Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2022

Now more than ever, it is critical for us at Sephora to be able to adapt to the quickly changing retail environment, and that’s especially important at the point of sale,” said Sree Sreedhararaj, SVP and CTO at Sephora in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

Additionally, by leveraging the solution’s cloud technology, Sainsbury’s will gain access to AI-powered real-time data and analytics for sales analysis, estimates of future store performance, associate productivity and cash management.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2024

On average, nearly 20% of annual retail sales happen in November and December, and the impact of a breach can be disruptive to the business and brand. Endpoints, like laptops, tablets, mobile and BYOD devices, public cloud infrastructure and SaaS applications play a bigger role in retailers’ business and how they engage with their customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2024

Athletic retailer WSS , which is owned by Foot Locker , will deploy the Aptos One mobile POS solution across its more than 100 U.S. Building authentic relationships with our customers is core to who we are at WSS,” said Sarah Derba, Senior Director for Information Technology at WSS in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated the contactless revolution: 84% of Americans ( 77% among global consumers) now expect to increase their use of touchless technologies to avoid physical contact for the remainder of the pandemic, with 55% ( 63% globally) planning to continue doing so afterward, according to a survey by Capgemini.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2022

Destination retailer Event Network — which operates gift shops for aquariums, zoos, museums, science centers, botanical gardens and other cultural attractions — has upgraded to a mobile point-of-service (POS) system and adopted a new cloud infrastructure as it continues its digital transformation.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

With retailers grappling with the labor shortage, alternative solutions must be sought to mitigate any negative impact on in-store sales. Retailers can rely on innovation to fill the gaps left by a lack of staff by deploying the right retail technologies. Mobility is essential for assisted selling success. Ease of Use.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

But the retail technology (and wine) enthusiast in me shudders at the idea of cases of wine being laid to waste, especially when data-driven technologies could easily be deployed to help Bordeaux bounce back from its Merlot-est ever sales record.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Wine Finder is available online for more than 500 Marks & Spencer stores and on point-of-sale marketing in 20 Foodhalls. Our technology gives shoppers various ways to voice how to begin a journey of discovery, said Andrew Sussman, Co-founder and CTO of Preferabli in a statement.

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BigCommerce

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Some estimates project that global ecommerce sales will reach $4 trillion by the year 2020. Mobile payments are also making an increasing impact. This shift to mobile is pushed along with the ever expanding list of payments-enabled devices. In 2016, shoppers spent more than $1.9 trillion worldwide. Smartwatches.

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Groove

JUNE 15, 2022

The new way of purchasing goods and services is through Mobile Payments whether you are shopping online or in-store. As millions of users start to use mobile payments each year, it is projected that 4.8 billion people will be completing transactions through mobile payments by 2025. What Are Mobile Payments?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2024

But a legacy point-of-sale (POS) system that lacked any kind of mobile functionality tied too many associates to cash wrap workstations — a major source of inefficiency during ongoing labor shortages in retail. Installing efficient mobile technology doesn’t just meet short-term employee needs.

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Ecommerce Platforms

MARCH 14, 2022

Mobile POS systems are all the rage right now, and as we head into 2022, their adoption rate is only going to increase. Mobile POS systems aren’t new, but they have grown in popularity considerably in the past couple of years. Mobile POS systems aren’t new, but they have grown in popularity considerably in the past couple of years.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The store is quite busy, so you flag down a salesperson and they help you check out from a mobile point-of-sale (POS) system. You decide to mobile order via your iPhone, so the latte is waiting for you as soon as you arrive. How secure are these mobile devices? This alarming research leads to a few questions.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Every touch point, regardless of channel, is a direct reflection of the brand, and customers need to feel that brand promise as they bounce between the digital and the physical. Having the right data is vital, but retailers must have enabling technologies in place (more on this next) in order to get the most use from it.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2021

The brand teamed up with Wilkins Avenue AR to create the experience, scheduled to last two months, using AR and spatial computing, merging state-of-the-art technology with striking set design. The headset allows the user to view the AR features in-store, rather than using their mobile device to activate the experience.

