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BuyBuy Baby to Reopen in Time for the Holidays

Retail TouchPoints

New tech integrationswill include iPads and other handheld point-of-sale devices for seamless checkout experiences, as well as the integration of QR codes throughout the store to offer customers access to additional product information. The return of BuyBuy Baby is only the latest revival in the baby retail sector this year.

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Sephora Rolls Out Mobile POS Technology to 500 Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Now more than ever, it is critical for us at Sephora to be able to adapt to the quickly changing retail environment, and that’s especially important at the point of sale,” said Sree Sreedhararaj, SVP and CTO at Sephora in a statement.

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Starbucks Debuts ‘Inclusive Spaces Framework’ Store in Washington, D.C.

Retail TouchPoints

in 2018 , which features a mural painted by a deaf artist ; and free access to the Aira app, which is designed to help blind and low vision customers navigate stores and the ordering process.

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As Contactless Payment Use Grows, Here?s What Consumers Need To Know About Fraud Prevention

Retail TouchPoints

In a pandemic, that turns point-of-sale terminals where people swipe or dip cards into “bus depots,” where virus particles can stop off and then catch a ride on new cards and new hands to keep spreading. The less good news is that contactless cards were involved in 3% of card fraud in 2018 in the UK.

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Powering The Future of Commerce: Shopify Unite 2018 Recap

Demac Media

This year’s Shopify Unite Partner and Developer Conference took place on our home turf in Toronto from May 7th-9th 2018. Shopify Unite 2018 was their third annual event and our third time in attendance. A post shared by Demac Media (@demacmedia) on May 7, 2018 at 6:29pm PDT. Click here to watch video of this Unite 2018 Track.

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Where Payment Processing Systems Are Headed In 2020

RTP blog

The following year, in 2018, that number dropped to $6.4 Now we have completely mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) systems that aren’t tied to a brick-and-mortar location at all. Here’s what you can expect in 2020. Better Payment Security Credit card fraud is on the decline. Just three years ago, in 2017, fraud amounted to $8.1

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An Advanced Approach To Fraud Protection

RTP blog

While wider adoption of the EMV chip and PIN standard has reduced fraud at the point of sale, it has triggered an increase in fraud in other channels — including online and mobile — as criminals look for alternative ways to cheat the system. billion in associated losses.