Retailers Tap High Tech To Aid Customers
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Encouraged by consumers' willingness to use self-checkout scanners, stores are testing new innovations to add service and cut costs. -The Washington Post
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Slackers, rejoice! Remote controls can now be used to shop from home.
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Offering customers a try-it-before-you-buy-it option is a smart move.
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Devices seen as good entry point to consumer electronics market.
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Internet retailers are figuring out what online shoppers really want and adding features to help, such as top-10 lists of hot sellers, gift picks by category and product ratings and reviews.
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NEW YORK - These days, technology providers take nothing for granted, especially their customers: There are plenty of stories of providers going to extraordinary lengths to win and keep customers.
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Retailers must take advantage of virtual worlds and mobile technology to stay competitive.
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The electronic gadgets retailer talks up strategies for growth.
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The latest shopping Web sites and a cellphone have become indispensable tools for holiday shoppers.
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At a local neighborhood grocery store, customers may soon be able to pay for their purchases with a quick wave of their cellphone, doing away with the need for wallets, loyalty cards and even cashiers.
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When US retailing giant Wal-Mart announced last November its intention to introduce Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, it pushed the retail industry into action overnight.
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&quot;HP technology helps us to differentiate ourselves from other retailers in the way we run our stores, select and distribute products, work with suppliers, serve customers and communicate
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When deployed by mobile phone service providers, the business finder technology allows a consumer to find and use the nearest, most highly rated and available service vendors like plumbers, electricians, carpenters or doctors.
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Company offers higher-end equipment and new expertise for selling complicated combinations of products.
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British company claims four online retailers are using its patented technology.
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roundupThere's no question retailers love RFID. But will problems of privacy and unreliability prove to be too great?
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Streamlined multifunction device aimed at helping company gain ground in business copier market.