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Omnichannel

  • How Target will beat Amazon.com

    Target.com won’t beat Amazon.com, but Target will by following three core philosophies the retailer’s top digital executive and Amazon.com alum Jason Goldberger shared with attendees at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exposition.

  • Study: Online shoppers shift channels

    Atlanta - Online shoppers frequently change retail channels during their shopping experience. According to the new Pulse of the Online Shopper study from UPS and comScore, better prices (57%) and selection (49%) are the top reasons for purchasing online after researching an item in-store.

    Nearly half (48%) of online shoppers have used ship to store in the past year, and 45% of those consumers made an additional purchase when picking up their online purchase.

  • Marks & Spencer supports enhanced e-commerce site with AT&T

    London - Since launching its new website in 2014, Marks & Spencer is giving its customers a more visual, interactive way to shop online. AT&T is providing hosting and application management services to the U.K.-based global department store retailer.  

  • Sam's Club enters the omnichannel era

    Sam's Club is looking to gain an edge over Costco by overhauling its already first-in-its-category buy online, pick up in store service to appeal to more business customers.

  • Neiman Marcus plans Pinterest purchases

    Dallas - Neiman Marcus Group customers will be able to purchase items through the new “Buyable Pins” e-commerce service across Pinterest, including the company’s Pinterest page, later in June. Millions of pins on Pinterest will now become buyable, meaning customers will be able to purchase Neiman Marcus items they have pinned or discovered on any iOS-enabled device with a few taps.

  • GS1 honors apparel and merchandise retailers

    Lawrenceville, N.J. - GS1 US has recognized three companies with GS1 US Apparel and General Merchandise Retail Industry Achievement Awards. The awards, which honor organizations that have implemented GS1 standards to deliver outstanding achievements in innovating the retail supply chain, were presented to the following winning companies in three categories:

    • GS1 US Retailer Excellence Award: Macy’s Inc.
    • GS1 US Supplier Excellence Award: PVH Corp.
    • GS1 US Solution Provider Excellence Award: OpenText|GXS

  • Report: Best Buy CEO still believes in brick-and-mortar

    The CEO of Best Buy says brick-and-mortar stores are absolutely vital to beating Amazon.com and other retail rivals.

    According to MPR News, Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly told students at the University of Minnesota that "the chain's roughly 1,400 U.S. stores allow the retailer to demonstrate new products for customers and deliver the goods faster than Internet-only merchants."

    Read more by clicking here.

  • Visa, Verifone partner on omnichannel payment

    San Francisco - Visa Inc. and Verifone are launching a partnership that will enable retailers to offer their customers a more streamlined, secure purchase experience across digital and physical environments. As part of the partnership, Verifone will connect its POS gateway to Visa’s CyberSource global merchant payment management platform.

    This will provide retailers with a single platform to protect customer payment data, mitigate fraud, and integrate digital and offline payment systems.

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