Steve Madden Re-launches Website

| Tim Parry

The interactive, technology-driven SteveMadden.com integrates social sharing and editorial commerce, and offers its customers a speedier and superior shopping experience.

5 Ways to Enhance Digital Performance Right Now

| Robert DuRoss

In today’s hyper-connected environment, producing slow-loading or unavailable content is equal to providing no digital content at all. While the challenge to produce always-on, high-performing content is daunting, the truth is, it can be done. In fact, it starts with some relatively easy first steps.

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Target CIO Resigns after Holiday Security Breach

| Erin Lynch

Target has announced that Beth Jacob, chief information officer, is resigning from her position as part of an “overhaul” of the retailer’s information security and compliance structure. Jacob’s resignation is effective March 5.

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Lessons Learned from the 2013 Holiday Season

| Andrew Hodes

Retail marketers have been busy examining the results of their holiday initiatives to reflect on what worked, what didn’t and what can be improved. From a technology perspective, here are three of the most poignant lessons that can provide valuable guidance for retail marketers in the coming year.

3 Trends from CES that will Shape Retail in 2014

| Bernard Luthi

Over the last decade emerging technology has increasingly encroached on the traditional retail journey. Here are three of the consumer technology trends that caused a stir at this year’s show and how they might impact the retail sector in the year ahead.