Monthly Archives: August 2012

11 Tips for Employee Engagement

My own manager, and leader of our marketing department here at WBR (publishers of this blog and producers of the eTail event series) has a few words about leadership, inspired by some posts on TrainingMag.com….

Blended Marketing: Why Multi-Channel is Toast (via Ultimate Office)

If you missed eTail Boston this year, don’t fret. We filmed several of the sessions and live streamed them during the event, but now we have them available to view. I’m choosing a few to…

Is Your Retail Operation Adopting New Payment Technologies? It Should.

Emerging payment systems like NFC, can be a tricky subject. See the blog post from today about this very subject. But if we don’t keep on top of this issue, it will surely creep up…

Makeup App Reveals (Potential) Global Cosmetics Trends Valuable for Retailers

A popular ModiFace iPhone App called “Makeup” is coming through with some valuable statistics that anyone in the cosmetics retail biz will want to see. The virtual mobile makeover app spit out data from more…

Emerging Payments – Are Customers Really Going to Pay for Things with Smartphones?

The rise of payment-enabled smartphones, which can replace cash, credit cards and debit cards via technologies such as near field communications (NFC), is a fascinating new option for consumers. However, before smartphone payment systems can…