More bad news for physical retailers going into a Black Friday that seems to be successfully collecting yawns from consumers this year. Now, it seems, there is an honest to goodness threat on the horizon for those brave enough to hit the stores this Friday...
In the retail horse race that is the holiday shopping season, merchants who can get word of their deals out faster and further than their competitors stand to gain when the doors open on Black Friday and the computers boot up on Cyber Monday. Get...
If cash is king, then it has a serious revolution on its hands with what seems like an endless stream of digital wallets storming the castle at every opportunity. However, while retailers and software developers might be backing the cause of mobile payments, customers are...
The surge in holiday orders that comes with the peak season usually means big business for shipping and delivery companies, but this year the eCommerce spending is helping some to outperform others, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Nov. 22). Get the Full Story Complete...
One of the many obstacles facing widespread beacon implementation remains consumer opt-in. In an age when government surveillance has shed its kindly veneer, the thought of retailers digging around in consumers’ smartphones is just too much for the average shopper to comfortably bear. Sure, everyone...
Toys talking to kids? Not really a new thing. Toys taking information that kids speak to them, uploading it to a database and using that information to sell additional products to the child? That’s pretty new this holiday season -- and it’s a potential ethical...
At the height of the hands-free movement of the early 2000s, Jawbone was one of the device manufacturers that showed consumers a view of what the Bluetooth-enabled future might look like. However, today’s news on Jawbone’s health might hint that something drastic needed to be done...
It’s a common trope in TV and movies that when all paths to the preferred solution are blocked, a well-placed bribe can open doors in ways that other methods can’t. The same can work in retail when brands want to bring new users to their...
The last time the JC Penney brand talked about reinvention, things didn’t end up so well. But the last several months, the 103-year-old chain has been under the leadership of a new CEO who’s once again talking about re-inventing the brand. Marvin Ellison tells PYMNTS...