Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Marks & Spencer plans to install self-checkout POS stations in the changing rooms in its 180 clothing stores, according to the Telegraph and other news outlets.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Storefronts are eliminating the checkout process, augmented reality is reducing return rates and virtual marketplaces are offering new consumer experiences. But as retailers digitize operations to differentiate customer experiences, they also face a growing wave of cyber threats targeting sensitive customer data and critical business systems.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Paper Store promises top-notch customer service in its 100+ brick-and-mortar stores, with associates helping shoppers choose from its widely varied assortment of apparel, accessories, jewelry, water bottles and even packaged food from Stonewall Kitchen (along with paper, pens and school supplies, of course).

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2023

Women’s activewear and lifestyle brand Sweaty Betty has rolled out the mobile POS from NewStore in 73 stores across the UK and Ireland. By replacing its legacy POS with NewStore’s omnichannel cloud platform, the London-based brand can now run its entire retail operations via iPhone.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

Businesses and organizations across virtually all markets and niches are exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) could benefit their operations. AI fuels imagination, leading to a flood of ideas of how to enhance customer experiences, automate tasks and gain an edge in the market.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

Bouclair has rolled out a new POS platform in its 54 stores across Canada. The PredictSpring solution includes both stationary and mobile POS applications along with clienteling, omnichannel commerce and inventory management capabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Managing Endpoint Devices Doesn’t Have to be this Hard As a retailer, your investments in a modern customer experience shouldn’t result in added risk to your IT environment. Also, automation plays an important role in IT operations. IT teams today can (and should!)

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

Sainsbury’s will upgrade 22,500 checkouts across its supermarkets, convenience stores and fuel stations with cloud-based POS and analytics solutions from NCR Voyix.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Understanding the products shoppers tend to buy in a single basket can lead to co-merchandising opportunities that not only drive incremental sales, but also increase convenience for customers by reminding them of complimentary items they may otherwise forget to buy. Better inventory management means better business operations, period.

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iVend

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As a retailer, you rely on your POS technology for store operations, and you may well have an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system as well or be considering one. But rather than seeing them as two essential but separate – entities, the retailers who get the most from their POS and ERP systems are those that integrate them.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2023

Nearly half ( 46% ) of retailers surveyed in Retail TouchPoints’ Store Operations Survey noted that they provide mobile POS to associates — and an additional 31% plan to implement the technology this year. It was a $15 million outlet, so if that location could run mobile POS, others could too, and we helped remove those barriers.”

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Mi9

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Benefits of a Mobile POS for Retail Stores In the fast-evolving retail environment, where customer expectations continue to rise, delivering quick, personalized service is no longer optional; it’s essential for business growth and customer retention.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2025

If you have fulfillment and payment data connected, the customer could [make that additional purchase] with the click of a button in the app, seamlessly within that same transaction, rather than the shopper having to use the in-store POS to make the additional purchase, he noted.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

The company owns and operates 34 locations, both flagships or outlets, and the remainder are owned and operated by partners such as high-end resorts. Larocque has spent more than 20 years with Burton, becoming SVP Operations in 2010. Like its ERP system, Burton’s POS was dated and needed to be replaced.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2024

Shopify provides a unified commerce platform designed to enable seamless customer experiences across all channels while centralizing data and operations for multi-location retail businesses.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In today’s data-driven world, retail businesses face an increasing demand to streamline operations, improve customer experience, and stay ahead of the competition. Streamlined Customer Relationship Management (CRM) A centralized database is a game-changer for customer relationship management (CRM).

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Retail digital transformation is the process of leveraging technology to fundamentally change the way a retail business operates. It involves integrating digital tools and processes across all aspects of the business, from product development and marketing to sales and customer service.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2024

Following a 200 -store test that limited customers using self-checkout to a maximum of 10 items, Target has rolled out Express Self-Checkout to its nearly 2,000 stores nationwide. The 2023 pilot showed that the self-checkout experience was twice as fast at stores with the Express model compared to those without.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2023

But it’s how those stores operate that allows them to effectively serve as fulfillment hubs. Customers also can schedule deliveries for a specific time, which is particularly helpful with pharmacy items. Walgreens is continuing to seek ways to tighten operations and enhance the convenience of store pickup.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The point-of-sale (POS) system has always been the one truly indispensable technology for any merchant, large or small. As if this workhorse of retail didn’t have enough to manage, today’s increasingly complex landscape has added other “responsibilities” to the POS. Today’s POS systems have expanded beyond their traditional roles.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

