Enabled by technological advances, today’s consumers are reaching across borders and channels for shopping experiences that provide unprecedented choice and convenience. A new consumer research report, "Retail Without Limits - A ...
Retail Asia Expo (RAE) 2015 is once again gearing up to provide a retailing experience with more solutions to the retailing community. As the digital and physical shopping worlds move ever closer to one another, Retail Asia Expo with its 10,000 ...
Jacques Stern, Edenred's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since July 2010, has informed the Board of Directors of his decision to leave the Group on July 31 and embark on a new phase of his career. The Board duly takes notice of Mr ...
The appearance of Google Shopping Product Listing Ad (PLA) integrations within Google’s search results increased by 118 percent during 2014, while video results are blended into 55 percent of keyword searches ‒ with videos from YouTube ...
LANCOM Systems, the leading German manufacturer of networking solutions for the commercial and public sectors, increased its revenues by 24% to EUR 43 million in the fiscal year 2014. Also in terms of earnings, the specialist for VPN site ...
Bizerba has exceeded the sales mark of 500 million euros for the first time in its history. In 2014, the globally active company based in Balingen, Germany, generated sales of 503.8 million euros - an increase of 8.1 percent compared to the previous ...
A new nationwide study by Market Force Information reveals that Ace Hardware is America’s favorite home improvement store and Costco is the favorite for home furnishings. For the rankings, Market Force Information (Market Force) polled ...
Grocery leaders across retailing and manufacturing, including Asda’s Andy Clarke and Mondelēz’s Mary Barnard, are taking part in IGD’s Feeding Britain’s Future Schools Programme to help 13 to 17-year-olds with the skills ...
Guidance announces the launch of its Retail Strategy Solutions practice and welcomes Brian Beck, a respected eCommerce veteran, as Senior Vice President to lead the new practice. Beck has more than 16 years of eCommerce and Omni-channel experience, ...
Marina Jestin, Head of Retail at Allianz Real Estate and Peter Todd, Partner at Resolution Real Estate Advisers LLP and Chair of the new ICSC European Investor group have been appointed to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) ...
March 18-20, 2015 saw CHIC, Asia's largest fashion trade show and the second biggest fashion fair in the world. Each year, numerous top-leaders of the fashion retail industry participate at CHIC to discover the newest retail trends. Being a ...
Multi-channel challenges and the threat of hard discounters has driven up the use of management consultants in UK retail. The retail sector’s increasing use of consultants was one of the fastest in 2014 - up 9.7 per cent to ...
The final program for the C-star Retail Conference is officially finalized. The C-star Retail Conference will take place on May 13-14, 2015 at the Kerry Hotel Pudong, next to the C-star exhibition. The topic of the 2-day conference will ...
As one of the largest consumer markets worldwide, China is attracting ever more foreign firms to conduct business in the Far East. However, in recent years numerous foreign companies in China are increasingly struggling with legal rights issues, ...
3i Infotech celebrates one of their biggest wins in Zimbabwe with Edgars Stores Limited joining their long list of soon to be satisfied customers. Edgars Stores Limited is the largest fashion retailer in Zimbabwe with 53 stores. Being a ...
"A return to like-for-like growth in the core clothing category would ordinarily have the champagne corks popping at M&S. But the fact that this has been achieved against such weak comparables (the corresponding period last year coincided ...
One of the most important shifts of the 21st century is the ability of consumers to participate in markets they love such as music and fashion. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research reveals how ordinary consumers have changed the ...
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) has signed a global sponsorship agreement with shopper location analytics company Path Intelligence. This exciting agreement fuses ICSC’s established and extensive network and resources with ...
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) reported on property data results for Q4 2014 and year-end 2014, and found strong growth in the U.S. shopping center ...
Planet Retail states in their new report that the need for retailers to automate their cash handling is big and will continue to be so for many years to come. Cash payments will remain popular with customers and manual cash handling creates a high ...
The Asian retail industry needs to drive continuous innovation in order to ensure it caters to the needs of tech savvy consumers in the region and stays ahead of global competition, according to speakers at the Retail Congress Asia Pacific this ...
The changing landscape of luxury retail industry in Asia emerged as one of the key topics of discussion at the 5th annual Retail Congress Asia Pacific. Ravi Thakran, Chairman of LVMH South, South East Asia and Middle East, commented: ...
iXtenso has been to Retail Business Technology Expo and Retail Design Expo 2015 in London, constantly looking for new products and trends. See what we found in the gallery! ...
The ICSC European conference, hosted by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), will celebrate its 40th anniversary on 20 & 21 April at the Park Plaza Hotel on Westminster Bridge in London. The full event schedule, attendee list, ...
The MetraWeather Insights Discovery Programme is a scientific and data-based study providing retailers personalised insights into how to leverage high-impact weather opportunities and mitigate losses and risks. The studies will focus on ...
