Coupons/ Rebates/ Pricing

Salisbury, N.C. – How low can Food Lion go? When it comes to prices, very low indeed.

Food Lion has lowered prices on thousands of items it has identified as being most important to customers. The price reductions also include new signage throughout the store designed to make finding sale items easier.

Bentonville, Ark. – It’s no secret that a big part of Wal-Mart’s strategy is to maintain its market share in the face of competition from Amazon.com, and maybe even steal some away.

But Wal-Mart is now taking the fight for customers directly to Amazon in a big way with a new pricing and shipping promotion that directly challenges the upcoming July 15 Amazon “Prime Day” event.

New York - American Eagle Outfitters is getting “extreme” with a new omnichannel sweepstakes it is running in stores nationwide and online from July 11 through July 22.

The specialty apparel chain is partnering with World Freerunning & Parkour Federation athletes Gaeton Boullett, Max Henry, Paul Joseph and Tim Burton to promote its Denim X and Flex denim products.

Advertisements and valuable content can bring your audience to your website, but what is driving them to your store? Even though customers are able to view and purchase items online, more than 90% of consumers are still more inclined to buy at a physical location.

Some techniques — like direct mail and business cards — are old-fashioned ways of driving your offline sales, but modern strategies are offering more advanced techniques for connecting with your consumers digitally. Keep up with your audience and build on-site relationships with these four tips.

Athens, Ga. -- Say hello to Snagshout, a new website that offers shoppers a discount in exchange for a review.

The site, which launched on Wednesday, offers deep discounts on a wide range of retail products for purchase, use and review. It connects shoppers looking for deals with merchants looking to gain traction with new items on Amazon.  

Lowe's is doing all the right things when it comes to customer satisfaction, according to J.D. Power's 2015 Appliance Retailer Satisfaction Study.

The study, now in its eighth year, measures customer satisfaction with appliance retailers by examining seven factors (in order of importance): sales staff and service; store facility; price; delivery service; sales and promotions (new to the study); merchandise; and installation service. Satisfaction is measured on a 1,000-point scale.

Westlake Village, Calif. - Lowe's ranks highest in customer satisfaction with appliance retailers.According to the J.D. Power 2015 Appliance Retailer Satisfaction Study, Lowe's achieves high satisfaction across the customer experience.

Although summer vacations have just begun for many schoolchildren, parents already have back-to-school shopping on their minds.