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Guarding the Retail Fortress: Cybersecurity Challenges and Network Interruption Risks

Retail TouchPoints

This includes implementing robust security protocols, regular system audits, employee training and investing in advanced cybersecurity technologies. In the store environment, retailers need to evaluate the physical security of POS terminals and self-scanning technology.

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What Is a Third-Party Payment Processor? The Ultimate Guide

Korona

The payment gateway is used through the retailer’s point of sale (POS) card reader device to securely transmit transaction and card data to credit card networks, acquirers, and card issuers. A payment gateway includes a point of sale (POS) card reader devices and online portal software technology for eCommerce transactions.

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What Is Metrc: The Cannabis Tracking Tech for Dispensary Retail

Korona

In the places that have legalized recreational and medical marijuana use, state governments use technology to ensure that they know how and where each cannabis related product is cultivated, produced, transported, and sold. . Metrc is now easily the most prolific government-facing compliance technology company in the field.

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Everything You Need to Know About Achieving PCI Compliance [Checklist Included]

BigCommerce

40 million card numbers from Target in 2013. Depending on the ecommerce technology and backend a retailer uses, PCI compliance can be an easy check on a long list of things retailers need to do to ensure their customers are transacting securely. More recently, in 2013, U.S. 56 million card numbers from Home Depot in 2014.

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How adding services to your products can propel your company growth?

GetElastic

The eCommerce subscription market has grown by 100% each year from 2013 to 2018 (McKinsey). The largest companies in the subscription eCommerce market have grown from $57 million in sales in 2011 to 7.5 billion in sales. Nearly 75% of GenZ were satisfied with contactless payments and declared it a “must have”.

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API Business Models and How They Future Proof eCommerce

GetElastic

Couple that with the fact every new generation of buyer is more and more tech-integrated with how they live their lives, this future proofing concept is more critical than ever for eCommerce leaders to explore when evaluating commerce technology. Such APIs are often integrated into scenarios like eCommerce stores or point-of-sale devices.

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The Power of Retail Order Management Systems

OrderDynamics

At the time, Forrester had just published “The State of the Canadian Online Retail – 2013.” Michael pointed out these systems give retailers more business levers. First, it just doesn’t make sense to invest in the technology unless it is cloud-based. Despite the progress in retail order management systems, this remains the same.