Retail Minded

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

JUNE 3, 2024

What a difference two years make: Dollar General was enthusiastic enough about self-checkout in June 2022 that it announced trialing 100% self-checkout at 200 stores. Dollar General also is focusing on reducing turnover among managers, in part with improvements to supply chain and merchandising functions.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

Kroger will improve networking support for in-store experiences, benefiting both shoppers and associates, by deploying the ExtremeCloud IQ cloud management and WiFi 6E access points across its brick-and-mortar fleet.

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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. Industry experts gathered at Manhattan Momentum 2023 in Phoenix to discuss their approaches to these various challenges. It manages our BOPIS component.

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M19 Retail

APRIL 14, 2021

The health crisis is accelerating the transformation of physical points of sale. The multiplication of choices induced by this model translates into a drop in productivity of the physical store space and an increase in markdowns at the end of the season to sell unsold products.

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I Vend

MAY 5, 2023

Retail Management Solution iVend offers a retail management solution for today’s world. Learn more about the best retail point of sale. So let’s take a look at three of the ways in which retail management solutions have changed, and, more importantly ,just why this matters to retailers.

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Rain Pros

MARCH 17, 2023

As of June 1, 2023 QuickBooks Desktop will no longer be available for sale. And on October 4, 2023 QuickBooks Point of Sale will end operations. They also suggest that POS users, “…explore other point of sale solutions to determine what works best for your business.”

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Wiser

MAY 7, 2024

The primary obstacle was the lack of visibility at the point of sale and the absence of real-time data to guide adjustments during the promotional period. This gap often leads to non-compliance, missed sales opportunities, and a diluted return on investment. Here’s a PDF version of this use case.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

million mobile point-of-sale (POS) devices in the U.S. Below are five practical use cases for retail-based mobile point-of-sale. Not only can you look it up in your store, but you can look up products in sister stores and reserve the product at that location.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2021

Beauty brand Lancôme has upped its experiential retail game, launching an augmented reality (AR) experience at its flagship store located on the famous Champs-Elysées in Paris. Meanwhile, other customers can witness the experience in real time on giant screens in the Lancôme store via broadcast technology. “In

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 12, 2020

Rob Almond, CEO of facilities management firm NEST , spoke to Retail TouchPoints about the combined impact on brick-and-mortar stores from COVID-19 closures and the property destruction accompanying some of the initial Black Lives Matter protests, as well as new technologies designed to promote customer and employee safety and peace of mind.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

In the point of sale (POS) space, three AI applications show particular promise: Headcount and Heat Mapping in Brick-and-Mortar Retail Insights from shopper behavior data are valuable – and financially impactful – to retailers. Businesses must work with software providers that help them manage data consent, privacy, and compliance.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 6, 2021

Online sales grew nearly 50% at their peak, with much of that activity taking place in one particular sector: grocery. Just this past June, online grocery sales in the U.S. In short, middle managers’ understanding and empowerment are essential to helping organizations become more agile food retailers. reached $7.2

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Consumer expectations are at an all-time high, and retailers need to ‘wow’ customers at every single touch point or risk losing them. Case in point: one study found that a staggering 76% of consumers will stop doing business with a company after just one poor experience.

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I Vend

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Read more That has translated to most experts forecasting only a modest increase in sales – 3-4% in the US *, the same in the UK ** and virtually flat sales in Australia. With some or all of these increases being due to rising prices, volumes are forecast to increase at a lower rate, or even reduce.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In 2024 alone, several high-profile companies, including Dell, AT&T, Ticketmaster and Disney have suffered the consequences of a major breach. This data, which includes sensitive customer information like credit card details, is stored across a number of environments and is accessible through millions of point-of-sales and IoT devices.

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Star Miconics

JANUARY 26, 2023

But while those things are still in the realm of science fiction, AI has become increasingly engrained in the modern technology we now use every day, from our smartphones to our point-of-sale (POS) systems. In fact, a recent blog posted by Techjury revealed that the AI market is projected to grow at CAGR of 38.0%

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

million mobile point-of-sale (POS) devices in the U.S. Below are five practical use cases for retail-based mobile point-of-sale. Not only can you look it up in your store, but you can look up products in sister stores and reserve the product at that location.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Does your retail management system do what you really need? And can it manage all aspects of your retail operations from one place? What is an integrated retail management system? What are the benefits of an integrated retail management system? This means that you can access all functionality and data at your fingertips.

