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RIS News “Top Ten Things You Missed” includes RetailNext innovations
In today's feature from RIS News “Top 10 Things You Missed at NRF 2013″ Supply Chain Insights CEO Lora Cecere references RetailNext innovations male/female demographic detection and Wi-Fi analytics...
View ArticleRetail TouchPoints offers a preview of RetailNext 4.0
Retail TouchPoints just published a Solution Spotlight on RetailNext's upcoming version 4.0. Retail TouchPoints highlighted some of the advanced new features we demonstrated at the NRF Big Show,...
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New RetailNext mobile app now available in Apple app store
In the wake of our announcement of new RetailNext 4.0, the latest version of the RetailNext mobile application is now available in the app store for download to iOS devices. The RetailNext mobile...
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RetailNext Acquires Wi-Fi Analytics Leader Nearbuy Systems
It’s been a BIG day at RetailNext as we officially announced the strategic acquisition of the industry leader and largest provider of in-store, opt-in guest Wi-Fi analytics — Nearbuy Systems. With...
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NEW Benchmark Report: Retailers Experience 19.4% Increase in Traffic and...
U.S. Specialty Retailer Performance Data According to a new RetailNext Composite Index report, which aggregates and analyzes nearly 20 million shopping trips, Specialty Retailers experienced increases...
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Developing Retail Talent in the Age of Big Data
When I was graduating from college, I remember retailers like Ann Taylor and the Gap would recruit aggressively for students to enroll in their management training programs. Later, when I ran retail...
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Forum Feedback: A Bigger Role for In-Store Analytics
Fresh off the heels of RetaiNext’s 4th annual Executive Forum, one thing is crystal clear: the use of in-store analytics continues to grow, and its applications are spreading to new functional areas...
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Webinar Recap: An Inspired Look at the Data-Driven Store of Tomorrow
On Tuesday, July 22, George Shaw, head of Research & Development at RetailNext, facilitated our live webinar, “A Vision for the Data-Driven Store of Tomorrow,” where he led an interactive...
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No Need to Waste Half of Marketing
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” Does that sentiment resonate with you and your retail business? John Wannamaker, the retailing pioneer...
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Store Theatrics – The Retail Store as Theatre
Generally speaking, retail traffic is down, but sales are relatively flat. Shoppers are taking about the same number of shopping trips, but the number of stores visited on each journey has been reduced...
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Touchpoints key to retail success
Shoppers never stop shopping. If there’s one reality in retail, that’s it. As such, one might think success in retail is inevitable, a given. Of course, nothing could be further from retail truth....
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Webinar Preview: Dynamic Foot Traffic
Traffic counts have been around since the beginning of retail. While the methods of counting have evolved from simple observation to high tech video analytics, the measure of front door traffic has...
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September Insights: Consumer Confidence Falls
The Conference Board, a private research group, reported its index of consumer confidence fell to 86 in September, down from its August revised level of 93.4, and was an unexpected pullback from...
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December Retail Results: In like a lamb, out like a lion
RetailNext released its Retail Performance Pulse this week and the December performance metrics for brick-and-mortar stores showed a ‘mixed bag.’ Overall, the month saw a year-over year decrease in...
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The BIG Show Review
Retail’s annual The BIG Show concluded last week, and coming on the heels of another busy and blustery Holiday season, it’s now time for the retail industry to catch its collective breath and focus on...
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Predictive Simulation – A Peek Into the Future
Retailers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their desire to optimize their stores, especially as they’re able to get more and more information from in-store analytics like those provided by...
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Tomorrow’s Future Built on Today’s Flexibility
Innovation is the name of the game in technology, and as a result, the tech we use to analyze and manage stores is always changing – and this is a good thing! Questions that we couldn’t answer years...
View ArticleNew Patent Expands RetailNext Capabilities
Innovation is ingrained into the culture here at RetailNext. Since the firm created the in-store retail analytics space in 2007, the company has invested heavily in developing new technologies,...
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A Better Picture with Xovis Sensors
Earlier in the week, RetailNext announced an expansion of its platform to add support for stereo cameras from Xovis, a Swiss-based company that has built an expertise in measuring passenger movement in...
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RetailNext Accelerator Kit Brings All Up To Speed
For 15 years, online eCommerce has been eating brick-and-mortar retail for lunch. C;mon, we can talk about it. We’re among friends. Besides, it’s the truth. The online shopping experience has changed...
View Article20 Questions Answered with Traffic 2.0
Retail is evolving, and it’s changing more rapidly than it ever has before. Shoppers hold the power – they are clearly in control, and for the first time are dictating disruptive and transformative...
