It's amazing what will attract attention on the Web. A website called "People of Wal-Mart" has gone viral. It's premise: it asks customers of the mega-store to submit pictures of other Wal-Mart customers wearing dated, bad attire or funky hairstyles.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced the smallest, fastest, most energy-efficient point-of-sale system of its kind as part of a broader strategy to deliver comprehensive "Green" solutions for retailers.

NRF Annual Convention & EXPO 2009 -- Starting today IBM (NYSE:IBM) will demonstrate innovative new technologies to help prevent "buyer's remorse" in today's new economy.

U.S. retailers face a wave of store closings, bankruptcies and takeovers after poor sales during the winter holiday season.

Retailers may be fined up to 10,000 yuan (1,430 U.S. dollars) for providing free plastic bags to shoppers, the Ministry of Commerce has proposed.

Fully Integrated EPOS system running on standard PC solves accounting and inventory management headaches for small shop owners and convenience managers

The world's largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will move design and development of its apparel to New York in a bid to revive declining clothing sales and cut production time.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the IBM Retail Integration Framework, an enterprise software architecture designed to help retailers accelerate the implementation of new customer focused strategies.

Microsoft Corp. today announced that AccessVia, an industry leader over the past two decades in development of in-store signage, labels and e-commerce applications for retailers, has selected Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 to integrate all its internal data and processes.

Nokia announced the grand opening of the first Nokia Flagship Store in Mainland China, the only stand-alone Nokia Flagship Store and the largest in the world. The Nokia Shanghai Flagship Store is the seventh of 18 planned Flagship Stores and is the second in the region following the opening of the premier Asia Pacific Flagship Store in Hong Kong.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced powerful new eco-friendly point-of-sale models that combine new proactive systems monitoring features and a choice of high-performance, yet energy-efficient processors, enabling large retailers to avoid costly unexpected downtime, and reduce system energy consumption by as much as 30 percent.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Merkur Group, a Slovenian-based retailer, is achieving new levels of control over its business by deploying IBM Tivoli to manage its critical IT assets and systems.