Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Vivek Malik, Senior Vice President of Store Systems. Zippin , a provider of checkout-free technologies for brick-and-mortar retail, has hired veteran retail executive Vivek Malik, formerly Senior Director of Infrastructure and Store IT at 7-Eleven , as its SVP of Store Systems. . Malik brings nearly 20.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Preparing Internal Operations for Smart Stores The importance of operational preparedness is especially true for grocers implementing emerging technologies such as autonomous checkout, also referred to as seamless checkout. You need to prepare both physically and mentally to run the full distance.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Take Stock of the Inventory Amid the digital transformation of retail, technologies such as SquareSpace have become more commonplace at the point of sale, while self-service kiosks and cashierless checkouts are now ubiquitous.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

IoT solutions enable retail stores to monitor and manage their equipment, including HVAC systems and refrigerators. The malfunctions of these systems in retail food stores happen unexpectedly and can lead to food spoilage, energy overconsumption, and loss of revenue. Inventory management. Self-checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

margin points when their customers’ journeys are not optimized, but when they are optimized, they can recover about 70% of that margin loss,” explained Buzek. Simplifying Checkout In this case, “simplifying checkout” means embracing “self-checkout.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2023

Instant answers about product sizing or shipping details can greatly influence the shopping experience and make or break a sale. Tip 2: Simplify the cart and checkout process. With improved customer service and streamlined checkout processes, retailers can continue building loyalty while mitigating customer irritations.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This article delves into the evolving threat landscape, examining the impact of these disruptions on retail operations and exploring proactive measures for safeguarding businesses, customer data and reputations. She has worked with several global companies focusing on risk management strategy. Mary’s College of California.

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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 TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Any disruption to the wired network due to a fiber cut, network error or human lapse will result in the store going offline. 5G provides an alternate method to keep the store connected at all times. Circle K , and AutoZone are already using 5G to connect their stores. Tractor Supply Co.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“Delivering a great fan experience is central to everything we do here at Lumen Field, and our customers love the convenience of Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology,” said Zach Hensley, Seahawks VP of Operations and General Manager of Lumen Field in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Social commerce channels are a boon for brands because they marry authentic connection with the convenience of native checkout features to create powerful shopping experiences. The cost-of-living crisis is undoubtedly driving buying decisions, so simplifying the consumer journey is essential for closing the sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2024

Consumers can choose whether to pre-approve purchases or not, set budgets, inform the bot to shop only for certain items at certain times or only buy items when they go on sale, and many other parameters. All of the technology to make this happen exists today; it’s mostly a matter of tying AI search to checkout systems.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In the first usage of Amazon ’s Just Walk Out (JWO) technology by a non-Amazon international retailer, Sainsbury’s has deployed the cashierless solution in its Holborn Circus convenience store. A checkout-free Chartwells convenience store debuted in November 2020 at its University of Houston location using technology from Standard.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

Customers book an appointment online and then shop in-store, creating a more curated feel while making life easier for associates to manage. Self-Checkout/Roaming Checkout. Versions of self-checkout are already in play for grocery, big box and a variety of other stores, mostly to reduce wait times at registers.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The digitization of brick-and-mortar stores is nothing new, but up until recently it has primarily been focused on surfaces in the store that are already digital: point-of-sale systems or back-of-house tasks like inventory management. PVH x RetailNext and MarketDial PVH Corp.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 11, 2022

The increased prevalence of omnichannel solutions has forced businesses to rethink their approach to keeping consumers engaged when shopping in-store. With digitalisation in the retail sector gaining significant momentum, retailers are increasingly exploring new technologies to streamline services and simplify store operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Contactless Checkout and Payment: Stores will include self-checkout kiosks as well as contactless payment solutions, including Walmart Pay, to limit contact between associates and customers. Select locations will also have Scan & Go to help customers manage their checkout directly.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2023

Unlike data centers, edge infrastructure manages unreliable networking, where latency, jitter or availability issues are common, particularly in large distributed store estates. Store systems typically don’t operate in people-free, highly secure, air-conditioned server environments; quite the opposite.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

That said, consumers are still feeling the pinch of the economic environment, which will be reflected in modest overall sales growth from last year. Since we saw store visits rise back up last year though, I’d expect even higher foot traffic, comparatively, this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

Walmart Canada will augment and modernize its supply chain with the construction of two new distribution centers equipped with next-generation automation, and the implementation of new warehouse management systems at DCs to help meet the needs of omnichannel consumers.

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M19 Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Alterra, known for its commitment to providing exceptional outdoor experiences, sought to enhance its retail operations across multiple facets as well as to centralize systems across all their resorts. With enhanced visibility into real-time data, store associates can make informed decisions and improve customer service.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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. But POS experts are still bullish on the technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Retailer priorities have shifted slightly since the last State of Marketing report, according to panelist Megan Hostetler, a Salesforce Product Marketing Manager focused on Retail and Consumer Goods. Given the proliferation of shopping platforms, retail marketers are striving to make the checkout experience easy. Currently, only 35%.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

To remain competitive, a virtual storefront needs to be engaging: professional images, streamlined checkout experiences and an extension of a retailer’s brand. Now acquainted with online sales, consumers know how easy things can be. Retailers should consider how they can maintain some of this efficiency in their stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Over the course of her 30-year career, The Vitamin Shoppe CEO has held leadership roles at Godiva , Sally Beauty , Pier 1 , Bath & Body Works , Gap and The Disney Store. It’s been a while since she’s been on the front lines though — not since the late ‘80s to be exact, when she was a manager at Express.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

At its 350+ stores in 11 countries, Crocs has implemented customer engagement and merchandise management solutions for POS, merchandising, audit and operations management and analytics.

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Independent Retailer

JULY 29, 2022

RFID is rapidly gaining implementation within the retail sector and is a key technology applied to aid business operations by improving inventory management and stock visibility as the foundation of adoption. The most common area in-store that retailers focus on to improve customer engagement is at the Point of Sale (POS).

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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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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 24, 2021

With consumers becoming more at ease with virtual space interactions, retail businesses have no choice but to ramp up their digital strategies and touchless technologies to meet the pent-up demand for seamless omnichannel operations. Self-service check-ins and checkouts have become the new norm, saving time and money for retailers.

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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

MARCH 30, 2023

Sweaty Betty’s use of performance and personalization APIs from Salesforce allowed the retailer to “customize pricing and promotions to different shopper groups” depending on the actions they took, said Igor Faletski, VP of Product Management at Salesforce. So where’s the right place to do a product recommendation?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Optimize inventory management: Like damaged products and shipping errors, theft can negatively impact retail inventory management. Address the self-checkout issue: Staffing constraints have made self-checkouts a popular fixture in stores of all sizes.

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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. Optimising store operations – When it comes to store operations, one of the things that all successful retailers have in common is optimised processes and efficiency.

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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. Omnichannel Retail strategy – Customers do not want to shop online OR in-store – they want to do both, in a seamless shopping experience.

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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? Work more productively and efficiently.

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I Vend

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Here we take a look at how retail technology can help to streamline the top 10 key retail processes, and how a unified retail POS pulls them all together into a single, highly optimized retail operations platform. Inventory management – ‘the right goods, in the right place, at the right time’ sums up the core of retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Yet in the midst of taking hundreds of stores through a complex closing and reopening process, Hudson made a daring decision — not only to continue the deployment of the Flooid platform but to accelerate it. “We We were already on a very demanding timeline to implement the system across more than 2,000 points of sale in the U.S.

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