In the future, 'smart' store shelves that sense your impulses
Snack food revenues are driven by impulse buying. New, sensor-laden store shelves promise to take advantage.
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At Walgreens, slow and steady wins the tech race
The 112-year-old U.S. drug store chain is surprisingly adept when it comes to revenue-driving, customer-pleasing technology.
The future of retail is dynamic pricing. So why can't we get it right?
Fixed pricing is a thing of the past, sure -- but just how fluid you allow pricing to be depends on your business. Best Buy, Ace Hardware and others weigh in.
In Chicago, retailers put the hard sell on each other
We stop by this year's annual Shop.org summit, where digital retailers met to press the flesh with old friends and new -- and perhaps make a sale. The chatter at this year's show? Two words: customer experience.
Want to buy something? Sign into Facebook first
The social network seeks to steal PayPal's thunder by allowing the use of its login credentials to speed online and mobile purchases. Yowza.
Square launches Market; leaps into e-commerce
The young startup continues to upend the traditional way businesses accept payment for goods.
SAP acquires Hybris; eyes e-commerce
The acquisition gives SAP an e-commerce platform that works on-premise or in the cloud.
U.S. Senate passes bill to collect Internet sales tax
Internet retail transactions have long escaped taxation in the U.S. A new bill aims to plug the leak.
Barnes & Noble debuts 'two-for-one' e-book weekends
Buy one "Nook Book," get one free -- but only in brick-and-mortar stores. Can you smell the desperation?
Online, shopping 'unease' with foreign currencies
E-commerce was supposed to make global retail more accessible, but that value is often lost in monetary translation.