The myth of showrooming - the suggestion that tons of shoppers are flooding stores to only use them as a physical showroom as they had always intended to purchase the product at Amazon - lives on. But a survey conducted in late April by Bizrate Insights is helping to add a little clarity. First, showrooming really doesn't happen very often. But more interestingly, when it does, it's more likely to be within the same chain. That's a problem all right, but the name of that problem isn't showrooming. It's internal politics.

Organizations of all sizes across an assortment of industries are using a growing set of cloud analytics solutions to address their Big Data, business intelligence and data integration challenges.

Digital coupon users spend 42 percent more per year at supermarkets than the average shopper - a differential of $1,029, according to a GfK report, based on more than 120 campaigns run by Coupons.com in 2012. This reflects a 7-percent increase compared to 2011.

In the past year, there have been numerous articles debating whether "reshoring" is a myth or really happening. For example, the cover article of the April 22, 2013 issue of Time magazine was "Made in USA - Manufacturing is Back - But Where are the Jobs?"