Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Our data at Rival Technologies revealed that Gen Z shops just two to three times per month. With Gen Zs preference for mobile shopping, optimizing websites and apps for mobile users is critical. Our deepest, most nuanced insights around this generation come courtesy of our mobile-first, conversational research technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Chewy and nonprofit robotics hub MassRobotics have created the CHAMP (Chewy Autonomous Mobile Picking) Challeng e, offering $30,000 and the potential to work with Chewy going forward to the winning robotics manufacturer.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The least we can do is set them up for success with the right technology. When it comes to technology, associates expect to log in to a POS application and use it just like any other app they use on a day-to-day basis. And, and, and… Are we expecting too much from store associates? Is that going to change anytime soon? Probably not.

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Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 9, 2022

Between February 28 and March 3, the leading global telecoms and networking event, Mobile World Congress (MWC), took place in Barcelona. The event was hosted as a hybrid event. It attracted about half the attendees that it saw before the pandemic struck, namely 60,000 attendees. The event organizers reduced the floor space accordingly.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Payments technology is central to the shopping experience. Mobile-first consumers: With 91% of shoppers using a smartphone to make purchases, mobile commerce sales are expected to account for 62% of all retail sales by 2027. Mobile wallets provide the convenience shoppers have come to expect.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By leveraging this technology, retailers can transform the holiday shopping journey from a potential stress point into an opportunity for meaningful engagement and increased sales. This technology complements in-store experiences by allowing customers to quickly visualize variations not on display, such as different colors or sizes.

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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

JULY 1, 2022

Ron Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Enjoy Technology. Six years later, Johnson might answer that question differently — his “commerce-at-home” startup Enjoy Technology filed for bankruptcy on June 29, 2022, after a series of setbacks including staffing shortages and dwindling liquidity. His response: “Going to JCPenney.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2024

These items have been popular in the secondhand market for years, but now there is another consumer good taking the spotlight in the “recommerce” market: mobile phones. The mobile phone space also felt this shift to more intentional purchasing decisions — in 2022, sales of mobile phones in the secondary market totaled $35.9

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It’s a profound and weighty question to ask, especially with so many technologies evolving so quickly. During the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo, executives from ShopSimon (formerly Shop Premium Outlets), Rebag and Sune shared their answers by delving into the technologies and strategies driving their companies’ priorities.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 16, 2024

Best Buy is rolling out new features in its mobile app to better personalize the shopping experience. New AI-powered features include: A personalized home screen that is constantly updated based on a user’s preferences, shopping habits, membership status and where they are in their technology shopping journey.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The pace of technological change — as well as consumers’ increasing demand for always-on-shopping, anytime, anywhere — has left some retailers struggling to innovate digitally to meet customers’ evolving wants and needs. Creating a plug-and-play infrastructure enables rapid innovation. return on tangible equity (RoTE) compared to just 15.3%

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 16, 2024

Samsonite has implemented a new mobile-driven experience across its European stores, powered by Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service and implemented by Oracle Retail Consulting. The technology adds to Samsonite’s growing tech stack, which includes Oracle Retail Xstore Office and Oracle Retail Order Broker Cloud Service.

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Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Forrester attended the International Motor Show Germany, rebranded as IAA MOBILITY. It took place in Munich between 7-12 September 2021. The event was staged as a hybrid event. It managed to attract 400,000 ‘real’ visitors, making it one of the largest trade fairs since the pandemic started.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Available via a new mobile app, Save A Lot Rewards offers shoppers points called “dots” that can be redeemed for rewards and free products. Grocery chain Save A Lot has debuted its first-ever loyalty program — Save A Lot Rewards.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 15, 2024

Office Depot ’s task completion rate has reached 90% across its network of 1,500 stores and 13,000 associates since implementing Zebra’s Workcloud software and mobile computing solutions. Since deployment, the solutions have become central to store operations.

