Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

Associates will need to install the mobile Point of Sale App on their iPhones to use it. Morgan Payments powers the Tap to Pay on iPhone service, which can accept credit and debit cards, Apple Pay and NFC-enabled digital wallets.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Additionally, National Retail Solutions (NRS) , which provides point-of-sale and other store management solutions for more than 17,000 bodegas and neighborhood convenience stores, is partnering with Uber Direct to support same-day delivery offerings. “Our NRS supports more than 20,000 active POS terminals.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2024

Retailers come to us to brainstorm and create AI-enabled products and services that won’t just deliver new revenue and reduce costs, but instead will fully transform the customer experience. They don’t want to wait a few years; they want to deploy game-changing AI frameworks today.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“At Starbucks, we have challenged ourselves to imagine what’s possible when we take a closer look at the many ways our partners and customers interact with us and experience our stores every day,” said Katie Young, SVP of Store Operations at Starbucks in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

“In recent years, what constitutes a great retail experience has changed dramatically,” said Ron Edwards, COO of Cole Haan in a statement. Our investment in Aptos ONE reflects our commitment to keeping pace with consumers’ evolving expectations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

Apart from refrigerators, Walmart utilizes IoT sensors to remotely control its HVAC systems in stores in a particular U.S. region or individual stores, reducing energy consumption and utility costs without negatively impacting the customer experience. Exceptional customer experience. Self-checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

By programming your displays to showcase user-generated content, like brand mentions or customer reviews, you tap into a stream of authenticity and relevance. This reflects real-life customer experiences with your products and encourages others to engage with your brand on social media platforms.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Stripe will be the first payment platform to offer the service to business customers, including the Shopify Point of Sale app this spring. Tap to Pay on iPhone will be available to participating payment platforms and their app developer partners to leverage in software developer kits (SDKs) in an upcoming iOS software beta.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

Business leaders need to know when it’s appropriate to ask customers for tips, and how much, or risk alienating customers who are fed up with the constant nudging. On most tablet-based point-of-sale systems, you can customize the tip percentages your customers choose from on the tip screen.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Here are four ways retailers can level up their store experience to boost customer engagement, brand affinity, and brand loyalty: Integrate Technology to Enhance the Customer Experience Successful retailers seamlessly blend technology into their physical spaces while keeping a personalized, human feel.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Aēsop operates approximately 400 points of sale across the Americas, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia, with a recent advance into China, where the brand opened its first store in 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

When members of the restaurant’s loyalty program hover their palm over the reader, associates can pull up their MyPanera account information, greet the guest by name and provide a customized experience, including palm-based payment.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 25, 2023

And if you’re a brick-and-mortar retailer that wants Sephora-sized success, here are three things you can do to deliver the type of exceptional in-store experiences your customers expect. Collect and Use Your In-Store Data Retailers often have access to more information about their stores than they realize.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2023

Increasingly, however, their focus has turned to the large amounts of data processed at the “edge,” and not just transactional information: inventory, sensor, capacity, video, performance — across tens to hundreds of devices in each store. Take cloud point-of-sale (POS), for example. Edge systems process data in real time.

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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

JULY 29, 2020

Ready to grow even further, the company launched a digital transformation to swap out its legacy systems, advance customer knowledge through data and provide a truly omnichannel customer experience. If a customer walks into a store and says, ‘My hands are full, ship it to me,’ that’s one experience we have to offer.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2023

In today’s challenging business landscape, where profit margins are shrinking, supply chains are slow and uncertain, labor shortages are prevalent and inflation is a concern, it is crucial for retailers and brands to differentiate between understanding customer habits and fostering customer loyalty in order to succeed.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2024

URBN , parent company of Urban Outfitters , Anthropologie , Free People and FP Movement , will adopt Stripe as its primary payments infrastructure for both online and in-store sales, consolidating the majority of its North American payments volume onto the solution provider.

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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. This partnership is a testament to our commitment to helping retailers optimize their operations and elevate customer experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In another first, customers access the checkout solution via the Sainsbury SmartShop app rather than the Amazon app, meaning they can use an interface they already are familiar with. Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, had piloted a cashierless customer experience at this store using its own technology in 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

The retailer will instead rely more heavily on its smart Amazon Dash Carts , which have been deployed at Fresh stores since 2020 as well as at Amazon subsidiary Whole Foods.

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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. Near-term advancements will address current limitations, enhancing customer experience and retailer security.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 23, 2022

The next step for the 112-year-old floral and gift brand is offering its partner florists updated features within its new MercuryOnline (MOL) platform, powered by Shopify , which FTD CTO Matt Powell describes as “ how digital commerce interfaces with store operations.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2023

It helps, of course, that Walgreens has an enviable store footprint: more than 8,800 stores nationwide, putting 78% of the U.S. population within five miles of a Walgreens store. But it’s how those stores operate that allows them to effectively serve as fulfillment hubs.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Tailored Customer Experiences Online, retailers would be wise to go beyond the typical “for Mom/brother/sister/partner” edits by implementing recommendation mechanisms specific to whom the shopper says they’re buying for.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

With the right operations and infrastructure systems, retailers will be able to leverage the vast capabilities derived from the computer vision and AI that power frictionless checkout, which produces rich data and insights that enable these additional tools.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

She noted that the concept of “partial de-malling,” which could include integration of outdoor spaces for walkable plazas and eating areas, food carts/trucks, skating rinks, miniature golf courses and the like, all will contribute to the experiential and entertainment value of a trip to the mall.

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M19 Retail

JULY 5, 2023

The Aubuchon Company has previously implemented the Mi9 Retail Software Platform to support their Merchandising, Data Analytics, and Store Operations (Point of Sale). “Self-Checkout delivers numerous benefits for retailers, including increased efficiency, cost savings, improved accuracy, enhanced customer experiences, and increased store sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Priorities may be changing, but retailers still need to provide a superior customer experience, added webinar panelist Caila Schwartz, Senior Industry Strategist at Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Marketers are really at the forefront of this transformation ,” Schwartz said.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

Best Buy will leverage its membership-based loyalty program to sharpen personalization efforts for its 2025 fiscal year, which began Jan.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2023

Nearly half ( 46% ) of retailers surveyed in Retail TouchPoints’ Store Operations Survey noted that they provide mobile POS to associates — and an additional 31% plan to implement the technology this year. At the same time, they’re trying to help associates feel empowered in an increasingly busy, high-pressure environment.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Inside H&M ’s new store in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood, the fast fashion retailer has nested a shop-in-shop featuring curated secondhand pieces — the brand’s first resale location in North America. To celebrate the debut, beginning Feb.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 12, 2020

It’s long been a retail “business basic” to keep stores clean, both for purposes of hygiene and to create a positive customer experience. But as with so many other things, the definition of what constitutes a clean store has been intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Amazon ’s cashierless Just Walk Out technology has been deployed in more than 120 third-party locations, including airports, stadiums, university campuses, convenience stores and theme parks. One of the more recent implementations was the St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital Campus in Savannah, Ga.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It’s no secret that retailers and brands have become obsessed with driving conversion in their quest to recover the more than half of shoppers who abandon checkout before completing their purchase. After all, “conversion rate optimization” is one of the more common catchphrases in today’s retail industry.

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