How to Cash in on Canadians' Growing Appetite for Online Shopping

April 15, 2016

As e-commerce shopping booms, Canadians are making their way to online stores and many of them are choosing outside merchants. At least 70 percent of Canadians' purchases in 2015 were from merchants based outside the country because these online retailers often have better prices or provide goods not available in Canada.

It's No Game: For Some Retailers, Virtual Reality Is Serious Business

April 14, 2016

CRM Daily

The next thing you try on at the mall might be a virtual reality headset. No longer relegated to video gamers, VR is coming to amusement parks, movie theaters and classrooms. But the technology presents a major opportunity for retailers as they try to lure fickle shoppers into their stores, particularly as consumers shift more of their buying habits online.

Challenges for Retail in the Age of the Omnichannel

April 12, 2016

SupplyChainBrain

A conversation with retail industry experts on how the coming of the omnichannel is radically altering customers' expectations of service - and how retailers are being forced to respond.

Three Ways That Technology Is Changing the Face of Retail

April 12, 2016

SupplyChainBrain

An annual study of consumer attitudes toward online retailing technology zeroes in on the growing acceptance of delivery drones, mobile payments and virtual reality.

Shotfarm Releases Enhancements for Workflow Management

April 8, 2016

Shotfarm

Shotfarm, vendor of a cloud-based application for managing and exchanging product information, has released a pair of enhancements to its user apps, the Dashboard and Plugin Store.

Close Brick-and-Mortar Stores? No Way, Say Younger Shoppers

April 6, 2016

Fierce Retail

Shoppers, particularly younger ones, believe it's important for retailers to have a physical store, and they expect that store to make a good first impression.

Almost Everyone Likes Option to Buy Online, Then Pick Up Items in Physical Stores, Study Says

March 29, 2016

Retale

Ninety-nine percent of consumers who take delivery of online orders in brick-and-mortar stores are pleased with the experience, according to a recent survey. Twenty-nine percent said the option is why they placed the order in the first place.

JDA Releases Connect for Manufacturers Running SAP HANA

March 24, 2016

JDA Software Group Inc.

JDA Software Group, Inc. has released JDA Connect for SAP HANA.

Could Amazon Become One of Top 10 Grocery Companies in U.S.?

March 23, 2016

Business Week

While Amazon.com Inc. is already a force to be reckoned with when it comes to online retail, one Wall Street firm says it's about to move up the ranks in yet another industry: U.S. food and beverage.

Physical Stores Are Alive, But Are They All That Well?

March 22, 2016

Fierce Retail

Brick-and-mortar shopping isn't dead, but it is certainly on the decline: just 57 percent of urban consumers said they preferred to make discretionary purchases in stores, while 39 percent claim their last such purchase was made online.