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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 »
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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Kohl’s Kiosks, B2C Innovations, Citigroup Breach
Kohl's is on target to deploy customer service kiosks to all its stores by this fall following successful testing and pilot kiosk programs held this year, according to Kiosk Marketplace.
The kiosks will let store shoppers order any item not in stock and have it shipped to their home at no charge.
CRM
trendwtaching.com has developed an “Innovation Extravaganza,” a collection...Continue Reading »
Walgreens Completes drugstore.com Purchase, Wal-Mart Priorities, Old Navy Store Revamp
Walgreen Co. has completed its acquisition of drugstore.com.
The transaction includes all websites directly owned and operated by drugstore.com, as well as its corporate office and customer service and distribution center operations.
Business & Finance
At the company’s annual shareholder meeting, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. President and CEO Mike Duke discussed Wal-Mart’s priorities...Continue Reading »
Daily Deal Growth, Target Canada Stores, Donut Day
Unique visitors to leading daily deal sites Groupon and LivingSocial.com grew by triple-digit rates between April 2010 and April 2011, according to analysis from Compete.
Groupon still leads the way with nearly 24 million unique visitors for the month, increasing 5.4% month-over-month (MOM) and 655.8% year-over-year (YOY).
International Expansion
Target has revealed the first...Continue Reading »
K-VA-T Texts, Macy’s Global Shipping, Retire Ronald McDonald?
K-VA-T Food Stores is using a Memorial Day-themed texting promotion running through May 23 to engage smart phone shoppers, according to Supermarket News.All those who text "picnic" to 55678 will automatically gain one electronic entry for a chance to win food and supplies for a Memorial Day party.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
Macy's, Bloomingdales and Saks Fifth Avenue will...Continue Reading »
Smartphone Store Locators, Netflix-Miramax Deal, Western Union App
Forty-four percent of smartphone users frequently use store locators, according to [sign-in] a new report from the e-tailing group. Data from “The Shopping Mindset of a Mobile Consumer” also shows 40% of smartphone users check for sales and specials.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
Beginning next month, a range of Miramax films will be available for U.S. Netflix members to...Continue Reading »
Netflix Android App, Promotional Email, Smaller Kohl’s Stores
Netflix has begun to roll out a Netflix application for the Android platform. The online movie rental retailer is making the free app available for download from Android Market.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
The top online retailers sent each of their subscribers three promotional emails on average during the week ending May 13, 2011, according to the Retail Email Blog. That’s...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 »
Mobile Initiatives, Target Canadian DCs, Burlington Coat Hack
The average brick-and-mortar retailer will spend $343,000 this year on mobile initiatives, up from $50,000 in 2010, but the spending falls within a broad band, a recent study by Forrester Research found. While virtually all retailers said their goal for mobile devices is to drive sales on their websites, investment levels may not be adequate, with modest sales at best resulting,...Continue Reading »