Consumers sustain careful spending habits--STORES Weekly

February 16, 2012 Vol. 3, No. 7 Sponsored by Motorola Solutions Rethinking Priorities Consumers sustain careful spending habits Budget tightening isn’t showing signs of stopping, and despite positive holiday sales figures, many of the changes that consumers have made in spending habits are becoming hardened.   A New Way to Pay Pouch puts payment power into smartphones Using Pouch, customers can make payments through their smartphones for free, and it supports the storage of personal credit, debit and prepaid cards on BlackBerry, iPhone and Android phones. Playing with Friends Sociable Labs boosts Active.com’s interactivity To more fully engage its customers, Active.com began working with Sociable Labs, a company that merges data from social media sites with that from online transaction systems. Click to Talk SaaS provides personalized shopper assistance online Some of the most nagging tasks associated with online shopping can now be addressed, thanks to the new software-as-a-service platform VeriShow. advertisement Motorola Solutions Tablets are one of the best ways for retailers to build loyalty and improve the shopping experience. See the ET1 Enterprise Tablet in action. Entrepreneurs: Start Your Engines -- Fueled by consumers’ growing preference for more fuel-efficient tires, tire dealerships are one of the most promising small-business retail sectors. Love is in the Air -- According to the recent Brand Passion Index, T.J. Maxx is the Most Loved Brand as well as the brand with the Most Passionate Customers. Hiding in Plain Sight -- A simulated grocery shopping experiment revealed that grocery shoppers read labels far less frequently than they say they do. How She Shops -- One new report suggests that retailers keep signs and displays at eye level and below, and that signage should give consumers something to recall and relate to. Neiman Marcus has selected ChoiceStream CONNECT to help deliver a more personal shopping experience in its online stores. Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply has selected Envysion as its exclusive video provider and is deploying Envysion Insight to all its stores. Dollar General Corporation has completed implementation of IT Help Desk support for nearly 10,000 stores from Genpact. Bass Pro Shops has commenced a pilot of mobile sales devices from PCMS. Theater chain Rave Cinemas has launched a new digital signage network powered by Real Digital Media’s NEOCAST Platform. Follow STORES Media on   Whitepapers The Ups and Downs of Network Availability Midmarket Retail Bounces Back Optimizing Price in a Transparent World Cross-Channel Loyalty Case Study Five Strategies for Cross-Channel Loyalty Cross-Channel Loyalty Technology Consignment sales: Market Penetration VS Risk Mitigation Increase Your Hiring Performance with the Ultimate Recruitment Technology Checklist! The Roadmap from Multi-Channel to Cross-Channel Retailing Twenty First Century Merchandising Takes Hold Fifth Annual Supermarket Benchmark Study Floor Planning: Shifting From a Tactical to a Strategic View Cashing in on the Mobile Bar Code Revolution Upcoming Events Today's Event! Better Together: Home Depot Canada Leverages Customer Intelligence STORES Webinar Thurs, Feb 16 at 1 p.m. Eastern Our Systems are Down AGAIN? Strategies Behind Highly Effective IT Management in Retail STORES Webinar Thurs, March 1 at 2 p.m. Eastern

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