Jena, 2016-Dec-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Supervisory Board of Intershop Communications AG is undergoing a change in personnel. From 1 December 2016, Mr. Ulrich Prädel will be the newest member of the Supervisory Board. Dr.-Ing. Harald Schrimpf, the present Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, has resigned with effect from November 30th, 2016…
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JCPenney.com features expanded offering and exciting new product categories not found in stores
Company Reveals Unique Online Gift Ideas Worth Every Penney
PLANO, Texas, 2016-Dec-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — This Christmas, shoppers will discover a wonderland of gifts at JCPenney.com that will make online shopping worth their time, money and effort. As one of America’s favorite e-commerce…
WEST CHESTER, Pa., 2016-Dec-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — QVC, the world's leading video and ecommerce retailer, today (11.28.16) announced the appointment of Bob Spieth to Executive Vice President of QVC's Customer and Business Services. In that role, Bob will lead the Customer and Business Services operations for both QVC and zulily. This appointment is part…
Toronto, 2016-Dec-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — It’s a North American first: Best Buy stores in four Canadian cities are now home to large-scale Google shops, where consumers can fully experience the company’s family of hardware, like Pixel, Daydream View and Chromecast Ultra.
Google Canada’s “shop within a shop” spaces were officially opened today at the…
Capital One continues to take a cloud-first approach by migrating core business and customer applications to AWS over the next five years
SEATTLE, 2016-Dec-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today (Nov. 29, 2016) announced that Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) has selected AWS as its predominant…
AWS Announces New Programs, Competencies, and Tools to Support Growing AWS Partner Network
AWS introduces three new partner programs providing tools, training, and benefits to support and distinguish partners in Service Delivery, Public Sector, and VMware Cloud™ on AWS
Newest AWS Competencies recognize APN partners specializing in Financial Services and IoT
New…
DALLAS, TX, 2016-Nov-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) announces effective November 28, 2016 Michael Fung will serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Neiman Marcus Group. This position was previously held by Donald T. Grimes.
Most recently, Mr. Fung served as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for 99…
Independent analysis conducted by NBS System and ESV Digital confirms Intershop’s top position as e-commerce solutions provider
Intershop Commerce Suite comes in first for B2B features, internationalization capabilities, and performance
Jena, Germany, 2016-Nov-29 — /EPR Retail News/ —The latest benchmarking report for e-commerce solutions by NBS System and ESV Digital has ranked Intershop Communications…
PITTSBURGH, 2016-Nov-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — DICK’S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) announced today (November 28, 2016) the acquisition of GameChanger Media as a new part of its DICK’S Team Sports HQ suite of digital youth sports offerings. GameChanger is a live scoring app that delivers data-driven coaching insights, live play-by-play updates and instant game…
Expands Bed Bath & Beyond's Existing Assortment in Growing Product Personalization Category; Furthers Mission to Provide Differentiated Products, Services and Solutions to Customers
Supports PersonalizationMall.com's Ongoing Efforts to Continually Improve Customer Experience Through Enhancements to Product Mix, Upgrades to E-Commerce Website, and Optimization of Marketing Initiatives
Leverages PersonalizationMall.com's Fully-Integrated, Proprietary Technology Platform to…
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, 2016-Nov-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sigma Pharmaceuticals today ( 24 November 2016) announced Australia’s largest pharmacy IT partnership with the Fred IT Group to deliver Sigma’s next generation retail platform that will support over 700 pharmacies across Australia.
The new platform is a single cloud based technology solution to underpin Sigma’s broader technology and…
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, 2016-Nov-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — Diebold Nixdorf, a global leader in driving and enabling connected commerce across the financial and retail industries, announced today (Nov. 22, 2016) that it will participate in the 20th Annual Credit Suisse Technology, Media & Telecom Conference Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona.
During…
SYDNEY, 2016-Nov-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — Diebold Nixdorf and Cuscal Limited, Australia’s leading independent payment solutions provider, are exploring the benefits of beacon technology to drive connected commerce and shape the future of consumer transactions. Cuscal is currently testing this advanced technology on Diebold Nixdorf automated teller machines (ATMs) and software in its lab…
Return of Black Friday Signed Editions with Over a Half-Million Books Signed by More Than 100 Acclaimed Authors
Introducing NOOK Tablet® 7”: The Most Affordable NOOK Ever at Just $49.99
Buy 1, Get 1 50% off Offer on Over a Thousand Educational Toys & Games
New York, New York, 2016-Nov-23 — /EPR Retail News/ —…
New York, NY, 2016-Nov-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today (November 21, 2016) announced that Demos Parneros has been named Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Parneros, whose appointment is effective immediately, will report to…
New facilities in the Middle East, Europe, Australia and Japan will provide comprehensive cloud service offerings, enabling business innovation globally
Hangzhou, China, 2016-Nov-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, today (November 21, 2016) announced the opening of four new data centers by the end of 2016 in the Middle East…
Fast-growing airport transfer service chooses NCR’s omni-channel self-serve solution
Melbourne, Australia, 2016-Nov-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — SkyBus, operators of Melbourne’s express CBD to airport transport service, has rolled out self-serve ticketing on its Melbourne routes with NCR Corporation, the global leader in omni-channel solutions.
