Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

Walmart Canada will augment and modernize its supply chain with the construction of two new distribution centers equipped with next-generation automation, and the implementation of new warehouse management systems at DCs to help meet the needs of omnichannel consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 15, 2025

Uninterrupted Power Supplies (UPS) and generators are valuable for boosting resilience, especially if trading in locations that experience regular electricity power-cuts. Higher resilience can be achieved by using dual networks and multiple communication providers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2024

Fortunately, the point of sale is a great place to receive input. The point of sale is a great place for retailers to seek feedback that will enhance the customer experience throughout the store. Similarly, retailers can add lottery capabilities to their point-of-sale touch points.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2022

Seeking to improve merchandise availability and supply chain visibility, Hugo Boss will deploy the Nedap iD Cloud platform chainwide. The premium apparel retailer operates in 128 countries at approximately 6,800 points of sale as well as online in 59 countries.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Stripe will be the first payment platform to offer the service to business customers, including the Shopify Point of Sale app this spring. Tap to Pay on iPhone will be available to participating payment platforms and their app developer partners to leverage in software developer kits (SDKs) in an upcoming iOS software beta.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Tractor Supply Co. , Tractor Supply Co. 5G can also connect mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminals , self-service kiosks, scan-and-go checkouts and other forms of frictionless shopping with ease. During these times of supply chain chaos and high prices, savings in the supply chain can be a boon to retailers.

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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. However, there’s been even more going on behind the scenes and in a growing number of JCPenney stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

As a veteran supply chain professional, I know the connection between excess inventory and margin erosion is undeniable. In the omnichannel context, inventory is spread out across multiple distribution channels that usually include digital and brick-and-mortar points of sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This includes components like in-store mobile devices, chatbots or virtual assistants on their website, point of sale (POS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and more. While there, Topper oversaw the company’s Digital First strategy, end to end data and technology, customer service and the global supply chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Additionally, National Retail Solutions (NRS) , which provides point-of-sale and other store management solutions for more than 17,000 bodegas and neighborhood convenience stores, is partnering with Uber Direct to support same-day delivery offerings. Uber Eats expanded ordering hours and live order tracking in July 2022 ; and.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

1WorldSync’s 2024 Consumer Product Content Benchmark report revealed that 64% of shoppers have scanned a QR code on a product while shopping in-store. With a quick click on a smartphone, these customers have accessed hidden content, exclusive deals and lightning-fast checkouts. The result?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

Riding a serious hype wave, RFID was sure to be the next big thing in supply chain execution technology. So why did the first wave of RFID rollout fail to deliver on its promises of perfect inventory accuracy and complete product traceability throughout the supply chain?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

The discrepancy may occur due to clerical errors, goods being damaged or lost, or theft from the point of purchase from a supplier to the point of sale.” Department of Commerce data shows ecommerce sales have been growing steadily for over a decade, with significant growth in the past three years.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Take Stock of the Inventory Amid the digital transformation of retail, technologies such as SquareSpace have become more commonplace at the point of sale, while self-service kiosks and cashierless checkouts are now ubiquitous.

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Fabric Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

An order management system (OMS) can lend a hand here and help you streamline inventory tracking, order routing, supply chain management, and customer communication across multiple touchpoints. What is supply chain order management? Here are the benefits of a robust supply chain order management system.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

The pandemic and related supply chain disruptions led to shuttered storefronts and rampant bankruptcies. Then, last year, in-store sales grew faster than online sales, while ecommerce stocks took a big hit. Retailers cited rising costs, declining consumer spending and supply chain volatility as their top concerns.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2024

“Shrink continues to be the most significant headwind in our business, and we are deploying an end-to-end approach to shrink reduction across the organization, including efforts in our supply chain, merchandising and within our stores,” said Todd Vasos, CEO of Dollar General during a an earnings call last month.

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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. Leveraging AI for supply chain management and trend forecasting can significantly enhance customer convenience by predicting and adapting to supply and demand fluctuations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 28, 2021

The Parisian fashion house has more than 350 points of sale across more than 30 countries throughout Europe, Asia and the U.S., With Aptos’ platform, we benefit from an end-to-end automated process that frees up time for buyers, planners and the supply chain team while optimizing inventory levels and positioning throughout our network.

