At fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff’s store in New York’s fashionable Soho district, a dressing room has a digital mirror that identifies garments, makes accessory recommendations and can summon sales associates to bring in that garment in alternative colors and sizes. But what makes this digital...
The 2014 holiday shopping season has launched at a snail’s pace, but new research suggests retailers with enticing sales will eventually be rewarded for their patience. The National Retail Federation released results of a survey Wednesday (Nov. 12) that reveals how shoppers are holding out...
In case the E-commerce giant in China hasn’t proved it’s place in the E-commerce shopping marketplace yet, its new mobile apps might give it another edge. And they come equipped for Apple Pay. Alibaba’s boutique shop 11 Main now has new mobile apps designed to...
Ikea wants the online share of its sales to grow from almost nothing to 20 percent by 2020, and the retailer is rolling out a new ecommerce platform to push toward that goal, Retail Week reported on Thursday (Nov. 13). The new web platform, which...
Leading into the holiday season as the retailer who has turned Black Friday into a five-day event, Walmart’s third-quarter earnings showed the world’s largest retailer posted its first sales growth for the first time in nearly two years, led in large part by growth in its global...
Macy’s third-quarter earnings report released Wednesday (Nov. 12) shows the retail giant may not be shielded from the typical woes of the retail industry. A New York Times article referenced Macy’s “lackluster sales,” and suggested its failing to clear the hurdle of attracting shoppers to its...
Gift card marketplace Raise.com has pulled in $18.1 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, according to a report from Gigaom. The story points out that the deal includes BVP partner Jeremy Levine joining the board, which the report finds more interesting than the deal itself. “Levine...
Hundreds of shipping containers are piling up at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex, and thanks to equipment shortages and labor disputes, the products inside are not likely to make it out in time for the holiday shopping season. JC Penney, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Nordstrom, Ralph...
Canada is eyeing regulations that would allow retailers to avoid fees from mobile payment services that don’t actually exist yet, a recent report states. Officials are considering a proposal that would allow retailers to reject Google Wallet as stores raise fears that accepting the payment...
