Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2023

Using the Amazon “Just Walk Out” technology, Grubhub Campus has introduced cashierless checkout at convenience stores at Loyola University Maryland. Students, faculty and staff scan a QR code to enter the store, pick their items and leave, with the payment deducted from their student meal plan or other stored payment methods.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2023

New tech integrationswill include iPads and other handheld point-of-sale devices for seamless checkout experiences, as well as the integration of QR codes throughout the store to offer customers access to additional product information.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2022

Dollar General already has self-checkout kiosks in 8,000 of its 18,000 stores and plans to increase that number to 11,000 by the end of this year. Now, Owens said the company also plans to begin testing a 100% self-checkout store format across 200 locations this year.

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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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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

Here’s an example from one of InMoment’s clothing retail clients who recently underwent a digital experience transformation at the beginning of the pandemic. Following the closure of its brick-and-mortar stores, this retailer mapped a new digital-first journey and set up new ways to listen to the customers at every stage in the journey.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

With a new retail management solution in place, Burton will now be able to: Deploy mobile POS (mPOS) devices in its stores; Provide store associates with improved visibility into customer, product and inventory data ; and Gain a unified view of its e-Commerce and brick-and-mortar operations at both the store and headquarters levels.

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2021

Since its beginning, Witchery has sought to dress the working woman with premium, quality-led designs, and five decades on, this is still very much at the heart of what we do. At the height of the pandemic, we saw 40 per cent growth in the knitwear category, and we couldn’t keep our loungewear pieces in stock.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2023

The two Melbourne stores have opened at the Emporium and Highpoint, while the Brisbane boutique is housed in the St James luxury shopping precinct. The company plans to continue to expand its retail store network and points of sale throughout this year. The boutique designs feature a minimalist approach.

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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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Inside Retail

MARCH 23, 2022

Chinese fashion company Lanvin Group is set to list on the New York Stock Exchange via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a deal valuing the business at up to US$1.9 Lanvin Group operates in more than 80 countries with some 1200 points of sale – including more than 300 stores – and 3600 employees.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2022

Retailers have long made money off of their ability to connect customers with brands at the point of sale – through coupons and in-store sampling, for instance. This is critical at a time when the cost of living is rising and consumers are scaling back their spending on discretionary items. “We Rise of retail media.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

L’Oréal Group will purchase the Aēsop beauty brand from Natura &Co , parent company of Avon and The Body Shop , in a transaction that values Aēsop at $2.52 We will also be able to concentrate on continuing to improve The Body Shop’s business and refocusing Avon International’s footprint.”

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2024

The year 2027 has been set by global industry as a timeframe to work towards transitioning retail point-of-sale systems to scan 2D barcodes worldwide. Next-generation 2D barcodes can carry a wealth of information, far beyond traditional 1D linear barcodes, and can still go beep at point-of-sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

We are also excited to partner even more with our vendors this year as it relates to their branded in-store merchandise experiences,” Barry added, identifying Tesla, Lovesac and Starlink as examples of planned vendor partnerships. Best Buy closed 24 stores in FY 2024 and plans to close 10 to 15 in FY 2025.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2023

As at 31 March 2023, the group had a total of 7,269 point-of-sale outlets in the mainland, surpassing its target of reaching 7,000 by FY25. Its future growth plan will focus on quality expansion and enhancing the productivity of its existing retail networks.

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Wiser

APRIL 24, 2024

Understanding the critical first two weeks of a product launch, the brand partnered with Wiser Solutions to gain insights into distribution, on-shelf availability, pricing, planogram compliance, and the effectiveness of promotional materials at the store level. The Cold Hard Challenges Launching a new product is never without its hurdles.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

Iconic French fashion brand Longchamp has just opened the doors to a newly renovated apartment at the ‘Paris end’ of Melbourne’s Collins Street in a way that is très chic. A family business Longchamp is a French luxury brand with four generations of family business at its heart.

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Retail Smart Guys

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Dan Jablons speaking at San Francisco Gift Fair, Monday, July 29th! Dan Jablons, President of Retail Smart Guys, will be speaking at the San Francisco International Gift Fair on Monday, July 29. If you have any questions, write to me at dan@retailsmartguys.com. Please stop by and say hello! Trade Secrets! RETAIL SMART GUYS.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2024

“Payments are a critical link between our brands and millions of URBN customers who expect checkouts to be as easy as trying on or adding items to a cart,” said Dave Hayne, CTO at URBN in a statement. Stripe lets us stay focused on building the best unified commerce experience possible by removing the complexity of payments across our brands.”

