Registers ring, stores are listening
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Consumers shrugged off rising energy costs and kept spending in October, boosting retail sales and supporting forecasts of a solid holiday season ahead for retailers.
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Games, graphic ring tones and other services dominate the showroom floor. Also: Yahoo battles Google for the cell phone.
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Customers want the service, changes are in the works, and counting Vonage out could be a mistake.
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As the recording industry wakes up  from its summer slumber and starts thinking about what will  motivate the consumer for the holiday selling season, the major  labels are getting ready to launch the &quot;ringle,&quot; which combines  the mostly defunct single format with ringtones.
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Investors are keeping an eye on sequential numbers.
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The holiday sounds at one major national retailer will not include the familiar jangle of a hand-held bell this year. Because of an overwhelming number of competing charities, Target stores across the country
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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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The electronics retailer enters the co-branded credit card arena.
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Slackers, rejoice! Remote controls can now be used to shop from home.
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A new, by-appointment-only business personalizes consumer electronics for customers in New York.
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The federal government hopes to introduce legislation today to establish a do-not-call registry for consumers who want to stop endless telemarketing pitches.
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RFID World attendees were interested in flexing the uses of RFID beyond tagging pallets in the stock room, including using RFID with cell phones to read blood sugar levels or to pay for fuel.
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This week, a company is launching technology that will make it possible for someone to choose what appears on phones that have Caller ID, the feature for displaying identifying information about an incoming call.
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Cell giant introduces a GPS application that lets subscribers search for products in nearby stores from their phones.
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The Salvation Army workers and volunteers who attract shoppers outside stores with their dinging bells have long been one of the more reliable sights and sounds of the holiday shopping season.
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Cell phone can respond to motion by dialing numbers or ending a call.
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This holiday season's retail conundrum: to silence the bells, or let them ring. As the Salvation Army kicks off its annual red-kettle program today, a growing number of retailers, from Best Buy to Target, are banning Salvation Army bell ringers from their doors -- to avoid having to choose between competing charities and out of concern for customers, they say.