The roll out has enabled SkyBus to offer omni-channel and round-the-clock ticketing…
Amazon Web Services kicks off five new solar projects across the Commonwealth of Virginia for a grand total of six solar farms in the state and 10 renewable energy projects globally
By supporting 260MW of solar generation capacity in Virginia, Amazon becomes the largest corporate backer of solar projects east of the Mississippi River…
All deals are featured on the Kmart mobile app, letting shoppers check everything off their list at the touch of a button
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., 2016-Nov-21 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kmart announced today (Nov 18, 2016) it will kick off Cyber Week with ridiculously awesome savings on everything from jewelry, toys, gadgets, apparel and more.…
ATLANTA, Ga., 2016-Nov-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today (Nov. 17, 2016), Chick-fil-A® unveiled a complete relaunch of its flagship website, chick-fil-a.com. The new site will serve as the company’s storytelling and information hub. Leading the quick service restaurant industry in designing an experience informed by consumer research, the site puts customer preferences and interests front…
Starbucks® Mobile App debuts in Indonesia
Customers can conveniently pay for purchases, earn Stars and find nearby stores
The Starbucks mobile payment experience builds on a rapidly-expanding portfolio of digital innovations across the China and Asia Pacific region
JAKARTA, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks Indonesia today (November 18, 2016) announced the expansion of…
NCR achieves 99 percent availability and provides real-time health information via the NCR Pulse Banking app
Augsburg, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a leader in omni-channel solutions, will take over the complete operations of the ATM network of Sparkasse Jena in July 2017. This is an expansion of the existing managed services…
Partnership Gives Staples’ Customers Access to Expanded Services Offering through Managed by Q’s Platform
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & NEW YORK, 2016-Nov-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS), the world’s largest office solutions provider and one of the biggest internet retailers, today (Nov. 17, 2016) announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Managed…
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, 2016-Nov-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Recognising that customers want more rewards and an easy way to find store data, DESPAR Partner in Sicily, Ergon, has launched the DESPAR Sicilia App which not only features useful information about their local SPAR Supermarket but also promotional offers.
Ergon operates DESPAR, INTERSPAR and EUROSPAR stores;…
Customers can now subscribe to SaaS applications and APIs from a growing list of more than 20 ISVs directly through their AWS account
SEATTLE, 2016-Nov-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today (Nov. 16, 2016) announced that customers can now subscribe to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications directly through AWS…
Very fast, easy-to-use, cloud-powered business analytics service for one-tenth the cost of traditional BI solutions
Infor, MLB Advanced Media, and Edmunds.com among the more than 1,500 preview customers using Amazon QuickSight
SEATTLE, 2016-Nov-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today (Nov. 15, 2016) announced that Amazon QuickSight…
WEST CHESTER, Pa., 2016-Nov-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — There’s no better gift than giving back. On Tuesday, November 29, QVC is celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship and its charitable mission to support the success and wellness of women through the power of relationships as the first company to globally support #GivingTuesday. The video and…
Liverpool,UK, 2016-Nov-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — Shop Direct, the UK’s second largest pureplay online retailer, has announced plans to open a London hub at 111 Buckingham Palace Road, which will host colleagues working across data, eCommerce, IT, product and brand.
The 25,000 sq ft space, which will open in summer 2017, will have capacity for up…
bathstore launches new 2D to 3D bathroom planner tool on its website
Watford, United Kingdom, 2016-Nov-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — bathstore, the UK's market-leading specialist bathroom retailer, has launched a new 2D to 3D Planner tool on its website, set to enhance the experience of planning and buying a bathroom. The new functionality allows users to…
Leading Cloud retail management platform and ecommerce platform providers join forces to enable brands and retailers to offer a seamless omni-channel experience to their customers across the retail enterprise.
Boston, MA, 2016-Nov-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — Springboard Retail, the leading cloud POS and retail management platform helping retailers drive sales and margins, and BigCommerce, the premier…