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Star Miconics

AUGUST 20, 2024

In this episode of the Rising Stars Podcast, “Smarter Cafe Management with Linerless Sticky Labels,” host Kate Orara uncovers the many benefits of linerless sticky label printers for cafes and coffee shops. Here at Rising Stars, we’re not just keeping up with the trends—we’re setting them.

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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. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): You began in your post at JCPenney in 2022.

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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. The retailer also has tapped Jumpmind’s Promote application for managing deals and promotions.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Technology is an Asset for Retailers – But it Introduces More Risk Internet connected devices are at the center of the new customer-retailer experience. Tablets and mobile devices put customer data at employees’ fingertips, allowing them to provide a personal shopping experience while reducing wait times.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Recently, Hurricane Idalia caused 350,000 outages in Florida and Georgia, while Hurricane Ophelia brought damage that left at least 140,000 people without power across Virginia and parts of North Carolina. Ed Spears is a technical marketing manager in Eaton ’s Critical Power and Digital Infrastructure Division in Raleigh, N.C.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2021

“We introduced the first NCR self-checkout solutions in 2019, and while we saw direct benefits in the same year, it really took off in 2021 when many of our customers steered to touch-free interactions,” said Shelby Kemp, Project Manager Marketing at Royal Farms in a statement. million units by 2025. million units by 2025.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

“The whole intention behind the operations team’s digital insights journey is to be able to give store teams the right information at the right time to make their jobs easier,” said Coles GM of finance, operations, and sustainability Rich Walker. In addition, the initiative provides intelligence for planning and rostering.

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Bindo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Fast forward to today: if my parents had a cloud based point of sale system built for a deli they would have saved a lot of time, and had the opportunity to expand their business. With so many point of sale options on the market, how should they have chosen one? Inventory Management. Inventory Management.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2022

When combined with our data-driven inventory management, we believe these efforts will reduce store workload and drive greater efficiencies for our retail associates and leaders.”. At a discount retailer like Dollar General, controlling costs is perhaps even more crucial.

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I Vend

JANUARY 11, 2024

January is the season of returns – the rate at which shoppers bring back goods in the post-holiday returns period jumps by almost 9% * compared to the rest of the year. Consider customer experience Yes, returns management can be costly, but it can also be a chance to offer a positive customer experience.

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Bindo

JULY 23, 2017

It’s hard to shop for a point of sale system, especially if you haven’t operated a restaurant or vetted a system before. There are lots of components of a point of sale system that will impact your business and sometimes it’s hard to know what those things are until you actually start using a system.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 11, 2021

Restaurants pivoting to contactless forms of payments are more dependent on point of sale technology than ever before.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 31, 2022

Imprint Pureprint will be exhibiting at the 2022 Visual Merchandising and Display Show. Visit them on stand F8 between the 5-6 April at the Business Design Centre in London. Our full-service offering including project management enables us to take your project from creative concept through to production and installation.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 27, 2022

H&M Group is rolling out a pilot of several new tech-enabled in-store shopping solutions at COS stores in the U.S., Throughout 2022 we will test a new frictionless and personalized shopping experience — from the fitting room to checkout,” said Alan Boehme, CTO at H&M Group in a statement.

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Star Miconics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Star will exhibit its second generation mC-Print3 with CloudPRNT Next and more at VARTECH 2024, highlighting its latest POS technology designed to meet the needs of modern retail and hospitality businesses. The event will take place at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida, from September 16th to 17th. Love industry news?

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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. Device management tools have become a necessity when it comes to helping retailers secure and ensure mobile POS systems are managed in an effective and proactive fashion.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2024

Picture a scenario where all your payments flow through your central management system, ensuring complete automation across all channels. This means you can initiate and process a transaction in a point of sale directly from your management system.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 25, 2023

in its fiscal year 2023 (ending in September) versus 2022…which may come as no surprise to you at all if you’ve been in a Costco on a Saturday lately. Point-of-sale systems indicate what products are sold, but sophisticated retailers go beyond that surface-level data to better understand their customers and anticipate future needs.

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