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Engaging Customers Beyond the Point of Sale with Mobile Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

If you are only engaging the user at the point of sale, you’re not actually addressing all of their needs. When it comes to SMS notifications, nearly half (48%) of customers want updates on shipping tracking , and 44% want order status confirmations. For example, take expectant parents looking to purchase a car seat.

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Kroger Doubles Ship Assortment Via 3rd-Party Marketplace

Retail TouchPoints

For Kroger , the expansion of its Ship e-Commerce assortment through a third-party marketplace is the latest example. Starting this fall, more than 50,000 additional items will be available to Ship customers across multiple categories including natural and organic, international food, specialty items, housewares and toys.

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Pandemic Shifts Shine a Light on Importance of Modern Point of Sale

Retail Minded

Did you know that point of sale systems date back to 1879 when the first one was invented by American shopkeeper James Ritty. With stores taking control of their inventory management, selling channels, distribution experiences and shipping, they also recognized that customers wanted to be in control, as well.

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Time for retailers to take stock of shipping costs; playing the waiting game won’t win

Retail Focus

Claire Webb from Advanced Supply Chain Group looks at why playing a waiting game won’t help retailers beat soaring shipping costs. Many retailers are looking to protect margins against rapidly rising shipping costs. The factors have triggered a long-running period of disruption and caused shipping costs to escalate.

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Star Micronics Introduces A New Line of mG-T Scales, Innovative Designs For Point Of Sale

Star Miconics

Star Micronics releases the mG-T12, mG-T30, and mG-T60 point-of-sale scales built for accuracy. Somerset, NJ – March 28, 2022 – Continuing its philosophy of “Always Leading – Always Innovating,” Star Micronics presents its new line of point-of-sale (POS) scales, the mG-T Series. cdorner@starmicronics.com 848-216-3318.

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Hugo Boss to Roll Out RFID Solution Chainwide

Retail TouchPoints

The premium apparel retailer operates in 128 countries at approximately 6,800 points of sale as well as online in 59 countries. Knowing what items are in-stock at its stores in real time will help improve the efficiency of ship-from-store and BOPIS operations at Hugo Boss.

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The North Face Five-Year Global Expansion Plan Includes 300 New Stores

Retail TouchPoints

An easily movable point-of-sale area will allow stores to change their layouts in order to create a more experiential shopping journey, which will be supplemented with community, education and athletic events. Stores also will beef up BOPIS and ship-from-store options to support omnichannel consumer journeys.

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