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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. With mPOS, sales associates are not bound by a traditional checkout counter.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Instead of battening down the hatches and stepping back from investments in technology and transformation, [executives] are looking toward that as a conduit to help them progress through the year and the impending recession ,” said David Miller, Chief Marketing Officer at Mercaux in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

Before any of us confronted the new reality of a global pandemic, retailers were already interested in the potential benefits of frictionless technology. There’s no question there’s more public attention on frictionless innovation, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to a rapid, or wholesale, adoption of the technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2022

Prior to that position Brok spent more than eight years at Nike , eventually serving as its VP, Global Product and Merchandising Operations and Analytics.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 9, 2024

The retailer is in the midst of rolling out new next-generation store technology, including new point-of-sale (POS) hardware and software, as well as upgrading its stores’ WiFi and network bandwidth. So my job was to “keep the lights on” while also bringing in newer and better technology built for the future.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2022

Benefits include members-only discounts, a birthday reward, perks from car rental and hotel booking brand partners and pre-ordering through the retailer’s Reserve & Collect program, where available — all accessible via a mobile app.

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RetailMinded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Did you know that point of sale systems date back to 1879 when the first one was invented by American shopkeeper James Ritty. Recent advancements include front end and back end responsibilities merging with ease, cloud based efforts supporting both in-store and online purchases, and mobile becoming increasingly popular to manage POS.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

AI is the latest massively disruptive technology making waves for businesses everywhere. Generative AI is giving birth to exciting new use cases, but as with any new technology, there are serious questions about how to properly wield it. But it’s not quite new to retailers. Even many tech-savvy retailers are struggling to keep up.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Stores are no longer just a point of sale; they must be vibrant interactive environments that foster a community. Technology to Expand the Retail Experience For experiential retail to thrive, integrating technology into the physical shopping experience is essential.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

While technology has continued to have a dramatic impact on the retail industry, the spread of COVID-19 has created new technology trends and accelerated current tech best practices significantly. Automated commerce, or a-commerce, is one of the hottest technology trends in retail currently. Autonomous delivery. Geolocation.

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BigCommerce

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Is your small business mobile-friendly? If not, you may be missing out on sales. According to Google , 64% of shoppers use mobile search on smartphones for product ideas before heading to the store. Try the following: Business card contests: Drive more customer engagement by holding contests at points of sale and online.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

This is arguably in no small part driven by consumers’ desire for enhanced personalization and convenience , as well as their growing digital prowess as technology becomes increasingly embedded in their daily lives. By 2030, the smart retail market will be worth $91.36 billion thanks to these aggressive investments.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2023

As a result, store design teams are thinking more critically, and intentionally, about their new physical experiences — especially if technology plays a supporting role. Do retailers have interest in technologies that garner a lot of attention and PR?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2020

As the pandemic has driven the adoption of e-Commerce to a level retailers didn’t expect to see for a year or more, many are speeding up the development of digital products and services that were further ahead on their technology roadmaps.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

Unlike fashion, the technology industry doesn’t often look to trends and ideas from the past to define its future. Riding a serious hype wave, RFID was sure to be the next big thing in supply chain execution technology. But in the case of RFID, that’s exactly the phenomenon we’ve been observing over the course of the last few years.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 3, 2023

Many of us have become experts at navigating an ecommerce site in seconds, and some of us may even pay for groceries via mobile apps on our smartphones. The Case For the Cloud The cloud has become a major talking point for retailers around the world in recent years. Here’s how. In fact, McKinsey reported that cloud adoption among U.S.

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Ecommerce Platforms

APRIL 20, 2022

The company is best-known for supporting mobile point of sale solutions, and can offer a wide range of high-quality hardware to help you thrive offline. However, there are no industry-specific point of sale apps with Shopify, while Square has dedicated tools for service companies and restaurants. Go to the top.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Amazon ’s cashierless Just Walk Out technology has been deployed in more than 120 third-party locations, including airports, stadiums, university campuses, convenience stores and theme parks. Non-staff members can use credit cards, mobile wallets, QR codes or the Amazon One palm payment system to enter and shop at the checkout-free stores.

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RTP blog

MAY 30, 2017

It’s about the interplay of human beings and technology in a service-oriented industry. As my friend’s rant indicated, human beings without technology are severely limited. But technology without human beings is worse than limited: it’s almost useless.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2023

At the same time, retailers are acutely aware that ecommerce sales are continuing to grow as a percentage of overall holiday spending and, within that percentage, mobile sales in particular are skyrocketing. eMarketer expects retail mobile commerce sales to account for 43.4% of total retail ecommerce sales in 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Instacart has made its initial public offering (IPO), pricing its stock at $30 per share and valuing the grocery delivery and technology company at approximately $10 billion. Instacart, which will trade on the NASDAQ under the symbol “CART,” sold 22 million shares in the IPO, with 14.1 million coming from the company and 7.9

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