While autonomous stores and technological innovation are high on the retail agenda, the infrastructure and operational efforts that enable them aren’t often given the same broad attention. These operations may struggle to adapt to the unique needs of automated checkout systems and smart stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2020

The solution provider has added Live Voice and Video Chat, Event Management and All-in-One Appointment Management to its clienteling suite in order to help retailers manage new operating procedures and customer preferences.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Coles Group , which operates a chain of more than 800 supermarkets across Australia, will deploy the Bringg delivery management platform in a bid to make its home delivery operations more efficient. The solution will make it easier for Coles to allocate deliveries to its network of carriers and track deliveries in real time. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 9, 2024

JCPenney has faced the same challenges that bedevil the entire department store vertical, ranging from lower foot traffic at malls to the high operating costs that come with significant brick-and-mortar investments. So we’re focusing on our stores and digital systems, applications and ecosystems, because that’s the way we meet our customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2023

Never has the role of a retail store infrastructure in delivering the customer experiences of tomorrow been so important. Store systems typically don’t operate in people-free, highly secure, air-conditioned server environments; quite the opposite. Take cloud point-of-sale (POS), for example.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Omnichannel is no longer just about connecting digital and physical offerings but about removing friction from the entire operation, from the warehouse to the front of the store. Everything from the stockroom to the POS needs to be seamlessly aligned for the benefit of both associates and customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 25, 2023

The customized system features a focus on fresh and prepared foods and fulfillment options including store pickup and integrated delivery. We needed an ecommerce solution that offer a wide variety of items and speaks to our customers clearly,” said Jorge Machado, President of Freshmart in a statement. “We

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Ecommerce Platforms

JULY 29, 2020

The first one, Lightspeed OnSite is one that you install on your desktop, while the Lightspeed Restaurant platform is a POS for restaurants. Keep reading to learn more about the Lightspeed Ecommerce platform, and look towards the end of this article for details on the POS and desktop versions. Access to Crucial Customer Data.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It’s our job to make sure customers experience as little friction as possible — that’s why we’re so concerned about retail theft and committed to preventing it,” said the company in a video demonstrating the new technology. This means that if a power tool is stolen, it won’t work.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2023

Retailers’ Reluctance to Put POS in the Cloud Stymies Unified Commerce Progress Many things can hamper retailers’ efforts to pursue a unified commerce strategy, from internal organizational silos to outmoded managerial incentive structures. Or ask a customer for their email address, or deliver a promotion? View the session on demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The deliveries will be provided at no cost to the retailer when consumers purchase through the BR Club app , which is operated by NRS parent company IDT. Uber Direct, part of Uber Eats, is designed to allow businesses to own the end-to-end customer experience for on-demand deliveries.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2023

Shinola and Filson will modernize their in-store experiences with mobile POS, order management and store inventory solutions from NewStore. The partnership will streamline operations, improve inventory accuracy and help our retailers gain valuable insights about their customers, all while offering a more unified shopping experience.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

What’s more, these handheld RFID readers do double duty: they’re often Android-based devices that also are used for mobile POS, picking and packing in-store and numerous other store tasks. In short, RFID directly leads to a materially better customer experience in the age of the digital-first shopper.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In the face of unprecedented and challenging market disruptions, forward-thinking retailers are turning to mobile POS systems to maximize productivity and profits. In addition, investments in the right retail technology can improve the overall customer experience, even when there is a staff shortage. Build Customer Loyalty.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

With this newfound confidence returning to physical store sales, it’s essential that the customer experience is second to none. IT and store operations managers in the convenience store vertical, 98% of respondents have dealt with store system failure. Legacy technology is all too often to blame. Solving for Downtime.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Retailers can use a mobile-first and responsive POS to keep their checkout mobile, or use the same solution to station their device on a counter or offer a self-checkout option. mPOS solutions provide real-time analytics and customer data. When it comes to providing an outstanding customer experience, store associates are paramount.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2020

The parent company operates nearly 14,500 convenience stores worldwide. In the pilot store, shoppers can pay via a smartphone app for a completely touchless experience, or pay with cash or a card at a kiosk or traditional POS station.

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