Dan Berthiaume

Retailers have been tinkering with the store shopping experience for centuries. Traveling merchants and open bazaars gave way to fixed stores that were usually general stores that carried a little bit of everything. Then stores started getting more specific in what types of products they sold, and then started getting less personalized in the customer […]

Radiant Systems, which sells retail solutions with a strong focus on the hospitality vertical, is buying Orderman, an Austrian vendor of wireless handheld ordering and payment devices for the hospitality sector. Radiant announced the acquisition July 7. “Orderman allows a server to come to the table, enter a customer’s order into a mobile device, transmit […]

A security assessor company is creating a division within its company that will focus on offering education, training and validation to help retailer comply with PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards). Compliance and Audit Group announced its TurboPCI unit July 8. TurboPCI offers a blended learning system that includes programmed instructional workbooks, workshops, […]

Impinj, which offers UHF Gen2 radio-frequency identification solutions, is buying Intel’s UHF RFID reader chip operation. Impinj officials said the acquisition, announced July 10, will round out the company’s RFID portfolio. Financial details were not disclosed. “Impinj has the high-performance Speedway RFID reader on the market for long-range applications,” said Kerry Krause, vice president of […]

Ethoca, which sells collaborative fraud management technology to European retailers, is entering the U.S. market. The company has not yet made a formal U.S. announcement, but is in the final stages of signing contracts with several clients, according to company officials. “We allow retailers to work together to fight fraud without competitive issues,” said Andre […]

JDA Software Group, which sells enterprise supply chain solutions, and Oliver Wight, a global supply chain consulting firm, are jointly releasing a sales and operations planning solution that can be used by retailers. The companies announced their strategic partnership June 30. “Traditionally, S&OP technology is aimed at manufacturers who want to balance supply capacity with […]

In an effort to address long-standing problems associated with using UHF RFID tags in harsh environments that contain metals or liquids, RFID technology provider Omni-ID looked at the structure of its tags.Thomas Pavela, CEO and president of Omni-ID, said company officials scientifically examined the problem and believe they have found the answer in nature.“We looked […]

RedPrairie is rolling out a new parcel manifesting system that is fully integrated with the company’s Warehouse Management and Transportation Management systems, giving users a more complete packing and shipping solution. The new solution, introduced June 26, can be implemented as a module of one of these systems or as a stand-alone application. “This has […]

IBM and enterprise solutions vendor Epicor Software are collaborating on an integrated retail system management product for specialty and department store retailers. Announced June 30, the partnership includes an application for managing POS (point of sale) hardware and software via the IBM RMA (remote management agent). “Not only will it provide energy savings and a […]

As we enter the month of July, you can feel the cool breeze caused by thousands of retail IT professionals sighing in relief. With the possible exception of January, July is usually the slowest month on a retail IT employee’s calendar. The enterprise slows down in its last chance to relax before the rush of […]