany's largest ...
H&M created outfits for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeongchang. The collection also includes a full and extensive wardrobe for all the Swedish teams to wear in the Olympic village for both ...
For many brick and mortar retailers, showrooming was and continues to be akin to “stealing consulting services”. After all, the term describes the practice of prospective customers of researching products in brick and mortar stores and ...
According to The NPD Group’s Checkout, a receipt mining service, close to one-third (29 percent) of total online apparel buyers purchased outerwear online in the 12 months ending November 2017, up two percentage points over the previous year. ...
In-store retail technology is evolving with great speed, and a growing trend for 2018 is ‘Shoppertainment’, a millennial-led trend where a trip to a shopping centre is as much as seeking an experience as coming home with a product. As ...
Digital Signage Expo (DSE), the world’s largest international trade show and educational conference dedicated to digital displays, interactive technology and digital communications networks, announced today that Ravi Sirigineedi, Segment ...
A'GACI, LLC, a leading fashion retailer in Texas, which filed for Chapter 11 relief on Tuesday, January 9th, will shortly begin discussions with landlords regarding 49 of its locations. In a court filing on Tuesday, A'GACI ...
A recent survey of consumer buying habits by Breakthrough Research reveals the contradictory nature of the American buying public. Right before winter holidays is the most common time of year for impulse buying, and consumers are half as likely to ...
The move is part of Sainsbury’s commitment to offer customers a distinct and differentiated choice of quality food for every occasion and follows the successful introduction of Sushi Gourmet counters, Patisserie Valerie products and a Crussh ...
Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai, the first fully immersive coffee experience in Asia, celebrated its opening. When the doors open to the world’s second Starbucks Roastery, created three years after the inaugural Seattle Roastery, ...
There is a great competitive force at work against high street retailers, one that continues to tempt customers into spending their hard-earned cash elsewhere. This is of course online shopping, with online sales rising 17 per cent following a ...
While the annual unit sales growth of print books is expected to be slightly weaker this year than in the previous two years, global information company The NPD Group predicts a strong holiday season with five percent unit sales growth in ...
New research from British retailer Debenhams reveals the amount of preparation and planning shoppers put into making sure they get the item they want on Black Friday. The survey, which saw 2,000 shoppers across the UK questioned on their plans, ...
The European food retail industry is facing challenging times: Falling profits, disaffected customers, a looming health crisis, disengaged employees, ongoing economic concerns and ever increasing environmental threats are all changing the way people ...
Lord & Taylor unveiled its 80th annual world-famous holiday windows to New York. The Fifth Avenue windows have been transformed into a whimsical journey, as seen through the lens of enchanted snow globes, featuring over 60 variations throughout ...
Procrastination dwindles as more shoppers plan to start Thanksgiving weekend with their holiday shopping. The Holiday 2017 shopping season will be the first when more U.S. consumers will start shopping in the middle of the season (Thanksgiving ...
Starbucks announced the opening of the first Princi bakery and café location in the United States at its Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Seattle. The Roastery opened in December 2014 as an homage to coffee, a completely immersive and sensorial ...
AWE (Augmented World Expo), the world’s largest and longest running conference and expo dedicated to augmented and virtual reality, unveiled the winners of the AWE Europe 2017 Auggie Awards. Presented in three general categories, the ...
Emotional storytelling in the store. Furniture shopping in a virtual showroom. Playfully connecting customer and product through an interactive shop-window. The winners of the Digital Retail Awards 2017 clearly demonstrate, how the digital future of ...
Even branches away from the classical retail trade can have a positive effect on customers with the right music concept in their sales points. This is the result of a qualitative and quantitative study by Mood Media, the internationally leading ...
On average, U.S. consumers anticipate doing nearly 40 percent of their 2017 holiday shopping online, up from one-third just two years ago. According to NPD’s 2017 Holiday Purchase Intentions Survey, consumers who will be holiday shopping ...
These days, point-of-sale terminals have to fulfill more and more functions – especially in the food retail industry. Retailers can also connect various peripherals that assume additional tasks. Yet this multitude of functions also entails ...
“Once upon a time, there was a jolly bunch of industrious advertising technicians who set out to find inspiration ... .” From 18 to 20 October, it’ll be viscom 2017 – not Hans Christian Andersen – which will send its ...
As part of a collaborative ‘trinity’ partnership, the Finnish airport operator Finavia Corporation, Italian luxury brand Bulgari and global travel retailer Dufry have worked together to develop the first Bulgari jewelry, watches and ...
Lidl’s Esmara by Heidi Klum range has lived up to expectations and paves the way for material growth through clothing for the discounters. Within the discount channel* clothing is the most under-penetrated sector, holding only a 0.6 percent ...
Year-long research shows that despite a seven per cent decline in frustration-levels over the last 12 months, many areas of omni-channel operation still fail to meet consumer expectations 72 percent of consumers say the experience of shopping in ...
Fashion retailer Nordstrom is pleased to announce Nordstrom Local – the company’s latest retail concept and neighborhood hub where customers can shop and access Nordstrom services in a convenient, central location. This brand new ...
Felix Horstmann, scientific assistant for the Chair of Marketing and Retail Management at the Philipps University of Marburg, focuses on the impact and effects of POS displays. In the interview, he explains how they should be positioned in the store. ...
Regardless of all the technical innovations, analog retail displays, i.e., physical display stands, continue to be an important sales promotion tool at the point of sale (POS). The benefit of displays is that they stand out from a variety of ...
The actual decision to purchase a product or brand is often made at the POS. It takes the right means of communication to persuade consumers at this juncture. Most notably, this includes eye-catching brand communication. That’s why the retail ...
