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- Retail
California Dreamin’ (Of A Higher Minimum Wage)
California’s landmark proposed legislation to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour stands to affect the retail industry in a...
- Retail
The Pros And Cons Of Amazon’s Internal Security Tactics
Is Amazon’s method of broadcasting failed employee theft attempts to its current warehouse workers an effective means of deterring theft, or will...
- Partnerships / Acquisitions
May The Force (Multiplier) Be With You
There are many ways to describe a partnership — shared values, common focus, mutual respect. Dan Charron, First Data’s EVP of global...
- Retail
Wielding Cuddle Power To Affect Retail
As National Puppy Day just celebrated its tenth anniversary, it brought to light how retailers getting into step with changing consumer perspectives...
- Retail
The Music Industry Gets Its Merch On (Demand)
Independent music artists — being, in effect, small business owners — lack the infrastructure that more established brands in their space enjoy...
- Retail
Giving eCommerce A Ride, And Taking Mobile Wallets Offline
Online-to-offline commerce is all about making connections. In this edition of the O2O Tracker, we explore a couple of different international situations...
- Retail
SeaWorld’s Ocean Of Uncertainty
SeaWorld is riding a wave of positive press (and a stock share increase) following its announcement that it will be phasing out...
- Retail
Netflix Everywhere Is Not The Same For Everyone
With its global expansion plans, Netflix hopes to bring binge watching to the international stage. While that’s something that most consumers want,...
- Retail
Zara Gets Its (Unisex) Pants Pulled Down
Zara’s “Ungendered” line certainly seems like a nice idea in theory, but — in light of the public backlash that the retailer...
- Retail
The Luxury Disconnect
O2O is an increasingly large part of the retail experience — save for, surprisingly, those brands on the higher end of the...
- Retail
Behind The McDonald’s Counter
McDonald’s is currently embroiled in a legal battle that finds the fast food giant fighting to remain disassociated, at the corporate level,...
- Retail
‘The Most Interesting Man In The World’ Is No Longer Interesting
One of the most successful advertising campaigns of the 21st century, Dos Equis’ “Most Interesting Man In The World,” is changing direction...
- Retail
Women Drive O2O Commerce In China
Fresh off International Women’s Day, females in China are exhibiting their particular importance as O2O consumers. A new report out of the...
- Retail
The Last (DVD) Picture Show
Can specialty retail sometimes be too special for its own good? Even if so, that’s not the case for physical video rental...
- Retail
Security Becomes A Rebrand, While Video Surveillance Guards Analytics
For a company with an image issue, payments security can actually play a part in turning things around. That’s what American Apparel...
- Mobile Commerce
What Matters When It Comes To Mobile Checkout
It’s sort of what they don’t know they don’t know. That’s the big takeaway that Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap, has after...
- Retail
Who Wants To Make A Retail Billionaire?*
Anybody can be a billionaire (provided that a nearly incalculable number of beneficial factors fall his or her way). But to make...
- Retail
Mobile Coupons And You: A Primer
Does anybody still use paper coupons? They do, but — as a recent survey shows — it’s happening less and less. Mobile...
- Retail
Will Rising Delivery Costs Push Consumers Offline?
Amazon’s recent announcement that it is raising its order minimum for free shipping has potentially thrown a wrench into the otherwise fluid...
- POS Innovation
Verifone On Getting The Consumer To Not ‘Check Out’ At Checkout
The checkout process has evolved to become less about payments and more about customer experience. But merchants are left with the puzzle...
- Retail
If You Can’t Sell On A Retail Holiday, Invent One
How can a retailer generate attention on a holiday that isn’t a holiday? Take a stance to make it one — as...
- Retail
Walmart Tops In Robbers
While security is undoubtedly an issue among all retailers, Walmart had a particularly bad week in that department. With the chain being...
- Retail
The Old Guard Vs. The New Wave In Retail
Recent remarks that the CEO of Sears made in defense of his company’s poor performance may appear to highlight an issue of...
- Retail
Giving The Gift (Cards) Of Stocks
While 86 percent of Americans don’t own a stock, more than 90 percent have, at one point or another, used a gift...
