It’s all inside for the web at J.C Penney stores

J.C. Penney is equipping its stores with a web-enabled point-of-sale system and taking other steps to integrate the web into store operations. The web also will soon surpass catalogs as J.C. Penney’s biggest direct sales channel.

Posted 05/03/2006Mark BrohanPost a comment

Borders to test additional CD mix-and-burn stations at in-store kiosks

Customers at one Borders store already can visit a CD mix-and-burn station at a web-enabled kiosk to download digital music files and burn their own CDs in the store. Now, Borders prepares to extend the experiment to three more stores.

Posted 05/02/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

Michaels Stores continues to phase out e-commerce

The company began the phase out three years ago when it stopped selling crafts online. Now the retailer no longer is selling arts and framed prints.

Posted 04/19/2006Bill BriggsPost a comment

WineMiner rolls out Internet-based wine-and-recipe kiosks in retail stores

WineMiner, a provider of Internet-based kiosks for researching wine and complementary food recipes, is rolling out kiosks in specialty food stores and major supermarket chains.

Posted 03/24/2006Paul DemeryPost a comment

In-store pickup of online orders drives up average order value at Best Buy

20% of BestBuy.com customers who pick up their orders in stores make additional purchases in those stores, raising average order values by 40%. 65% of online shoppers who pick up their orders in stores are new to BestBuy.com.

Posted 02/28/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Online spending skyrockets in the first week of 2006

For the week ending Jan. 8, consumer online spending increased 35% over the corresponding week a year earlier, reaching $1.89 billion from $1.4 billion, comScore Networks Inc. reports.

Posted 01/30/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

Oracle buys 360Commerce for store systems technology

Oracle Corp., in an extension of its Oracle Retail unit, is acquiring web-based point-of-sale and store systems provider 360Commerce, the companies said.

Posted 01/17/2006Paul DemeryPost a comment

Why some retailers are eyeing kiosks again

Multi-channel expectations have hit stores, according to a new report from Forrester Research. To meet store customers’ demands for the kind of information and service they can access on the web, some retailers are reconsidering kiosks.

Posted 12/05/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

Online shoppers are more likely to use in-store technologies

Online shoppers are more likely than other consumers to use in-store technologies such as self-checkout systems and kiosks, according to a new report from Forrester Research.

Posted 10/14/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

Online sales grow 24% for week ending Aug. 21

Online sales for the week ending Aug. 21 grew 24%, reached $1.56 billion from $1.26 billion a year ago, comScore Networks Inc. reports.

Posted 09/13/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment