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Wireless 5G Revolutionizing Retail

Retail TouchPoints

5G is expected to be a powerful catalyst to disrupt retail operations, from optimizing warehouses and supply chain management to transforming the in-store customer experience through personalization and product engagement. 5G can Drive Consumer Engagement.

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From smart mirrors to in-car shopping: the tech shaping retail’s future

Inside Retail

This can be seen by the adoption of QR codes – the use of which accelerated amid Covid-19 restrictions – self checkout in supermarkets and autonomous mobile robots, which are being utilised by major retailers for (among other things) logistical, supply chain and other inventory management tasks.

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Trending The Rules: Top Retail Trends Are Trending At An Unprecedented Rate

Retail TouchPoints

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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How Hot Topic and Lamps Plus Mastered Inventory Management and More

Retail TouchPoints

Smart retailers are realizing that their increasingly complex omnichannel offerings have made strong supply chain management more important than ever. This includes the POS, which is powered by Manhattan’s order management system.

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Ten competitive strategies of successful retailers

I Vend

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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Stop out of stocks denting your profits this holiday season

I Vend

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. Point of sale store operations – customers want fast and friction-free checkout, and retailers need to know what has been sold. .

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Australia’s supply chains should never look the same again

Inside Retail

It painted an accurate picture: our supply chains – for long years rigid, brittle, and elongated – failed in the face of the pandemic, exposing vulnerabilities that had existed without any incentive to fix them. Supply chains were invisible – pulled, twisted, and managed by retailers in such a way that shelves were always full.