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June 6, 2013
CIOs Get ‘Smaht’ at MIT Symposium

As fans of the late ’90s Ben Affleck-Matt Damon film “Good Will Hunting” know, Cambridge, Mass., is often viewed as the province of what are locally referred to as “smaht kids.”

May 23, 2013
Achieving Strategic Agility Through IT Isn’t Guesswork

How does a company whose strengths are more on the creative and design side than the technology side achieve strategic agility through the use of IT?

May 20, 2013
Men’s Wearhouse tailors emails with CQuotient

Men’s Wearhouse will tailor email campaigns to individual shoppers using personalized email marketing technology from CQuotient.

December 18, 2012
Staples opens Velocity Lab to boost online growth

Staples Inc. opened its new Velocity Lab, in Cambridge, Mass.

October 5, 2012
Kantar Retail survey: Dollar General offers least expensive basket price

Dollar General is the overall basket price leader delivering a substantial savings to value shoppers, according to Kantar Retail’s second annual opening price point (OPP) survey.

June 18, 2012
Study: Walmart Supercenter wins pricing battle over Amazon and Walmart.com

Walmart Supercenter wins the pricing battle over Amazon and Walmart.com, according to a new study by Kantar Retail.

March 26, 2012
Retail Roadshow in Boston on Thursday; register now

Retail executives are invited to attend the Microsoft Retail Roadshow, which will be held in Cambridge, Mass., on Thursday, March 29.

January 26, 2012
Staples invests in e-commerce

Staples announced the opening of a new e-commerce innovation center in Kendall Square in Cambridge, Mass.

October 18, 2011
Oracle to acquire Endeca Technologies

Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Endeca Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., which provides an unstructured data management, web commerce and business intelligence technologies.

March 17, 2011
Advance Auto to open at Shoal Creek Mall

Tarrytown, N.Y.-based DLC Management Corp. announced that Advance Auto will open an 8,125-sq.-ft. store at Shoal Creek Mall in Cambridge, Md.

October 31, 2010
The Need for Speed

Retailers are investing time and money to create online shopping experiences that mirror real-world...

September 29, 2010
Hot Topic teams with SCVNGR to launch in-store reward program

Hot Topic said Thursday it has teamed with mobile-based app SCVNGR to debut a mobile...

January 24, 2010
Metal fabric panels add upscale touch to Century 21 parking garage

Versatile woven metal fabric panels from Cambridge Architectural visually and functionally enhance the exterior of...

December 10, 2008
Report: Online Retailers Opening Stores May See Sales Drop

Online retailers who open a bricks-and-mortar location during the holiday shopping season could see more...

November 30, 2008
Whole Foods to Recycle Waste Vegetable Oil for Power

Whole Foods Market is making history as the first company in the United States to...

October 13, 2008
Survey: Web Ranks as Preferred Holiday Shopping Channel

Results from the third-annual survey of multichannel shopping preferences indicate that, for the first time,...

July 31, 2008
ATouch of Magic

After a seven-year leave of absence from its e-commerce venture, ...

January 15, 2008
Metabolix, Inc. Offers Biodegradable Gift Cards

Cambridge, Mass. Metabolix, Inc., a bioscience company...

December 31, 2007
Target Spreads Green Cards

Metabolix, Cambridge, Mass., announced last month that Target had rolled out biodegradable gift cards...

October 1, 2007
Computer-Aided-Tracking Helps Reduce Shrink

Cambridge, Mass. -...

September 30, 2007
Companies Need Green IT Plan, Study Reveals

Despite retailers’ growing awareness that environmental concerns will impact their future IT operations, many companies...

August 31, 2007
Early Adopters Pave the Way

Nearly 45% of retailers responding to a recent survey indicated they were either testing...

August 30, 2007
Early Adopters Pave the Way

Nearly 45% of retailers responding to a recent survey indicated they were either testing or...

August 30, 2007
Power to the People

Under the overarching...

August 30, 2007
Sharing Competitive Secrets

“Retailers and suppliers are in a tug of war,” asserted Bill McBeath, co-founder and chief...

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