Management: Technology
On and Off the Web
Jan 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Take a look at Sephora's 2007 holiday catalog. On page 47 it urges shoppers to give a box of 10 perfume samples as a gift and the recipient will also...
Reeling Them In
Nov 1, 2007, By Patricia L. Kirk
Although mall marketing managers may be doing all they can to prolong the holiday shopping season and pulling out all the stops to keep consumers at their...
Technology Bit by Byte
Oct 1, 2007
A decade ago, talk was that the Internet would revolutionize retail real estate. Back then, the feeling was that it was just a matter of time before online...
The Gift of Plastic
May 1, 2007, By Beth Mattson-Teig
In a relatively short time gift cards replacing gift certificates of old have grown to be an $80 billion business. The vast majority of cards are store-branded....
Playing The Cards
Apr 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
When Pier 1 Imports was exploring opportunities to boost income last year, the struggling home furnishings chain sold its private label credit card division to JP Morgan Chase for $155 million....
Blogging the Mall
Dec 1, 2006, By Mike Janssen
The malls of our youth have changed irrevocably over the years. Some have even closed their doors for good. But, some nostalgic shoppers are now enshrining cherished mall-hopping memories with an up-to-the-minute technology the blog....
Googling the Mall
Nov 1, 2006
Part of the allure of online shopping is that it eliminates the commonplace annoyance of going to a store to pick up the specific item only to find it's out of stock...
Protecting the Server
Sep 1, 2006, By Elaine Misonzhnik
After Hurricane Katrina consulting firm the Lamy Group found itself with its headquarters space ravaged and its staff scattered throughout the country. As a small business it had precious little time to get itself back in operation...
The Mall As Media
Aug 1, 2006, By David Bodamer
Developers are reviving efforts to bring video advertising to retail properties...
Site Seeing
Aug 1, 2006, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Online providers are racing to create the best site selection software....
