Inside Retail

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Datalogic’s newest model scanner the Joya Touch 22 opens up a world of opportunity for retailers by dramatically improving the shopping experience of their customers and freeing up staff from checkout duties. A major benefit for shoppers is that they don’t need to hold the device to scan items as they move through the store.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With positive feedback from customers and arena executives, the new technology will now be deployed at Lumen Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks, at the new Seahawks Pro Shop Outlet for the 2023-24 NFL season. This means products like clothing need to be packaged in bags or boxes — but that’s not always the way people shop for soft goods.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Whether it was inspiration from this “summer of sport” or keeping up with the ever-changing weather, the increasing unpredictability of consumers’ shopping habits was on display this summer. 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

JANUARY 12, 2024

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. Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology supports our smart medicine strategy by providing high-tech solutions to our patients, visitors and co-workers, even with food service,” said Paul P.

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I Vend

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Online shopping is intrinsically more personalized – a customer can be greeted by name, shown previous orders, receive suggestions for items they might like and have their payment details stored for seamless checkout. Rapid checkout in store – for many shoppers, the experience is all about efficiency.

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I Vend

OCTOBER 10, 2023

RIS has rounded up the key research carried out by expert consultants and curated it into an overview of the likely shape of this holiday shopping season. Rapid checkout in store – for many shoppers, the experience is all about efficiency. Retailers therefore need to focus on ways to interact with shoppers in the store and online.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

Things like ecommerce will soon eclipse brick-and-mortar, retail is facing an apocalypse or delivery to home will become the norm in grocery shopping. Shoppers are returning to stores, again. In the ChaseDesign Q1 Shopper Sentiment Survey, 85% of people said, “I plan to shop in physical stores more in 2022 than last year.”

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Retail Minded

MARCH 16, 2024

With real-time analytics, retailers can swiftly adapt to market changes — an essential tactic in today’s fast-paced shopping environment. This is not about bombarding customers with generic sales pitches; it’s a sophisticated strategy that anticipates needs and influences purchasing decisions by resonating on a personal level.

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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. Immersive commerce was originally conceived to enhance the transactional focus of online shopping with the experiential dimension of offline shopping. The yearning for in-person contact is now stronger than ever.

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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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V Count

MAY 6, 2024

High Prices : Another reason why customers might abandon their shopping carts is because of high prices. Limited Product Selection : The range of products available in a store can also greatly influence a customer’s shopping experience.

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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

APRIL 21, 2021

The benefit is wallets definitely streamline the checkout process, particularly on ecommerce, because there’s no manual entry of the information. More streamlined online checkout processes positions digital wallets for explosive ecommerce growth in the coming years. It’s pretty much just enter and go.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2020

While we shouldn’t expect online sales to remain at their peak levels when the safety risks of in-person shopping dissipate, merchants cannot hope to weather the storm and return to business as usual. There is no switch that will signal a return to pre-COVID shopping.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 11, 2021

Iconic Australian bootmaker R.M.Williams is making its biggest ever capital investment in digital to provide customers with more choice and convenience while shopping, according to chief technology officer Nathan Alexander. “We’re This digital transformation project follows the purchase of R.M.

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I Vend

MAY 25, 2021

Start with the customers you know Harness the information in your customer loyalty program and focus first on the customers who already have history of shopping with you. Remind shoppers what sets brick and mortar shopping apart. Or a ‘shop and dine’ experience with a local restaurant. Here’s their 12 top tips: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Design for retail experiences is a hot topic of conversation, especially as shoppers return to stores for the holiday season, still under the influence of a COVID pandemic. Or it’s a harsh sounding story, with the continuous ringing and beeping of cash registers at point of sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Shoppers want to feel reassured when making an expensive purchase, and Lamps Plus strives to make sure the checkout leaves customers feeling confident. This includes the POS, which is powered by Manhattan’s order management system.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After years of lockdowns and digital-driven behaviors, consumers’ actions have shown how crucial the store experience is to how they shop and interact with brands. For example, they need to support omnichannel services like BOPIS, ship-from-store and seamless returns. Are consumers returning products less often?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2023

Online shopping is arguably the most convenient purchasing experience. A person can be anywhere at any time, search your online shop, press a button, and magically a shipment arrives at their door. What happens next, by way of return experience, most certainly impacts whether they will purchase from your business again.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

Using AI-powered shopping assistants, virtual catwalks and brochures, and 3D product displays can create an entirely new and highly immersive in-store experience. However, realizing the store of the future means that the physical store needs to be a whole lot more connected, mobile and smarter.

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Inside Retail

JULY 17, 2022

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. The RFID tags placed on the products allow them to be automatically detected when placed at the checkout kiosks.

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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?”. One way to address the problem is by creating autonomous shopping experiences. AiFi, AWM and Trigo’s autonomous shopping platforms, each shown at NRF, provide a seamless store checkout process. million, or 6.2

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

From tiny boutiques to nationwide giants, retailers are using livestreaming and live shopping to reach customers in new and compelling ways. Shopping malls face an uncertain future, but an omnichannel-focused revamp can enhance convenience and generate consumer enthusiasm. The ins and outs of livestreaming. 16 from 3 to 3:30 p.m.

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Star Miconics

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Business owners want to know: will holiday shopping be different this year? How will holiday shopping be different this year? In the survey, 55 percent of US respondents say they are excited about holiday shopping, and most people have the savings to spend.” Where the Point-of-Sale Comes In. Mobile Payments.

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Storis

JANUARY 22, 2024

Additionally, as in-person shopping is expected to accelerate , furniture retailers can modernize store design to enhance the environment. They simply shop. 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.

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I Vend

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Unsurprisingly, nearly half use Google, but growing fastest for shopping research is TikTok, currently used by 11% of shoppers. Equipping staff with mobile pos so they can answer questions and complete the checkout is a sound tactic with today’s savvy shoppers.

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Cisco Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Personalization of a shopping experience can drive a 40% larger basket (transaction size) according to the Boston Consulting Group. 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). The same is not true of physical stores.

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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.

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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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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2022

It connects, on a centralised and measurable platform, several touchpoints and interactions a customer has with the brand or business: payments, rewards, inventory, delivery options, product return, supply chain, fulfilment options, and more. Buy online, return in-store. it operates in silos and unconnected platforms. Endless aisle.

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Storis

JUNE 25, 2019

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. We were required to have the piece at checkout, even though it often returned to the warehouse until the customer could come to pick it up. It had been a normal situation. It did not matter though.

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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 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

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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I Vend

JULY 27, 2021

Frictionless checkout – is it the new omnichannel? Retailers had long understood the need for diverse shopping channels, but in 2010 there was a lightbulb moment when they realised that simply having multiple routes to market wasn’t enough – those channels had to be integrated. Friction matters because it restricts growth.

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