The new iOS 7.1, which Apple launched this week, contained massively-improved iBeacon…
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Google looks to open first brick-and-mortar store in 8,000 sq. ft. SoHo space
Retail experts say that deep-pocketed tech giant Google is near to signing a lease…
Apple’s iOS 7.1 delivers major, game-changing iBeacon improvement
A major, game-changing improvement to iBeacon…
Apple’s retail market share grows as RadioShack and Best Buy shrink
Apple’s market share among specialty electronics retailers..
Beleaguered RadioShack to close up to 1,100 U.S. stores
Radio Shack, the beleaguered consumer electronics retailer announced Tuesday…
Square lands 2nd huge client: Whole Foods to use Square’s iPad cash registers
Square has signed a deal to put its iPad-based payment systems inside Whole Foods…
Apple’s 1976 marketing plan included Apple Retail Stores
Regis McKenna, the legendary Silicon Valley marketing guru…
Amazon likely to add $20-$40 more to cost of Amazon Prime
The price of “free” two-day shipping is about to go up…
How advertisers can use your personal info to get you to pay higher prices
Imagine that you are halfway through the second week of a grueling diet…
Hobby no longer? Apple TV gets its own shopping category in Apple Online Store
Apple TV was promoted from accessory to top-level product category…
Forrester: Apple falls below Samsung, Microsoft, and Sony in customer service satisfaction
Samsung, Microsoft and Sony passed Apple in a 2014 measurement of customer opinions…
Apple’s iBeacon and the future of retail store shopping
Mobile, mobile, mobile. It’s like the Marcia Brady of the retail industry…
Burberry posts strong Christmas sales
British luxury brand Burberry posted a 14 percent rise in underlying retail revenue…
Apple’s revolutionary iBeacon: Sometimes the biggest changes in technology have the smallest beginnings
In the summer of 2013, Apple announced iBeacon…
Angela Ahrendts could spark another Apple retail revolution
Apple’s retail business has fallen into relative stasis…
Staples – long a tech backwater devoid of Apple goodness – finally starts selling iPads in stores
Staples customers hunting for a new iPad Air or Mini can now find one in stores…
Apple to open 10th retail store in mainland China this week
Tim Cook has pledged to double outlets in Greater China…
Company rolls out Apple’s iBeacon to grocery stores
Pretty soon, your iPhone might remind you to pick up laundry detergent…
Anybody else want an Apple ‘iServe home’ server with iBeacon accessories?
Apple has started iBeacon activations…
The Internet of iThings: Apple’s iBeacon already in 200 million iPhones and iPads
iBeacon is the most important new feature in iOS 7…
4 reasons why Apple’s iBeacon is about to disrupt interaction design
You step inside Walmart and your shopping list is transformed…
Apple’s revolutionary iWallet is coming
This week, Apple unveiled the first large-scale integration of iBeacon…
Two photos nicely illustrate the disaster Microsoft is today
Steve Ballmer is chief executive officer of Microsoft…
Apple could have 250 million iBeacon-capable units in the wild by 2014
Yesterday, Apple began a small press push on its new iBeacon technology…
Apple turns on iBeacon to guide shoppers at 254 U.S. retail stores
Apple Inc. will begin using the technology at its 254 U.S. stores to send you…
Bar deploys Apple’s iBeacon to give patrons free access to Newsstand magazines
Beacon, Apple’s hyperlocal trigger tech in iOS 7…
Select Apple Retail Stores begin price-matching iPad Air and iPhone 5c
A number of Apple Stores in the United States have begun price-matching…
It’s looking like an iPad Christmas
The Apple Store isn’t the only place you can get a deal on iPads today…
Apple uses gift cards for Black Friday deals; stresses value, not savings
In an interesting departure from previous years, Apple…
Apple’s incoming retail boss Angela Ahrendts: ‘I firmly believe in following your intuition’
When I joined Burberry in 2006, it was not without a lot of reflection…
Apple hiring developers for next-gen payment platform to help retail ‘push the boundaries in new markets’
Apple today posted a job listing on its website looking for…
Many Apple Retail Stores opening early for Black Friday sales in U.S. and Canada
Many U.S. and Canadian Apple Retail Stores will be opening early on Black Friday…
Beyond retail: What’s next for indoor location tracking with Apple’s iBeacon
When Apple announced indoor location tracking technology for iOS 7…
Burberry’s Angela Ahrendts makes a smart move to Apple
Angela Ahrendts’ new job as head of Apple retail is her first gig…
Google wants to use your smartphone to track your visits to retail stores
For Google to conduct this passive location tracking…
Apple Retail Stores to soon offer iPhone 5s and 5c display, other parts replacements
Apple is gearing up to soon begin hardware repairs for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c…
Portfolio manager: Apple is really going to gain market share this Christmas
A few retailers appear poised to outperform their peers this holiday season…
The Quantum Leap in retail: In fiscal 2013 there were 395 million visits to Apple Retail Stores
Except for seasonal peaks, the visitors per store per quarter has been…
Experts say iPad Air will be healthy for mobile payments growth
Apple’s iPad Air will be good for business…
Apple’s location-tracking iBeacon is poised to explode across retail faster than anyone can imagine
Embedded in Apple’s iOS 7’s flashier interface and multitasking features…
Angela Ahrendts: High-class CEO – not for the reasons you’d think
Burberry just lost its top innovator to Apple – CEO Angela Ahrendts…
Apple’s newest exec Ahrendts should shake things up, fit like a glove
Before Tim Cook was officially appointed CEO…
