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February 6, 2012
Retail e-commerce sales see big gain in Q4, full year

U.S. retail e-commerce sales experienced a strong finish in 2011, putting sales for the full year well ahead of 2010, according to ComScore.

December 9, 2011
'Tis the season to be ... mobile

For those who doubt that consumers and their smartphones are inseparable when it comes to shopping, think again. Mobile advertising company Verve Wireless conducted research and found that more than half of consumers are using their smartphones when shopping.

December 7, 2011
Holiday shoppers utilizing mobile apps this season, PriceGrabber finds

Among those that have shopping-related applications on their smartphone, most of them will use this method to help save money when purchasing gifts this holiday season, according to a PriceGrabber survey.

December 5, 2011
Study: Mobile technology offers in-store opportunity

While advances in smartphones and social media use have lead many consumers to shop online, those same technologies are being utilized by retailers to get customers back into the stores, according to a new report.

December 5, 2011
What’s hot in 
home health care

Hamacher Resource Group in November introduced a new digital product 
library featuring as many as 6,000 home health care items. Drug Store News caught up with Hamacher president Dawn Vogelsang to talk about the opportunities in home health care today. 


November 29, 2011
Walgreens expands Web Pickup service to Indianapolis

Walgreens on Tuesday introduced its new Web Pickup service at locations throughout the Indianapolis area.

November 18, 2011
Survey: Cyber Monday gaining traction as post-Thanksgiving retailing event

Almost 2-in-5 people plan to shop Cyber Monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving when online retailers historically offer steep discounts and special promotions — according to a Consumer Pulse study of more than 1,400 U.S. consumers conducted by Boston-based custom research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate Research Technologies that was released Friday.

November 17, 2011
NRF predicts bigger shopper turnout for Black Friday weekend

Up to 152 million people plan to shop Black Friday weekend, compared with the 138 million who planned to do so last year, according to a preliminary Black Friday shopping survey, conducted for the National Retail Federation by BIGresearch.

November 10, 2011
ComScore: Online spending up 13% in Q3

Online retail spending reached $36.3 billion for third quarter 2011, up 13% from last year, according to comScore.

October 13, 2011
Report: Amazon tests public delivery lockers in Seattle, New York retailers

Online retailer Amazon is testing robotic delivery lockers that people can use to receive items they order from the website, according to published reports.

October 3, 2011
PriceGrabber: Almost half of Americans plan to spend less this holiday season

The state of the economy continues to impact consumers' holiday shopping decisions as many plan to spend less or the same this year.

August 24, 2011
Back-to-school deals target shoppers looking for low costs


Retailers, expecting thrifty behavior from consumers, are starting the back-to-school season with early promotions. “Retailers are already running door-buster promotions,” said Perry Smith, an analyst with the NPD Group.

August 11, 2011
ShopRunner survey finds parents head to multiple places for BTS shopping

A new survey conducted by online shopping service ShopRunner found that many parents will head to multiple stores to purchase back-to-school items for their kids.

August 1, 2011
Retailers look to own multichannel consumers

Traditional retailers today are marshalling their online resources to complement their brick-and-mortar stores, and retail pharmacies have an opportunity to use websites, social networking, smartphone applications and various combinations thereof to own multichannel customers.

July 18, 2011
BTS shopping budgets drop, Internet remains go-to source for deals

Back-to-school budgets will moderately decrease this year, but more consumers will turn to the Internet to score the best deals.

July 11, 2011
Report: Amazon poses threat to brick-and-mortar retailers

A story on the Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch, published Monday, identified Amazon.com as the latest value-oriented retailer to pose challenges to more traditional brick-and-mortar retailers.

July 5, 2011
Taking a digital dive with consumer focus

The race is on to capture tomorrow’s click-and-pick shopper — that multichannel consumer who, with a click, wields her phone as an omniscient shopping tool and then either picks her product off the shelf or picks where that product will be waiting for her, be it at a nearby store or in her mailbox. 


June 20, 2011
Nielsen, MyWebGrocer enter alliance to measure online supermarket sales

Nielsen has teamed up with a provider of digital grocery tools and a grocery media network to offer consumer packaged goods companies a view into consumers' online supermarket purchases.

June 14, 2011
Consumers likely putting off back-to-school shopping

Back-to-school shopping likely will take place even later this year than in 2010, as consumers hope to score last-minute deals, the latest forecast from PriceGrabber revealed.

March 28, 2011
Peapod expands in NYC

Royal Ahold’s Peapod online grocery service is expanding in New York, according to published reports.

February 18, 2011
From screens to shelves, direct-response is a hit

Move over Snuggie and ShamWow — more direct-response products are coming to retail.

February 18, 2011
THE WEB: Multichannel shoppers

There’s a reason Walgreens’ leaders are pushing so hard to upgrade communications capabilities and reach consumers through every channel, from stores and drive-through pharmacies to social media and smart phones. “Multichannel shoppers are three times more valuable to a retailer than a single-channel shopper,” president and CEO Greg Wasson said in January.


December 27, 2010
SpendingPulse: Holiday 2010 e-commerce up in double digits

Between Oct. 31 and Dec. 24, consumers spent more than $36.4 billion online — a 15.4% increase over 2009, according to SpendingPulse estimates.

December 10, 2010
Index examines consumers' feelings toward in-store, online shopping

An annual holiday shopping index found that an overwhelming majority of Americans said that while online shopping for holiday gifts is easier, brick-and-mortar stores do a better job of putting them in the holiday spirit.

July 5, 2010
PriceGrabber.com launches Android app

PriceGrabber has launched a mobile application that offers consumers a "comprehensive shopping experience."...

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