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Increasing Sales with Traffic 2.0: Webinar Preview
For decades, store traffic was a simple measure – the number of shoppers who entered the store – and traffic counts were essential in calculating fundamental retail performance metrics like conversion....
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Webinar Recap: Increasing Sales with Traffic 2.0
Store traffic has been a staple metric for the retail industry for years, as in its most basic form, it represents opportunity – the opportunity for stores to deliver a value-added shopping experience...
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Stereo Cameras Continue to Push Envelope
The one truism in technology is that it’s constantly evolving. In fact, the growth of technology performance and capabilities is difficult to keep up with. Most are familiar with “Moore’s Law,” the...
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The Big Business of Retail Loss Prevention [INFOGRAPHIC]
Retail Loss Prevention professionals are descending on Long Beach this week for NRF Protect, one of the largest LP trade shows of the year. It’s an important show too, not just for those in the...
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Analytics That Make a Difference: Data Show Increased Conversion Rates for...
[This article was originally published September 1, 2015 at Retail TouchPoints.] It’s a constant struggle for retailers to protect margins. If it’s not global macro-economic concerns, it’s unseasonable...
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Today’s Shopper & Her New Shopper Journey
I don’t have to tell you that today’s shopping journeys are dramatically different than they were just a few years ago, right? After all, you shop, and don’t you shop differently in 2015 than you did...
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Targeted Marketing & Mobile Engagement Just Got Better
Today, RetailNext announced it acquired Pikato, a Chicago-based company whose cloud-based software transforms retail mobile marketing channels into personal, one-to-one interactions between retailers...
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Broadening Beacons’ Use Case Solutions
Beacons burst into the news a few years ago, and there they have stayed. But despite a wealth of articles, beacons remain a hyped-up and confusing topic for most. With RetailNext’s recent announcement...
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[WEBINAR RECAP] Engaging 100% of Your Mobile Shoppers – No App Required!
When it comes to mobile engagement with shoppers, don’t get left behind.That was the resounding message of the November 4 webinar, “Engaging 100% of Your Mobile Shoppers – No App Required,” a...
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New Sensor Technology for Today’s New Retail
There’s no argument. When it comes to delivering timely, relevant and personalized shopping experiences, retail’s online channels have outperformed stores. Through data analytics, online channels...
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LP Made Easy (-ier): POS Exception Reporting with Integrated Video
Loss Prevention is big business – an opportunity that exceeds $40 billion annually in the United States alone, and one responsible for 1.5 points of lost margin off what is often already a razor-thin...
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[INFOGRAPHIC] RFID Technology in Retail
In a show that’s all about big news, some of the biggest news at the National Retail Federation’s annual The BIG Show a couple of weeks ago centered on the advances in RFID solutions for retailers....
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Setting Marketing’s CX Autopilot
Today’s retail marketers are tasked with the same responsibilities and accountabilities their predecessors were so many years ago – namely, raise the overall awareness and image of the brand, and drive...
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RFID & a Tale of Three Dresses
When looking at POS data and sell-through reports, Melissa the merchandiser noticed widely varying sales results for her three biggest hopes for the spring fashion season. Dress #1 is steadily selling...
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Mobile & the Tour to – and Through – the Store
With mobile device penetration at an all-time high – over 60% of the world’s population use a mobile device and the percentage continues to rise – the influence of mobile on the retail industry cannot...
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Pulse Report: Stores’ November Performance In Line with Expectations as...
RetailNext’s Retail Performance Pulse report for brick-and-mortar store performance for the retail month of November (October 30 through November 26 on retail’s 4-5-4 calendar) has been published and...
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Why Retailers Should Ask, “Does My Product Suck?”
Another one bites the dust. As I read on about the latest retailer Chapter 11, this time Aerosoles, I note the usual reasons cited: declining mall traffic, industry-wide markdowns and, of course, the...
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When It Comes to Shopper Traffic, Accuracy is Everything
As I wrote about previously, understanding shopper traffic is foundational for developing essential store performance metrics, particularly conversion rates. Without shopper traffic, you simply cannot...
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Ensuring Your Retail Analytics Platform Has the Punch to Move the Needle for...
With the advent of online e-commerce a couple of decades ago, more was born than a new way to reach shoppers and better serve customers. Alongside came a new data-driven, analytical approach to...
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Retail Performance Pulse: Stores Show Strong Upward Swing with June Results
The latest edition of the RetailNext Retail Performance Pulse has been published and is available for download, providing an overview of brick-and-mortar store performance for the retail month of June...
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