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Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

To gauge the ease and effectiveness of mobile banking experiences, Forrester evaluated the smartphone apps of the “big four” Australian banks.

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Forrester eCommerce

JUNE 11, 2021

Apple kicked off its annual developer conference on Monday, June 7, 2021. One of its big announcements was iOS 15. iOS 15 makes experiences more intelligent and more intuitive. Apple is adding features that help its customers 100 times a day in little moments throughout the day, every day. In some ways, you could say […].

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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

JANUARY 13, 2025

Typically known for its Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), which power breakthrough technologies for companies like Meta and Open AI , NVIDIA is now staking a claim in the retail industry by powering solutions for companies ranging from LOral to Lowes and Walmart. This technology is going to change the way we all manage our inventory.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 2, 2025

Retailers must embrace technology and data analytics to gain insights into consumer preferences and tailor their offerings accordingly. Collaboration and partnerships with third-party logistics providers and technology platforms can enable retailers to enhance their capabilities and effectively meet evolving consumer demands.

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Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

When it comes to mobile device security, barely half of organizations are using unified endpoint management (UEM). Find out why security teams overlook mobile devices in this preview of our upcoming Security & Risk Summit. That's like locking the front door and leaving the side door wide open.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2025

In the highly competitive retail market, businesses are leveraging technology to strengthen brand loyalty and enhance consumer experiences in ways that only science fiction writers could have imagined 40 years ago. retailers accounted for 62% of such incidents globally.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Once largely associated with lower-income households, dollar stores are now becoming retail staples even for more affluent households, inspiring retailers in these categories to invest more heavily in marketing, merchandising and technology innovation that will help them differentiate.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

2, during which fans were able to shop game-day essentials and team merchandise directly from their mobile devices. “By Syracuse game on Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Lastly, businesses should work to embrace technology. For instance, mobile apps that help seasonal businesses with bookings, calendar organization, staffing and inventory management can help them efficiently scale and grow beyond being seasonal ventures. He operates these positions from his location in Denver.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2023

For example, Nike now has Nike Fit, a mobile shopping feature that helps customers find their perfect shoe fit using their smartphone camera. The furniture and home goods space is another sector of the market that’s seeing increased applications of this technology. New digital opportunities.

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Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Read this report to understand where European banks’ mobile banking apps excel, where they fall short, and how to strengthen your own apps.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 23, 2024

After a challenging 2024, manufacturing and transportation firms and leaders will use technology to adapt to the tricky environment in which they and their customers find themselves. Find out more in our 2025 predictions for smart manufacturing and mobility.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2025

Although Buckle has been using Aptos software since 2018, the team decided to move from its Windows-based POS system to Aptos ONEs mobile-first application in order to further evolve its tech stack and better meet guest expectations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2023

Technology Can Make Good Experiences Great As it is in many areas of retail, technology is playing a greater role in the overall experience offered by open-air centers. Additionally, our mobile app provides personalized recommendations that enrich the shopping experience,” said Wingrove in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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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. But France’s production pipeline marched on, seemingly without heeding the market changes.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As a matter of fact, as accessibility becomes a more prevalent concern in the retail sector, the interplay between new technology and AI represents some good news. Features that improve accessibility have the power to help legitimize AI-powered tools and services and lead to more trust around the new technology.

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Forrester eCommerce

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

We adapt to new technology very quickly. Maybe increasingly quickly if I think about my own career from implementing ERP on Windows 95 to embracing the internet in a late nineties dot-com to evangelizing mobile in the noughties, all they way to today when we get to generative AI. Humans are adaptable. A year ago […]

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Retail is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by technological advancements and changing consumer expectations. Retail digital transformation is the process of leveraging technology to fundamentally change the way a retail business operates. What is Retail Digital Transformation? How Do You Step-Up Your Digital Transformation?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The tags are designed to improve found rates, efficiency and order accuracy, and they provide retailers with the opportunity to integrate their functionality with other Instacart Connected Store technologies.

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