I Vend

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Inventory management – changed shopping patterns, with purchases spread more evenly over a longer time period mean that retailers must have flawless inventory management to ensure they have the right stock in the right place at the right time, minimising out-of-stocks and overstocks.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 12, 2024

Square is revolutionising the way small and medium-sized retailers can manage inventory and payments through a combination of next-generation hardware and custom-built software. Michael Harms, owner of omnichannel retailer Barrowby Green, upgraded to Square Point of Sale for Retail when the company opened its first physical store. “I

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I Vend

APRIL 9, 2024

In today’s modern retail stores, the point of sale no longer has to be a fixed counter – it could be anywhere in the store. Which of course increases their loyalty, their propensity to return and their likely spend. With mobile point of sale systems, transactions don’t have to take place within the store.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 12, 2020

Consumers and employees returning to reopened stores will be looking for positive proof that these locations are safe, and that shopper journeys have been redesigned to be as “touchless” as possible. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): What are the most important roles for facilities management as retail stores reopen?

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Retail Minded

MARCH 16, 2024

Uncovering Hidden Efficiencies: AI-Driven Inventory Management Inventory management is the backbone of retail, and AI sharpens this critical function. By analyzing sales data patterns, AI forecasts demand with precision, ensuring shelves are stocked with just the right amount of product. The result?

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I Vend

MARCH 20, 2024

In today’s modern retail stores, the point of sale no longer has to be a fixed counter – it could be anywhere in the store. Which of course increases their loyalty, their propensity to return and their likely spend. With mobile point of sale systems, transactions don’t have to take place within the store.

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I Vend

MARCH 14, 2023

As shoppers return to brick and mortar stores in their drovers, they crave the in-store experience. Retailers who want to set themselves apart are integrating more human and personal touchpoints into the shopping experience, increasing engagement, loyalty and sales. mPOS offers the opportunity to save the sale and increase revenue.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2020

And the backlash — the desire for a return to substantive human interactions — had already begun too. Whether click-to-pay for e-Commerce or contactless payments for traditional commerce, efforts to improve online and offline checkout experiences did not originate with COVID-19. Smooth Operators Appeal Online And Off.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 11, 2021

“We’re building a new e-commerce site, we’re implementing marketing cloud and service cloud, we’re implementing a customer data platform (CDP), and on top of that, we’re implementing a new order management system and mobile point of sale platform,” Alexander told Inside Retail.

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Star Miconics

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This groundbreaking change allows licensed cannabis cultivators and retailers to connect directly with consumers in a market-style setting, creating a new avenue for cannabis sales. But what does it mean for your cannabis business regarding the necessary point-of-sale (POS) hardware for selling at farmers markets?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Online sales bridged the gap between retailers and their consumers at the height of shelter-in-place restrictions, and many brick-and-mortar owners used their storefronts as a place to package orders and offer curbside pickup. Now acquainted with online sales, consumers know how easy things can be.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2020

And Nike maintained top-of-mind focus amidst lockdown in China by promoting its workout app, resulting in an 80% increase in use and a 30% increase in online sales. There is no switch that will signal a return to pre-COVID shopping. And contactless is not limited to the point of sale.

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V Count

MAY 6, 2024

Long Checkout Lines : The efficiency of a store’s checkout process can also impact a customer’s shopping experience. Lengthy checkout queues can deter customers from making a purchase, especially if they are in a hurry or do not have the time to wait. How do People Counting Solutions Address This Solution ?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2023

It’s meant to be quite simple for a shopper, but as an ecommerce retailer, you know it’s not that easy — especially if the customer changes their mind and wants to return said magical shipment back to your shop. What happens next, by way of return experience, most certainly impacts whether they will purchase from your business again.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 12, 2024

Be it shoppers paying by Scan & Go, self-checkout, in checkout-free stores or via Click & Collect: offline retail is becoming increasingly digital. The check-out as the traditional pain point in the customer journey will be re-invented, says Solmsdorff. In Germany this company operates under the Telecash brand.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2022

We chat with Stephan Veyret, managing director of Decathlon Singapore to find out what’s next for the business. Firstly, we have rapidly grown and developed a strong omni presence in Singapore with 15 points of sales, an ecommerce website and lastly a sports marketplace, supported by a regional warehouse in Johor Bahru.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 13, 2022

and “What happens to my margins if Susie Consumer purchases three of the same dresses online and returns two?”. AiFi, AWM and Trigo’s autonomous shopping platforms, each shown at NRF, provide a seamless store checkout process. Customers can walk into a store, grab the items they want and pay with their mobile phone on their way out.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

Open for just a few days or hours, these tech-infused spaces feature shoppable screens, virtual checkouts and gamification alongside carefully crafted concepts designed to showcase merchandise that’s specially curated for the event. Michael Cabra is Senior Product Manager, Global and Emerging Markets, Cybera.

