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The industry performed well over the past five years due to consumers' mounting affinity for quick and easy online shopping; with the economy continuing along its upward trajectory, consumer demand for discretionary items like jewelry will grow steadily. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Online Jewelry and Watch Sales industry to its growing industry report collection. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Unlike its brick-and-mortar...
VRP introduces a point of sale touch screen software that eliminates all needs of manual execution in sales management and allots easy access to the company’s sales database. CA, USA (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Visual Retail Plus introduces touch screen point of sale software. The company’s inspiration beyond development of this program is the theme, ‘hands-on-control’. With the touch screen facility, business people can maintain hands-on-control over every segment of their trade. Sales...
Synqera survey finds that consumers in-store shopping is still preferable but online-type customization is needed; finds key to anti-showroom strategies. NEW YORK, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More than two-thirds of Americans prefer to shop in traditional, brick and mortar stores than online commerce sites, according to a survey conducted by Instant.ly on behalf of Synqera , a global technology startup that uses big data to bring personalized digital experiences to the...
Improves customer experience with mobile POS and enhanced gift card functionality WESTBORO, Mass., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MICROS-Retail, a division of MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), and leading provider of retail technology for the specialty and general merchandise retail industry, today announced Modell's launch of MICROS-Retail's Xstore Point-of-Service (POS), Relate Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and miStore mobile POS. Modell's selected MICROS-Retail...
Upscale clothier chooses Signifi’s Valet SpotShop to expand using automated retail kiosks to sell high end men's fashion. Mississauga, ON (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Imagine your product attractively displayed in a stylish retail window, not in a store, but an automated retail machine. Quattro Clothiers, a high end menswear shop in the heart of the busiest fashion shopping district in Toronto, has decided that this is the future. Quattro wanted to expand their reach and increase their...
Midwest c-store chain partners with PriceAdvantage to control price changes from POS to the pump COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PriceAdvantage, a division of Skyline Products, announced today that Family Express, a recognized innovator in c-store retailing, has chosen PriceAdvantage SMART Fuel Pricing, to automate their process of implementing fuel price changes. This is another innovative way that Family Express uses technology to enhance overall operational...
Debuting in InStyle, This First-Ever Multi-Platform Shopping App Integrates Mobile Image Technology With Fashion Editorial and Retail Shopping NEW YORK, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Magnetique, a free multi-platform shopping information app that seamlessly enables readers of print fashion magazines to identify local retailers that carry products featured on editorial pages, debuted in the May issue of InStyle magazine. Via Magnetique, users are able to identify must-have items...
"NO MAN'S LAND" SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON THE FASHION CHALLENGES FACED BY THE BIGGER GUY CANTON, Mass., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Destination XL Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXLG), the leading retailer of men's XL apparel and accessories, launched a new national advertising campaign designed to draw attention to the many challenges men who wear XL sizes face when shopping for clothes and position Destination XL (DXL) as the one-stop-shopping solution for the style needs of this underserved...
CORONA, Calif., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AVT, Inc. (OTC Markets: AVTC) (www.autoretail.com), a technology leader in developing automated retailing systems, customized kiosks and micro-stores, announced that they received Notice of Intent to Issue Reexamination Certificate for AVT's core wireless vending control patent, U.S. Patent Number 8,191,779, which was put under reexamination in Fall 2012. The Notice indicates a number of claims were found patentable. Company officials...
BEIJING, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jingdong ("JD.com" or "the Company"), China's leading direct B2C e-commerce company, today announced the launch of its online supermarket, which will offer more than 5,000 types of groceries, including packaged foods, beverages and snacks. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130422/CN98601LOGO ) The new platform maintains Jingdong's longstanding commitment to meeting the daily needs of consumers in China and simplifying their lives....