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2022

Point of sales systems are often the weakest link in a retailer’s network infrastructure due to security updates and patches often being overlooked by owners who opt for basic antivirus software that doesn’t meet a high security standard. POS system attacks. Basic cyber hygiene principles.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

The virtual try-on experience is now available at Dufry locations in London’s Heathrow and Stansted airports as well as airports in Manchester, UK and Barcelona, Spain. Dufry said that it plans to bring the virtual try-on experience to “many more” airports in the future. “We Perfect Corp. Perfect Corp. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

At the top of the list is computer vision — a field of artificial intelligence that enables computers to interpret digital images or video. Because it’s not fast or cost-efficient enough to send these images to the cloud for analysis, the processing of those images must happen at the edge.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Sam’s Club is piloting technology designed to address one of the retailer’s biggest customer pain points: waiting in line at the store exit for an associate to check their receipts against the items in their cart. Additionally, AI operating in the background is designed to continually speed up the process.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 11, 2023

Rethinking the barcode The barcode – a block of irregular black lines signifying a product’s unique SKU – was launched in Australia in the 1970’s as retailers decided they needed a normalised system to track and scan products at their point of sale. The post Are barcodes the next big shift in retail tech?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

Cardholders will be able to receive myWalgreens cash rewards and other offers, and the flagship co-branded credit card will offer a wider range of benefits, provided through Synchrony and Mastercard, when used at other retailers and service providers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2024

The retailer also plans to open additional staffed POS lanes for shoppers who have more items, need help or who “just enjoy connecting with our team to help them get on their way sooner,” according to a company statement. The future likely holds a hybrid model where self-service POS coexists with traditional systems.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2022

Martin Brok, CEO and President of Sephora , is reportedly leaving the company at the end of June after a tenure of less than two years. Prior to that position Brok spent more than eight years at Nike , eventually serving as its VP, Global Product and Merchandising Operations and Analytics.

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A1 Retail

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Sim Local, a seller of SIM cards in the UK travel market, has opened a brand-new retail store at Brussels Airport in Belgium. Ian Rankin, Chief Trading Officer at Sim Local, comments: “We are delighted to be opening the doors to our Belgian store and are looking forward to serving passengers arriving at Brussels airport.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2023

“As marketers continue to invest in retail media, offline is emerging as the new frontier — and brands and agencies must be able to effectively plan, execute and measure their campaigns in an integrated way,” said Sherry Smith, General Manager of Global Enterprise at Criteo in a statement.

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Small Biz Trends

JANUARY 24, 2022

Let’s now look at the different parameters in further detail to choose the best platform for your business. Both Shopify and Squarespace have different plans available to businesses. There are three Shopify plans to choose from. Shopify Lite Plan: This is the basic Shopify plan and costs $9 a month.

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Retail Focus

JULY 9, 2021

With plants at the heart of the Dobbies brand, the core offering of little dobbies Westbourne Grove is horticulturally focused with a carefully curated range of houseplants. Educational point of sale will provide an enhanced customer experience, with top tips on what houseplants will work where and how to look after them.

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Inside Retail

MAY 4, 2021

Using differentiated, siloed and often incompatible tools to plan and analyse with your business data can easily end with making the wrong call. These sorts of things need to be factored into all plans. But Board can help you bring it all together. Are the resources there? Can the stock get to the stores?

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2023

The retail group marked its market debut with the opening of Italian fashion label Pinko in Sydney’s Westfield mall in November, followed by the launch of South Korean luxury eyewear brand Gentle Monster’s first store in Australia at Sydney Airport before Christmas. .

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

PWI products are sold across over 20,000 points of sale across the country, Creador said in its announcement. The brand’s pet care segment grew at a 27 per cent CAGR in the past three years. The story so far The pet food industry in Singapore was valued at US$130.90 We plan to do the same in Singapore.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

With the Just Walk Out technology, staff members can use their employee badges to pay for items by scanning it at the entrance to the hospital’s food and beverage concessions. Non-staff members can use credit cards, mobile wallets, QR codes or the Amazon One palm payment system to enter and shop at the checkout-free stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2024

As for concertgoers at these same venues, over half of U.S. In some sections at SoFi, you can even order online and have food and drinks delivered right to your seat. With so many venues, and sports stadiums in particular, seeing the impact, the soon to be unveiled Intuit Dome plans to deploy 45 autonomous stores throughout the arena.

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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.

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