Target launches new electronics services
Target, Minneapolis, Minn., announced three new consumer electronics services that will provide guests with an enhanced shopping experience both in-store and at home – 1-877-myTGTtech, Target Mobile and Target Electronics Trade-In. 1-877-myTGTtech is a free product support hotline for all Target electronics purchases. Target Mobile offers a convenient in-store and online cellular shopping experience. Target [...]
Electronics retailer launches mobile app
Canadian electronics chain Future Shop, headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, has a mobile app available now for free download onto iPhone and iPod Touch devices. One of the first retailers in Canada offering an app of this kind, Future Shop is giving customers the opportunity to browse, accurately search the entire catalog of products, securely [...]
Eye-Fi cards now available at Target nationwide
Eye-Fi Inc., Mountain View, Calif., announced the $49.95 Connect X2 will be available for purchase among Target’s 1,740 stores in 49 states nationwide and at Target.com. The Connect X2 works like a regular SDHC memory card and is compatible with everyday compact cameras. Users will automatically be able to upload photos and videos to their [...]
Future Shop awards youth
Canadian retail chain Future Shop, headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, and owned by Best Buy, celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Future Leaders Scholarships program this past weekend. To celebrate, the company gave the gift of education to 25 Boys and Girls Clubs youth across Canada. Presented with scholarships based on their outstanding contribution to [...]
Under the radar, from PMA magazine
Retail Imaging Management Group provides support for retail kiosk industry Working away quietly in the northwest corner of the continental United States for the past 10 years, Retail Imaging Management Group, Portland, Ore., has flown under the radar until now. It was born out of the frustrations of a former Eastman Kodak Co. employee and [...]
Best Buy Mobile opens 100th specialty store
Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy Co. Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., announced its 100th standalone store, which is opening in Sanford, Fla. “We launched Best Buy Mobile in New York City in 2006 with a promise to consumers to improve their mobile shopping experience in our stores,” said Shawn Score, president [...]
Half year results of Metro Group
The German retailing company, Metro Group, Duesseldorf, has announced its results for the first half of 2010. Compared with the same period last year, sales increased 2.4 percent to Euro 31.2 billion (US-$ 40.75 billion). Excluding the influence of favorable currency exchange rates, the plus was 0.6 percent. The operational result reached Euro 369 million [...]
Droid X phone prints pics at retail
Updated information added July 29; see below. The Droid X phone from Motorola and Verizon all but hides a built-in photofinishing feature: the “Print to Retail” menu choice will send a photo directly to a nearby picture printer. On its official site, Motorola says: “Yes, the DROID X can print to a Bluetooth enabled printer [...]
Kodak signs retail printing contract with European retail giant Carrefour
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., signed a new partnership agreement with Carrefour, the leading European and the world’s second largest retailer. The multi-year agreement follows an in-depth competitive assessment by Carrefour of the available retail solutions in the industry to provide shoppers with a fresh, innovative, new photo shopping experience. Kodak will work with Carrefour [...]
Kroger launches digital coupon center
The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, unveiled a all-new digital coupon center, a combination of manufacturer, Kroger brand and web-only exclusive coupons, all located in one online center. Customers can easily load offers directly onto their Kroger Plus Card or loyalty cards for other stores Kroger operates including City Market, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Jay C, [...]