Next time you look up at a higher shelf in a store or down at your phone when making a purchase, think about how the direction you are looking could influence your decision. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, ...
If you're trying to sell a new brand of cereal, teaming up with Kellogg's or General Mills would seem like a really great idea. However, a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that partnering with established brands ...
The National Retail Federation issued the following statement today from President and CEO Matthew Shay on Walmart’s announcement that it will increase wages of approximately 500,000 full-time and part-time associates in April ...
Playing it safe and planning ahead, Americans plan to stash their tax refunds into savings this year. According to the National Retail Federation’s annual Tax Returns Survey conducted by Prosper Insights and Analytics, 47 percent of those ...
The NFC Forum and Strategy Analytics today unveiled the results of a comprehensive retail research report and web survey on mobile consumer engagement and purchases, revealing the needs and preferences of today's mobile-centric consumer. The ...
In today’s retail environment disruption abounds. Shoppers demand commerce on their terms, value has become increasingly personalized and contextualized, and multichannel commerce realities are challenging traditional retail profit ...
The IWD, specialist for retail market research, is expanding further. In the future the company offers its services with respect to the topic of POS customer surveys and mystery shopping also in Spain and Portugal. By these two new locations in ...
Laurent Morel, Chairman of the Klépierre Executive Board and Michel Dessolain, President of the French Council of Shopping Centers (CNCC), Co-CEO of mfi AG, and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Unibail-Rodamco, have been appointed to ...
Without insight into the complex web of motivators that change customer behavior, retailers will struggle to achieve desired measurable results on loyalty initiatives. According to a presentation at the National Retail Federation 2015 Big Show in ...
Answers Corporation, a provider of cloud-based voice of customer solutions and owner of the leading Internet brand Answers.com, has released findings that quantitatively validate the causal relationship between retail store employee engagement and ...
The National Retail Federation today announced the launch of United for Patent Reform, a new coalition co-chaired by NRF and Oracle and comprised of grocery, hotel, retail, restaurant and technology associations and companies. The ...
The NRF Foundation will award $100k in scholarships to 24 outstanding students as a part of its Next Generation Scholarship program. This year, 24 students pursuing retail careers from NRF university member schools will be awarded a travel ...
The retail sales floor has become a battlefield as each brand fights for the same customer and wants to ensure their merchandise is on the sales floor, sized, folded, hung and presented properly. David Katz, Executive Vice President and Global ...
As decision-makers in the fashion industry look ahead to 2015, the uncertainty of the global economy has forced many to modify their market strategies to better adhere to demand and quality standards. And, as organizations continue to grow and ...
The MetaPack Group, the leading provider of eCommerce technology delivery services, is hosting a webinar featuring Forrester Consulting on 27th November which will explore how to boost eCommerce revenue and customer satisfaction by enhancing ...
Britain’s retail industry is in a state of flux. A sector that has stood unchanged for decades now finds itself subject to one of the swiftest transformations ever seen. Mobile - and other connected technologies - are fundamentally redefining ...
The role of the brick and mortar store is evolving. In order to provide the expected omni-channel experience to customers, retailers need to re-train the store through four key properties including store design and branding, personalization, ...
Elderly people are regarded as traditional consumers, but the AZTI study reveals that there are more and more elderly people who are happy to accept new foods. However, these consumers insist that the new proposals should be similar to or evoke ...
Swedish multinational fashion chain H&M was named ‘International Retailer’ of the year, at the World Retail Awards gala dinner in Paris last night. Fast Retailing, the Japanese retail group behind brands such as UNIQLO, Comptoir ...
IT must do more to support customer-centric business goals of British retailers, according to an independent survey of 100 business decision-makers in UK retail organisations. The findings, published today in the Logicalis Retail IT Report 2014, ...
In August, the UK non-food retail market recorded one of its strongest months of the year, as reflected in the latest footfall figures from Ipsos Retail Performance. The global retail and footfall consultant compiles the Retail Traffic Index ...
The National Retail Federation today released an in-depth study authored by a University of Georgia economist who found that retail jobs pay wages highly competitive with those in other industries despite long-held misconceptions to the ...
A team of New York students has scooped the prestigious Retail Futures Challenge award at the World Retail Congress in Paris for the second year running. The worldwide competition saw a shortlist of entrants competing from five of the major ...
The Güntner company is known for being locally present. This continuous contact with the market allows us to follow the requirements of the different market segments and to implement these requirements in innovative products. In order to ...
Overall shop prices reported deflation for the sixteenth consecutive month, decelerating to 1.6% in August from 1.9% in July. The deceleration in the overall SPI figure has broken the four month declining trend. Food inflation remained at 0.3% in ...
