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JCPenney has faced the same challenges that bedevil the entire departmentstore vertical, ranging from lower foot traffic at malls to the high operating costs that come with significant brick-and-mortar investments. However, there’s been even more going on behind the scenes and in a growing number of JCPenney stores.
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Digital payments capabilities are particularly important to luxury retailers, supermarkets and departmentstores, while online retailers are less likely to stress this goal. POS systems, payment systems, fulfillment and supply chain systems all need to connect better together to provide that seamless customerexperience, said Rodrigo.
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Aptos ONE gives Cole Haan enterprise-grade point of sale capabilities that are delivered mobile first and cloud native, with highly resilient offline capabilities that give you the confidence of omnichannel transacting anytime and anywhere.” Cole Haan operates 90+ retail stores in the U.S.
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British departmentstore Liberty is making moves to improve store technology and customerexperience, upgrading its POS and CRM applications to be more user-friendly and easily accessible for staff.
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Experience-driven store concept As Azoulay explained, American Vintage designs its stores to be places of interaction rather than mere points of sale, and the same is true of its Shanghai store. The CEO disclosed the company would continue its international expansion with more store openings in the region.
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