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Shopify POS Hardware: What to Get and How to Set It Up

Ecommerce Platforms

However, Shopify also provides the infrastructure you need for running a brick-and-mortar checkout counter with its POS (point of sale) software and hardware. You can combine an online store with the Shopify POS hardware or simply stick with a system for collecting payments from customers in person. What's Shopify POS?

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4 Key Point-of-Sale Trends for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

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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Everything You Need to Know About Achieving PCI Compliance [Checklist Included]

BigCommerce

And in 2018, Saks and Lord & Taylor are the latest victim of breach –– this time coming from a hack in their POS solution in-store. If you want to save money, and can’t spare a lot of staff to develop PCI policies and write reports, consider using a hosted ecommerce service such as BigCommerce.

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Walmart Offers Free At-Home Pickups for Online Product Returns

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart also is enhancing other aspects of its return policies: For items bought anywhere — online, in-store or from a third-party vendor — customers can start their return process on Walmart.com or via the app. Associates there will scan the QR code, print a return label and ship the product back to Walmart.

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To Cloud Out or to Edge In? That is the Question.

Retail TouchPoints

Take cloud point-of-sale (POS), for example. POS represents one of the biggest use cases for edge computing. If POS was a true cloud application — a web browser connected over the internet to a cloud — and connectivity dropped, there would be no POS in the store. Further, we need to clarify the use of the term cloud.

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The importance of security in modern retail POS systems

iVend

Retail POS security is at the frontline of protecting data, reputation and customer trust. iVend Retail Solutions iVend’s retail POS system includes security and protection. Without their retail POS systems and the data they hold, most retailers simply wouldn’t be able to operate.

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Are Retailers Ready For The CCPA Enforcement Deadline?

Retail TouchPoints

With CCPA requirements born out of a need for trust and data security, retailers will need pervasive policies and integrated technologies to ensure both for the consumers that hold the fate of their bottom line. According to the recent PwC Consumer Intelligence Series survey of more than 5,000 consumers, 83% want more control over their data.

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