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In addition to the products and services they offer, retailers are reconsidering the environmental and social impacts of their supply chains, employee activity and even which partners they choose to work with in an effort to fulfill a moral obligation to their consumers — especially the younger generation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Smart retailers are realizing that their increasingly complex omnichannel offerings have made strong supply chain management more important than ever. For Hot Topic’s Young Customers, ‘It’s All About Breadth’ At Hot Topic, two factors put additional pressure on an already complicated supply chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

For instance, while most regular ERP systems usually offer only third-party support for point-of-sale (POS) functionality, retail ERP systems often include a POS module as standard. A supply chain management module can help you with this as well. Furthermore, every business has bills to pay and things to buy.

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RetailMinded

JULY 3, 2022

Supply chain issues have hit 80% of US merchants in the last year, according to a new Brightpearl survey. Almost half of shops and ecommerce brands (52%) have experienced stockouts, resulting in a loss of sales. The survey found that shortage of goods was the biggest supply problem – experienced by 67% of respondents.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 20, 2021

During a recent retailX webinar , a panel of executives representing packaging, supply chain operations, data and analytics, digital optimization and in-store experience came together to discuss the potential of the “Store as Media” model , how it operates and what is required for success.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2020

And contactless is not limited to the point of sale. Widespread uncertainty in everything from the job market to supply chains to child care has consumers accelerating their call for greater flexibility and choice in how they shop and pay. Offer Diversity And Flexibility In Installment Options.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In a retail setting, this would include point of sale data (any information collected during a customer transaction – i.e., SKUs sold, total transaction cost, discounts applied, etc.). Despite these advancements, many retailers still struggle in one key area: merchandising.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2020

Faster checkouts can reduce long lines conditioned by social distancing, while the greater cleanliness associated with contactless appeals to consumers reluctant to touch anything at the point-of-sale. Cybersecurity Finds Its Cheat Code. Increased e-Commerce resulting from new online lifestyles has left it floundering.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

Supply chain and cold chain optimization. IoT technology is especially relevant in managing the supply chain of sensitive products like food with short shelf life or medicine. Example: Controlant Controlant, a leader in the pharmaceutical supply chain that uses around 200,000 IoT SIMs in its devices placed in trucks, pallets and boxes.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2023

Issues can range from a lack of legal and financial stability to limited banking options to poor infrastructure that hampers supply chain development. They all have their problems, but the roads and the supply chain can work there, and you can capture a large part of the population if you focus on the urbanized consumers.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

There was a time when automation in the retail space meant autonomous point-of-sale checkouts, and chatbots were reserved solely for the ecommerce ecosystem. Availability and supply-demand forecasting are now pivotal requirements for customer loyalty, especially with the backdrop of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The company supports nearly $8 billion in gross merchandise value, more than 20,000 online points of sale and $10 trillion in product listings annually. This is the 14th warehouse in Cart.com’s growing network of omnichannel fulfillment centers, which now encompasses 8 million square feet of space across the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2022

Also known as pay-over-time or pay-in-4 installment plans, BNPL offers consumers the chance to split up the cost of major purchases directly at the point of sale. His firm looked into categories with the lowest BNPL penetration, which include dining, grocery, gas, pet supplies, airline and travel.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2025

POS systems, payment systems, fulfillment and supply chain systems all need to connect better together to provide that seamless customer experience, said Rodrigo. This concern about how payments fit into the overall retail tech stack is appropriate, particularly given the relevance of payments data in both operations and customer analysis.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Rather than having fragmented or isolated data across different stores, warehouses, or sales channels, a centralized database ensures that every bit of information—such as inventory, sales data, customer details, and vendor records—is stored in one unified system. Key Benefits of a Centralized Database for Retailers 1.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JULY 17, 2023

The key to achieving these goals lies in streamlining the supply chain for optimum efficiency. These powerful tools offer actionable insights, data-driven decision-making, and improved supply chain visibility, leading to improved performance and increased profitability. These solutions include 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2023

But it’s retailers’ reluctance to move their point of sale (POS) systems from a traditional client/server setup to a cloud-based architecture that really slows down progress. The resistance is real — people are not comfortable yet with putting their POS in the cloud,” said Dave Bruno, Director of Retail Market Insights at Aptos.

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