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EU Data Breach Rules, Best Buy Subleases Stores, Google Antitrust Investigation
The European Union will soon require all companies doing business in Europe to notify customers "as soon as they become aware" of a data breach, according to StorefrontBacktalk.
Store Operations
Best Buy Co. Inc. is planning to segment off portions of its brick-and-mortar stores in an effort to sublease the units to smaller retailers. Dollar General is optimizing pricing...Continue Reading »
Staples M-commerce, Wal-Mart Market, Whopper Lust
Staples is launching a new mobile Staples.com website.
The new mobile site features enhanced product ratings and reviews, one click to an optimized ink and toner finder, a Staples retail store locator with automatic GPS, store inventory lookup and enhanced on-site search, including an auto-suggest feature.
Store Openings & Closings
Wal-Mart plans to accelerate the opening of...Continue Reading »
Retail Email, Amazon Sales Agreements, Best Buy Postpones European Expansion
The top online retailers sent each of their subscribers three promotional emails on average during the week ending June 10, 2011, according to the Retail Email Blog.
That is down 4% week-over-week, on par with where it was four weeks ago, and up 9% year-over-year,
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
Amazon.com sent notices Friday to the owners of Connecticut websites saying the...
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Best Buy shopkick, Home Depot Multichannel Mktg, Starbucks UK Contactless Payment
Customers using the shopkick shopping app will be rewarded for walking into any of the almost 1,300 Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores nationwide.
Best Buy says the rollout will make it the first of shopkick's launch partners and first consumer electronics retailer to provide this mobile shopping experience for consumers through targeted offers and rewards on a national...
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E-commerce Sales, Wal-Mart Eyes Europe, Best Buy Closes DC
U.S. retail e-commerce sales [pdf] for Q1 2011, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, were $46 billion, a 3.4% increase from $44.5 billion in Q4 2010, according to estimates from the Census Bureau.
On a year-over-year basis, adjusted retail e-commerce sales rose almost 18% from $39.1 billion.
International Expansion
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reportedly plans to...Continue Reading »
Nordstrom Mobile Checkout, Wal-Mart China E-commerce, Blockbuster Kiosk Change
Nordstrom will roll out mobile checkout devices to its stores nationwide by the start of its anniversary sale in July 2011, according to Chain Store Age. The retailer, which has tried a variety of different devices, is currently testing the iPod Touch in its downtown Seattle and Bellevue Square, WA stores.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
Wal-Mart will acquire a minority stake in...Continue Reading »
Online Coupons, Best Buy Breach, Taco Bell Concerns
One-third of US adults obtained online coupons, either for discounts at online stores or for brick and mortar stores, in the past 30 days, according to [pdf] a survey from the Newspaper Association of America. Data from “How America Shops & Spends 2011” also indicates researching or shopping for a product or service led all online shopping-related behaviors with 49%...Continue Reading »
eBay Buys Where, Best Buy Video Games, Weis Facebook Coupons
eBay will purchase Where Inc., a company that makes location software for smartphones, according to the Boston Globe. Where’s software, which helps mobile phone users find retail business such as shops and restaurants, will allow eBay’s PayPal online payments division to extend and enhance its services to merchants, the company said.
CRM
New desks, expanded selections and staff...Continue Reading »
Digital Loyalty, Family Move Night, Mobile Problems
The Boston Globe reports a new digital coupon service is being launched today, with a difference: unlike group buying sites, it’s not designed to offer deals on spa treatments or other luxury items.Instead, the service from SavingStar Inc. will work with the loyalty cards handed out at large chains, such as the supermarkets Shaw’s and Stop & Shop and the drug retailer CVS, to give...Continue Reading »
Best Buy Strategy, Location-based Services, Bi-Lo Direct Mail
Best Buy is launching a new set of strategic priorities the retailer says will allow it to focus on growth opportunities, operations, and improved international returns. The strategy is designed to maximize the company’s multi-channel, multi-category business, including a strategically diversified collection of physical properties that range from small Best Buy Express kiosks and Best...Continue Reading »