Retail Operations

Facebook privacy controls, online ad tracking, credit card data mining, retail loyalty clubs... is there any personal privacy left online or off?

Facebook is rolling out new privacy controls, having been forced to rethink their “grab it, sell it” approach to personal information.   Online advertising platforms are also under attack for tracking online activity to match ads with viewer interests and to re-target previously seen ads.  Credit card companies literally “mine” the personal data of their customers for nuggets of valuable information which they sell [Read More]

Retail Operations

Retail Observation and Store Surveillance Sells

That camera in the ceiling, red light blinking at you as you search the rack for the perfect graphic tee…. it isn’t watching to see if your are stealing…. it’s watching to see how you shop!  While loss prevention surveillance is still an important part of retail operations, in-store cameras are often focused on catching [Read More]

Retail Operations

Q4 Ecommerce Spending Up 3%

Here it is straight from the horse’s…comScore’s… mouth

RESTON, VA, February 9, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its Q4 2009 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, which showed that online retail spending reached $39 billion, up 3 percent versus year ago. Total retail e-commerce spending reached $129.8 [Read More]