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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. iVend helps retailers iVend helps retailers optimise their post-holiday returns processing. Read how the best POS system supports efficient returns handling.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2020

While brick and mortar stores still play a strategic role in this market vertical, online shopping has skyrocketed, and with $294 billion expected in online home furnishing sales by 2022, retail store owners can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunity to ramp up their cross-channel game plans. What is cross-channel retailing?

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I Vend

MAY 25, 2021

Mobile point of sale makes pop-ups easy to set up and being able to purchase additional products all under your roof can be a great incentive. As well as sanitising stations, consider other ways to minimise close contact, such as contactless payments or mobile point of sale for in-aisle checkout or self-checkout.

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Storis

JANUARY 22, 2024

Retail and Technology Initiatives for 2024 The Momentum of Mobile POS Mobile Point of Sale is a top 3 technology initiative in STORIS’ 2024 survey. Mobile POS eliminates these friction points while expediting checkout anywhere in a showroom. Statista projects 94.7 Top 100 retailers are ahead of the curve at 63%.

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Cisco Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The people counters at the entrance are notoriously inaccurate and the only other reliable point of contact is frequently at the Point of Sale (POS). Do they pick up an item, consider it and return it to the shelf? Manage consumer wait times to minimize balk and capture revenue that may otherwise be lost.

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Retail Next

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Just a few decades ago a POS (point of sale) terminal was nothing more than a cash register where you’d come and pay for goods or services you just acquired in a certain store. This way the checkout process is much faster, while the rest of your stock is also easily accessible via a search query. Mobile functionality.

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Storis

JUNE 25, 2019

This made up for the fact that no employee, not even the manager, knew what came in or out of the store on a given day. A customer wanted to buy a dresser, so I called one of the warehouse employees to bring the piece up to the Point of Sale. That way, when a customer came in looking for an item, I knew exactly where it was.

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I Vend

JANUARY 6, 2023

The holiday season is a time for shopping and gift giving – and the New Year is the time for…returns and product return management for retail businesses. Shoppers return goods all year of course, but the post-holiday weeks see an increase in items coming back to stores.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2022

Unified commerce is the new holy grail for retailers, promising previously unheard-of levels of customer insights and control over all elements of sales and inventory management. Buy online, return in-store. Smarter inventory management enabled by unified commerce allows stores to resell the item or return it to the warehouse.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As the world recovers from the pandemic and consumers return to the high street, retailers are eager to capitalize on the increased footfall by providing an exceptional in-store experience. With retailers grappling with the labor shortage, alternative solutions must be sought to mitigate any negative impact on in-store sales.

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I Vend

JULY 27, 2021

Frictionless checkout – is it the new omnichannel? Now, more than 10 years on, why do I say that frictionless checkout is the ‘new omnichannel’? Well, from my discussions with retailers, I can see that there has been a similar lightbulb realisation about frictionless checkout. Friction matters because it restricts growth.

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I Vend

AUGUST 13, 2023

They have become ever more demanding about what they want: service, price, choice, convenience, omnichannel retail, frictionless checkout – and if they’re not satisfied, they simply go elsewhere. They expect to be able to spend loyalty points they earned online when they’re shopping in the store, and vice versa.

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I Vend

JANUARY 17, 2024

iVend helps retailers iVend helps retailers optimise their post-holiday returns processing. Read how the best POS system supports efficient returns handling. Then there’s the environmental impact of returns: many returned items are not resold, and are instead sent to landfill or incinerated.

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I Vend

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We’ve looked at the importance of a customer-centric approach, data-based decisions, omnichannel, supply chain management and your team. Everything is focused on operational excellence to create a seamless shopping experience; helping them to find the goods they want; checkout fast and pay the way they want.

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I Vend

MAY 8, 2024

Here’s some of the key ways that an integrated POS systems for wine and liquor can underpin growth strategies for wine and liquor stores: POS – integrated POS software for wine and liquor stores helps with efficiency at the checkout, enhancing the customer experience and streamlining operations in wine and liquor stores.

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I Vend

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Inventory management – ‘the right goods, in the right place, at the right time’ sums up the core of retail. So inventory management is essential. Retail technology can streamline inventory management by enabling retailers to accurately track goods from delivery to sale through to returns.

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I Vend

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

A retail point of sale system is an essential in retail. A retail point of sale system is about enabling and recording sales transactions – but it’s also so much more than that. Chosen well, a retail point of sale system can be the enabler that drives business growth and retail success.

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I Vend

JULY 15, 2022

Happy customers buy more, return more and tell others. Customer facing display – engaging customers at the point of sale , by presenting offers, information or a chance to interact with their loyalty program data. Customer self-service – self-checkout to reduce queues and make for smooth, easy payments.

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