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  • Walgreens adds new features for paperless coupons

    Walgreens recently made it easier for customers to clip coupons.

  • GETTING THE REBATE

    There is substantial funding available to reduce the cost of upgrading existing lighting systems, but it takes some preparation. Here are some tips:

  • Amazon Books headed to Hudson Yards

    Amazon Books is headed to Hudson Yards, the massive redevelopment underway on New York’s west side, according to a report in the New York Post.   The online retailer debuted its bricks-and-mortar retail format last November, at University Village in Seattle, and is set to open a second location, in San Diego, this summer. A third location, at Washington Square Mall, in Tigard, Oregon, is expected to open this fall. The Hudson Yards location would be Amazon’s East Coast beachhead.  

  • SHOP TALK

    RANDOM NOTES: The North Face unveiled a new store pilot — complete with a Redwood tree — at Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, Calif. The 6,500-sq.-ft. store combines the best of digital in-store technology with features that speak to the locale and the brand’s DNA. Highlights include interior digital “sky windows” that feature artistic, atmospheric content. At the heart of the store stands a reinvented, salvaged Redwood tree. ...

  • In-store technologies: Separating the ‘cool’ from the ‘creepy'

    Smart mirrors are a ‘cool’ in-store technology, but facial recognition software is another story entirely.      Those are among the findings of a new survey by RichRelevance, a provider of omnichannel personalization technology. The company surveyed more than 2,000 U.S. and U.K. consumers about how technology can impact their in-store shopping experience, highlighting the  differences between what shoppers thought was ‘cool’ and ‘creepy’.  

  • Glitch affects Starbucks pricing

    A computer error caused Starbucks to overcharge some customers and forced the coffee giant to disclose a planned price increase.   In a brief statement released on the retailer’s corporate blog at about 8 p.m. ET Friday, July 1 and updated about 11 a.m. ET Saturday, July 2. Starbucks said a price adjustment was prematurely entered into the POS systems of U.S. company-owned stores. As a result, some customers were overcharged by as much as 30 cents for their beverages.  

  • HOW REAL-TIME WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT BENEFITS CFOs

    Reflexis is a leading provider of real-time store execution and workforce management solutions.

  • TWO TYPES OF INVESTMENTS

    Joel Alden, partner in the retail practice at A.T. Kearney, said that investments in technology and physical stores mainly fall into two distinct categories: maintenance investments or growth investments.

    “For maintenance investments — replacing a degrading building infrastructure, for example — the cost of not making the investment is critically important,” Alden said.

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