Technology
August 4, 2016 at 10:13 am
GameStop has added more than 500 AT&T authorized retail stores to its tech brands business. Cellular World Corp., Midwest Cellular Inc. and Red Sky Wireless Inc. have been acquired to bring GameStop’s total number of AT&T authorized stores to just over 1,400. This move is part of GameStop’s plan to generate $1 billion in revenue…
August 3, 2016 at 9:59 am
Retailers have been conditioned by consumers to constantly seek out “what’s next,” trying to stay ahead of trends in shopping preferences and behaviors. A driving force behind changes in shopping trends over the past year has been mobile. Consumers are growing more comfortable using their mobile devices to fulfill their shopping needs, whether they're buying…
August 2, 2016 at 9:41 am
It feels like we were just ringing in the new year, but the first half of 2016 has flown by. We’re actually closer to welcoming 2017 than the past season of well-wishes and resolutions. And just like our personal experiences, 2016 has flown by for retailers — with tons of new developments. We’ve seen everything…
August 1, 2016 at 11:35 am
Since Mike McNamara became Target's chief information officer last June, he's ushered in a completely new direction for the retailer's IT department. When he joined, McNamara focused on what he believed were the company's weaknesses: too much outsourced tech talent; unstable systems; and too many projects on the docket. Soon after, he began putting his plan…
July 29, 2016 at 9:29 am
The uses of artificial intelligence (AI) that get the most press are usually the big, splashy ones. Whether it's IBM's Watson beating Ken Jennings at Jeopardy, DeepMind besting Lee Sedol at Go, the massive influx of news about self-driving cars, the growing personal marketplace, or Elon Musk's increasingly public trepidation, these kinds of AI stories…
July 27, 2016 at 11:49 am
Target is taking a new approach to help veteran employees stay up-to-date with technology, social media and marketplace trends. Younger Millennial workers are "reverse mentoring" the baby boomer company leaders.
July 25, 2016 at 12:41 pm
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a Slurpee? That must have been on the minds of people who may have glanced up at the sky in Reno, Nev. on July 11 when 7-Eleven made the first commercial drone delivery to a private residence. According to 7-Eleven, the initial delivery included a chicken sandwich, donuts, coffee, candy…
July 14, 2016 at 10:53 am
The lawsuit claims Skechers violated Adidas patents by selling sneakers that allegedly “copied Springblade technology.”
July 8, 2016 at 11:07 am
Lowe’s is stepping into the augmented reality (AR) game. With the help of Google, the home improvement retailer plans to release Lowe’s Vision, an app for Google’s 3-D smartphone platform Tango. The app will allow users to visualize how new furniture and appliances will look in their homes. Users will even be able to take measurements…
June 28, 2016 at 10:54 am
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