We have a Blockbuster store in our town that is still open for business but you wouldn’t know it when you drive by. But if you go down a block to the grocery store any evening, you’ll have to navigate your way around the line of people waiting to hit the Redbox DVD machine. Now that Redbox has the hard-copy, DVD rental biz sewn up, it’s time to move on to the streaming biz. That means competing with Netflix. Even with all their recent troubles, the online DVD rental company has carved out
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Redbox Hits Netflix with a Strong Right Hook
on Feb 7, 2012
We have a Blockbuster store in our town that is still open for business but you wouldn’t know it when you drive by. But if you go down a block to the grocery store any evening, you’ll have to navigate your way around the line of people waiting to hit the Redbox DVD machine. Now that Redbox has the hard-copy, DVD rental biz sewn up, it’s time to move on to the streaming biz. That means competing with Netflix. Even with all their recent troubles, the online DVD rental company has carved outAnd Now for the Good News: Communities Ban Together to Save Local Shops
on Jan 30, 2012
Ready for another Groupon horror story? Amy Kunkle owns Food for All Market, a specialty grocer in Philadelphia that sells food items for the very allergic. As you can imagine, it’s not the biggest store in town, it has a small, but loyal client base and up until recently, made enough to pay the bills.
Walmart to Credit Stores for Online Sales
on Nov 21, 2011
In retail, the sales goal is the sword by which you live or die and with online sales eating into the holiday profits, it’s going to be a tough balancing act for many a store manager. Next year, though, things will be a little better for the manager at your local Walmart.
Claim: Bug Reduces The Security of iOS to That of Android
on Nov 8, 2011
What?!?! Does that headline imply that there is something wrong inside the Apple walled garden that is the perfection that is the iPhone and all things mobile for those that are, well, the coolest of them all? To a degree, yes. One of the biggest selling points that Apple has always had over any other competitor is the virtual non-existence of malware and viruses. Most of that can be contributed to Microsoft hate and Android openness as well as the desire by those who create these kinds of things to takeOpen Your Online Store with Wazala Shopping Cart Solution
on Sep 1, 2011
Setting up your own e-commerce store on the Internet doesn’t need to be that difficult of a process. In fact, you don’t even need any specific coding knowledge of your own nor do you need to outsource to a coder to get your site up and running. All you need to do is sign up for the service being offered by Wazala. This is a full-featured e-commerce solution that provides your own storefront, complete with an easy to use interface and plenty of robust options, all without ever touching a singleConsumers Get Wiser to Behavioral Targeting Ways
on Aug 17, 2011
There is a clothing store, Syms, that has forever had the tagline for their advertising “An Educated Consumer Is Our Best Customer”. A noble idea indeed and one that implies that the more a consumer knows about what they are looking to do the better decisions they will make. In the retail industry, that can make a lot of sense and can help the right retailer. Now, take that same mindset to the behavioral targeting world and there may be some consternation at the idea of a consumer knowing justNo Rise in Back-to-School Spending Says NRF
on Jul 22, 2011
Back-to-school is the second largest seasonal shopping event, but this year it’s barely holding its own. New numbers from the National Retail Federation show a very slight dip in the expected spend. This year’s average spend for families with kids in grades K-12 is $603.63. Last year, the figure was 606.40 and that includes apparel, school supplies and electronics.3GTV Launches First ‘Smart’ Grocery Store
on Jun 27, 2011
TV commercials are great for reinforcing a brand preference, but what happens when the TV is off and the consumer heads to the store? If you look at a grocery list, it’s more likely that you’ll see “soda” instead of “Coke” or “coffee” instead of “Tully’s.”
Groupon Gets into the Grocery Biz
on Jun 7, 2011
Groupon is big on restaurant discounts but for those of you who would rather eat at home, they also have a deal for you. This week, Groupon began testing a new feature that adds deals to grocery store loyalty cards. They began the experiment at the Big Y Deal stores in Springfield, MA. It’s a $39.99 Summer Seafood Grill Pack for $24. When you hit the buy button, instead of getting a printable coupon, the deal is loaded on to your store loyalty card and automatically comes off when you check out.Mobile, Mortar and the Scan and Scram Shopper
on Mar 21, 2011
Yesterday, I went to the closing sale at my local Borders (sigh, and yes, I have book sales on the brain today). They had blu-ray box sets marked down 40%, so thinking I was getting a great deal, I decided to buy one. After I bought it, I used my Google Goggles to look up the item online and found that the price I paid was the same as Amazon’s everyday, low price. If I had scanned before I bought the item, I probably wouldn’t have bought it as it wasn’t the great deal I had hoped for. I
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