- Retail
The Campaign Trail Of Merchandise
The businesses of politics and retail are more intertwined than ever in the current U.S. presidential campaign. Will sales of campaign-related merchandise...
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RetailThe Little Lingerie Brand That Could
For a long time, Victoria’s Secret was pretty much the only game in town when it came to far-reaching lingerie brands. But...
- Retail
When Retail Fraud Is An Inside Job
The traditional view of cybercrime is that it is conducted by shadowy figures far removed from the businesses they attack. But, as...
- Retail
Yelp’s Internal Business Becomes Everybody’s Business
When a company fired an employee, that used to be its own business. But that was before social media. As Yelp recently...
- Retail
Queen Bey Anoints A Seafood Restaurant Chain
Consumers had a lot of strong feelings about Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime performance, but one (unlikely) company that’s definitely in the “pro”...
- Retail
Streaming For The Moment
If a retail brand markets on social platform-based videos, it’s pretty much “of the moment,” right? Not anymore. Forget that pre-recorded stuff;...
- Retail
The ‘Ex’ Factor Of Offline Commerce
While online retailers largely have offline ones beat in terms of convenience, there’s one area where physical retailers maintain the edge: customer...
- Retail
Target’s Standing Dead Monster
Target has created a zombie — an unoccupied store looming partially constructed over Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. While its completion has been...
- Retail
Knowledge — And Speed — Power Retail Security
Everybody wants the newest thing when it comes to security technology but, sometimes, at the cost of understanding potential risks. In this...
- Retail
The Digital Expansion Of Analog Gaming
With news that a version of "Monopoly" is ditching cash in favor of digital payments, is the end of traditional board games...
- Retail
The Monkey Shines On Retail In China
While retail sales in the U.S. are climbing slightly, the gains pale in comparison to what China recently enjoyed during its week-long...
- Retail
Rise Of The Wine Bros
It turns out that a consumer base long thought to be unreachable by wine retailers only needed a single change in order...
- Retail
The Season Of Cookies
Did you know it’s Girl Scout cookie season? If you didn’t, you do now, and you probably want to buy some. That’s...
- Retail
The Mutual Benefit Of eCommerce And Physical Retail Relationships
Online to offline, despite its name, is actually a two-way street. For merchants that primarily trade in only one area or the...
- Retail
Is Uber’s New Look Its ‘New Coke?’
It’s been a little over a week since Uber released its new logo, and the largely negative consumer reaction hasn’t quieted down....
- Retail
Retail’s (Second) Favorite Holiday
It’s the holiday season again! (No, not that one.) In America, Valentine’s Day is second only to the winter holidays in retail...
- Retail
Different Retail Personalities, Different Security Needs
Every retailer wants security — that’s a no-brainer. As for what particular areas they want to focus on, however, not all of...
- Retail
Super Bowl Ads Split The Difference
In the new world of media consumption, many brands sought to branch out their appeal with Super Bowl ads that had one...
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Mobile PaymentsThe Science Of Super Bowl Parking
With about 75,000 headed to the Super Bowl on Sunday, Levi’s Stadium is going to be dealing with a minimum of 12,000...
- Retail
Commerce Goes Overseas, Onto ATMs And Off TV
Home shopping networks are still a thing, but at least some of them are realizing that they’ve got to move offline to...
- Retail
While The Game’s On TV, Super Bowl Ads Play Outside
The Super Bowl might still be on TV, but that’s not where a lot of consumers engage anymore. The brands that are...
- Retail
Fly The Binge-y Skies
Most retail subscription services appeal to mass consumer audiences — save for those in air travel, which primarily cater to luxury jet...
- Retail
Facebook Exits The Gun Show
With Facebook having banned all private gun sales on its site and on Instagram, consumers throughout America are certainly taking note of...
- Retail
Is A Brand Without An App Still The Same?
Mobile capabilities are very much the norm for most major brands with an online presence, but even today, not all of them...
- Retail
Mattel Unveils New ‘Body Positive’ Barbie Dolls
Fifty-seven years after her debut, Barbie has been given three new “body positive” models — including one deemed “curvy.” Will the new,...
- Retail
A Far Offline Place
What’s more offline than the Amish lifestyle? Very few things, English. But that hasn’t stopped some of those characteristically unplugged folk from...
