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Best POS Systems

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Square POS (our overall best) Shopify POS (best for ecommerce retail integrations) Vend POS (best for multiple fashion, sports, or homeware stores) Toast POS (best for restaurants and food businesses) ERPLY POS (best for small franchises). And, of course, only make this decision after you’ve considered your business needs.

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Does The Controversial ‘Bodega’ Brand Pose A Threat To Convenience Stores?

RTP blog

Marie Griffin, Managing Editor: Paul McDonald and Ashwath Rajan pulled off a great PR coup with stories in national media and a flash of social media posts, but their glorified vending machines are no threat to the neighborhood bodega.

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Making Fulfillment a Revenue Driver: 6 Ways Design and Tech Can Collaborate

Retail TouchPoints

But with the rise of omnichannel fulfillment, “phygital” experiences and more elevated storytelling, Nicholas believes design is going to matter a lot more: “Not at the expense of functionality or technology, of course, but through and with those elements.” Nicholas added that retailers will need to create a “synergy of these forces.”

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Why the Future of the Mall is All About ‘Blend Spaces’

Retail TouchPoints

Of course, there are more effective omnichannel applications at the brand level. Some locations have a vending machine of Nike gear where you scan your unique QR code in the app to get a free item. It’s the sort of thing we explain in our report: Making Customer Experience Seamless: Playbook for the Omnichannel Retailer.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Touch-free “contactless” payments in stores and at vending machines are gaining popularity with U.S. When contactless cards are lost or stolen, there’s nothing stopping criminals from using them to make purchases without providing a PIN or a signature — up to the local per-transaction limit, of course.

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How China’s Missfresh Makes Rapid Grocery Delivery Pay

Retail TouchPoints

And of course, [online grocery] is quite useful, especially during a COVID lockdown, which we are still having. These include a growing network of self-service vending machines , a concierge shopping service for high-value customers, livestreaming events and the rollout of a SaaS solution for traditional grocers to tap into its technology.

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Gratitude

Steve Dennis

Of course, any list such as this is always incomplete and imperfect. Thanks to the folks at Forbes, who added me as a retail contributor this year, to IBM Watson Customer Engagement , Vend and BizTech for making me sound more influential than I am and to REVTECH for naming me an Executive In Residence. Either way, thank you.

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