Retail

Traditional brick-and-mortar retail is due for a major makeover, or so says Blake Mycoskie, the founder of Toms. In this interview,...

Up to 80x faster. And more reliable than ever. When the time came to work on the next version of Lightspeed OnSite, we shelved the...

With the creation of “shoppertainment” and hyper-attentive customer service, Harry Gordon Selfridge almost single-handedly revolutionized...

Will this year be the end of big-box and chains stores in Canada? It seems Canadians are preferring specialty and “Main Street”...

Consumers are armed with even more knowledge than ever before. The latest cause? New smartphone apps. Mobile-enhanced shopping is here...

Having an online store is crucial, even for retailers whose bread-and-butter comes from brick-and-mortar. Online conversion rates for...

The pop-up shop concept has become one of the most in-vogue ways to test new markets and products. These time-sensitive events draw...

Returns of holiday sales can be a huge problem for retailers. Gifts of clothing for loved ones often don’t fit, and so online apparel...

Sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday encourages shoppers to show their local retailers a little...

There’s no reward without risk. Retailers can tell you all about risk, and that when it comes to buying, sometimes you have a take...

These days, setting up an online store isn’t very complicated; tools like Web Store can help you start selling in just a few clicks....

In the next few years, mobile with be the fastest-growing part of internet advertising. More and more companies are developing apps...

What will holiday spending look like in America this year? Some predictions state that spending will increase, but not for everyone....

While retailers are looking forward to big profits this holiday season, consumers are preparing to score deals on discounted items....

There’s a new acronym retailers need to get familiar with. “IWWIWWIWI” stands for: I want what I want when I want it. Consumers...

We’re excited to announce the release of Lightspeed OnSite 2015 (formerly known as LightSpeed Pro). Jam-packed with the features...

Walking through Jacadi’s two-storey Dublin outpost, childish is the last thing that comes to mind. After a month-long renovation...

While most people still have back-to-school on their minds, smart retailers are already looking ahead to the all-important winter holiday...

We consider LightSpeed Retail a product created not only by our own designers and engineers, but also the thousands of retailers who...

Start-up retailers rooted in e-commerce, such as Frank & Oak, are seeing their nimble strategies pay off. The menswear company has...

More and more, people in both urban and suburban areas are embracing cycling, and independent bike stores are at the heart of this...