http://www.cioinsight.com Retail - RSS Feeds en-us Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:30:22 -0400 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:30:22 -0400 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/The-Strange-World-of-3D-ECommerce/?kc=rss - Second Life experimentation aside, major retail chain Tweeter is wondering if 3-D e-commerce might prove to be practical and a major advance for shoppers. When discussing the possible future intersection for e-commerce and 3-D interactive environments with realistic avatars, the line between Web ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/The-Strange-World-of-3D-ECommerce/?kc=rss Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:13:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Scanner-Grabs-Identity-Data-From-Drivers-License/?kc=rss - A high roller walks into the casino, ever so mindful of the constant surveillance cameras. Wanting to avoid sales pitches and other unwanted attention, he pays cash at each table and anonymously moves around frequently to discourage people who are trying to track his movements. After a few hours ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Scanner-Grabs-Identity-Data-From-Drivers-License/?kc=rss Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:05:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Virgins-Music-Stores-Love-Affair-with-Kiosk/?kc=rss - The Virgin Entertainment Group is trying to push the envelope on kiosk use, with plans to use the multimedia machines not just to play video clips, audio samples and game demos but to identify customers and to handle payments. Our minds are racing where we can go with this, said Robert Fort, th...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Virgins-Music-Stores-Love-Affair-with-Kiosk/?kc=rss Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:15:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Tiff-over-Deceptive-Search-Keywords-May-Spark-Web-Crisis/?kc=rss - When Office Depot sued Staples last week over search engine keyword purchases, it touched on more than marketing strategies. The suit could force the discussion of the ethics of Web advertising tactics, a discussion that many in the industry would rather not have. The particulars of the lawsu...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Tiff-over-Deceptive-Search-Keywords-May-Spark-Web-Crisis/?kc=rss Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:10:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Can-RFID-Be-Made-Tamper-Proof/?kc=rss - With so many retailers and manufacturers embracing RFID tracking throughout the supply chain, there is a strong assumption that an RFID label is still connected to the product it is supposed to be connected with. One vendor Mikoh is trying to challenge that assumption. Today's barcode is relati...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Can-RFID-Be-Made-Tamper-Proof/?kc=rss Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:53:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Gas-Prices-May-Drive-Consumers-to-Buy-Online/?kc=rss - Soaring gas prices have been pushed by natural disasters and an unfriendly global climate. But some e-commerce players are looking on the bright side: Maybe this will push people to drive less in the fourth quarter and instead log in and buy more online. Gas prices could impact e-commerce activit...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Gas-Prices-May-Drive-Consumers-to-Buy-Online/?kc=rss Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/MasterCard-Pursues-NoTouch-Retail/?kc=rss - MasterCard International Inc. Vice President Oliver Steeley is working to make contactless payment available to millions of Americans. Contactless payment is where a customer authorizes a charge to a credit card without the credit card being touched, often by using a key fob, a smart credit card or ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/MasterCard-Pursues-NoTouch-Retail/?kc=rss Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:17:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/No-Web-Tax-Yet/?kc=rss - Like a Java version of the sword of Damocles, the threat of a Web tax has loomed over e-Commerce players since the Web was formed a little more than a decade ago. But fitting for an October deadline, this sword is more of the tissue-paper and cardboard type, one that looks scary only from a dista...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/No-Web-Tax-Yet/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Sep 2005 04:22:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Move-to-Silicon-to-Make-Bar-Codes-More-Accurate/?kc=rss - On Wednesday, bar code pioneer and scanner manufacturer Intermec Technologies Corp. plans to unveil a new generation of bar code readers that rely on pure silicon to read bar codes, rather than mechanical means. Intermec predicts its readers will be 80 percent more accurate with the new approach ...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Move-to-Silicon-to-Make-Bar-Codes-More-Accurate/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Sep 2005 02:32:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Banks-Get-Their-Bearings-Online/?kc=rss - Given that it's a business where almost everything comes down to moving numbers from one column to another, one might think that online banking should have been one of the first e-Commerce segments to mature. From that perspective, it's an Internet natural. But the methodical, organized and struc...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Banks-Get-Their-Bearings-Online/?kc=rss Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:08:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/When-Safe-Devices-Become-Smart-And-Dangerous/?kc=rss - One key part of a CIO's job is to protect company information. That forces a healthy amount of paranoia, as the exec must anticipate the unlikely and envision the impossible. Maybe we should call CIOs Chief Imagination Officers? Perhaps a Stephen King-like imagination. Just like in a classic h...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/When-Safe-Devices-Become-Smart-And-Dangerous/?kc=rss Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:37:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/CyberSource-to-Take-Over-CardSystems/?kc=rss - In what might signal the closing chapter in the CardSystem credit-card security breach saga, CyberSource Friday announced its intent to acquire all of CardSystem's assets for an undisclosed amount. In May, CardSystems Inc. reported its role in the nation's largest known data security breach, whe...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/CyberSource-to-Take-Over-CardSystems/?kc=rss Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:46:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/From-Gooey-Designs-to-GUI-IT-Helps-Ice-Cream-Chain-Deliver/?kc=rss - The managers at one of the nation's fastest-growing ice cream chains pride themselves on customers who know exactly what they want sweet-wise when given the tools to make it. The 1,200-store chain opened its first franchise store 10 years ago and has been gaining momentum ever since. It plans...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/From-Gooey-Designs-to-GUI-IT-Helps-Ice-Cream-Chain-Deliver/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:33:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Gap-Cant-Afford-Online-Retail-Holes/?kc=rss - Shopped online at gap.com lately? Well, no worries. Neither has anybody else. While overhauling its online retail presence this month, Gap Inc. completely shut down gap.com for nine days straight a move that made Web developers and retail analysts wince. The online retail store is back online no...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/Gap-Cant-Afford-Online-Retail-Holes/?kc=rss Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:52:00 -0400 http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/SAP-Acquisition-Adds-to-Its-Retail-Tool-Set/?kc=rss - SAP AG officially made its countermove to Oracle Corp.'s retail efforts on Monday with the announced purchase of Canadian POS player Triversity. Not coincidentally, the deal which had been in the works for almost two months was announced the day Oracle's OpenWorld conference opened. Financial t...]]> http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Retail/SAP-Acquisition-Adds-to-Its-Retail-Tool-Set/?kc=rss