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Walgreens forges a European alliance

The retailer is taking a $6.7 billion stake in the Alliance Boots pharmacy chain.

Posted 06/19/2012Kevin WoodwardPost a comment

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LightSpeed gets $30 million in funding

The software company provides point of sale systems for Apple’s iPad.

Posted 06/18/2012Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Walgreens sends a shopper a coupon as soon as she checks in

The merchant is using aggregated local data and Twitter to nab customers.

Posted 02/28/2012Bill SiwickiPost a comment

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CVS jumps eight spots on mobile commerce performance index

The merchant improves its page load success rate, hitting 99.23%.

Posted 08/23/2011Bill Siwicki1 comments

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Top 25 retailers’ mobile response times drop a smidge, but otherwise all is steady

This week’s Keynote Mobile Commerce Performance index tells a familiar story.

Posted 08/17/2011Bill SiwickiPost a comment

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Walgreens passes 1 million Facebook fans and rewards its followers

The retailer offered a free photo book on Facebook last week to mark the milestone.

Posted 07/12/2011Nesli KarakusPost a comment

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The image fairy can speed up mobile sites

A “sprite” reduces the number of web requests for imagery, enhancing site performance.

Posted 07/12/2011Bill SiwickiPost a comment

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Walgreens expands its e-commerce operations in downtown Chicago

Retailer is aiming to expand downtown offices for e-commerce operations and other departments.

Posted 06/29/2011Nesli KarakusPost a comment