Gap Can't Afford Online Retail Holes
Gap.com's weeks-long blackout was the result of poor planning. Experts offer advice on how to avoid downtime and keep sales going strong. - Shopped online at gap.com lately? Well, no worries. Neither...
View ArticleFrom Gooey Designs to GUI, IT Helps Ice Cream Chain Deliver
With 1,200 stores in 47 states, the Cold Stone Creamery chain is growing quickly with its do-it-yourself ice cream concoctions. But the acting CIO is trying to whip those do-it-yourself treats into a...
View ArticleCyberSource to Take Over CardSystems
With the nation's worst credit card security disaster on its resume and AmericanExpress and Visa cutting its contract, payment processor CardSystems has few long-term options. - In what might signal...
View ArticleWhen Safe Devices Become Smart And Dangerous
Opinion: From an external security standpoint, every network has innocuous devices (UPS, shredder, etc.) and risky devices (servers, PDAs, routers, etc.). But tech advances are quietly and slowly...
View ArticleBanks Get Their Bearings Online
Several indications& from reduced ATM interest, increased use of online bill payments and sharply improved consumer bank perceptions& show that banks are starting to understand their customers....
View ArticleMove to Silicon to Make Bar Codes More Accurate
Intermec is set to unveil its next-generation bar code reader, promising scans that are 80 percent more accurate as it moves the bar code reader from mechanical mirrors to pure silicon. - On Wednesday,...
View ArticleNo Web Tax Yet
Opinion: Ziff Davis Internet's Evan Schuman warns that a widely misunderstood Oct. 1 deadline set by a group of states calling themselves the Streamlined Sales And Use Tax Project is making some...
View ArticleMasterCard Pursues No-Touch Retail
The credit card giant is developing the next generation of contactless payment, which could improve convenience and security for customers while leaving traditional credit cards behind. (eWEEK.com) -...
View ArticleGas Prices May Drive Consumers to Buy Online
Soaring gas prices may encourage shoppers to explore online alternatives this holiday season. (eWEEK.com) - Soaring gas prices have been pushed by natural disasters and an unfriendly global climate....
View ArticleCan RFID Be Made Tamper Proof?
With RFID chips being used to track more products through the supply chain, it's a critical assumption that the chips are still adorning the products they were programmed to adorn. A company called...
View ArticleTiff over 'Deceptive' Search Keywords May Spark Web Crisis
Opinion: Office Depot's lawsuit against Staples could force a discussion of Web advertising tactics that many in the industry would rather not have. - When Office Depot sued Staples last week over...
View ArticleVirgin's Music Stores' Love Affair with Kiosk
When the $225 million Virgin Entertainment Group decided its music stores needed multimedia kiosks, it put 150 of them into one store. - The Virgin Entertainment Group is trying to push the envelope on...
View ArticleScanner Grabs Identity Data From Driver's License
Casino vendor gets a patent on a device that can scan almost all the data on a U.S. driver's license and dump it into into a casino's CRM system, to reduce stand-at-the-window time and maximize...
View ArticleThe Strange World of 3-D E-Commerce
Where e-commerce, avatars and 3-D interactive environments meet, the line between Web transactions and science fiction gets blurry. - Second Life experimentation aside, major retail chain Tweeter is...
View ArticleFrom Apple to J.C. Penney: Retail's Ron Johnson Makes Big Move
In hiring Ron Johnson, J.C. Penney is bringing aboard a tech-forward CEO who made his mark as Apple's senior vice president of retail. Can he work the same retail magic for the department-store chain...
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