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Gift Shop Operator Event Network Begins Transition to Mobile POS

Retail TouchPoints

Destination retailer Event Network — which operates gift shops for aquariums, zoos, museums, science centers, botanical gardens and other cultural attractions — has upgraded to a mobile point-of-service (POS) system and adopted a new cloud infrastructure as it continues its digital transformation.

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Mobile POS Empowers The North Face Associates to Venture Beyond the Cash Wrap

Retail TouchPoints

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. It was a $15 million outlet, so if that location could run mobile POS, others could too, and we helped remove those barriers.”

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Key Disaster Preparedness Takeaways for Retailers from an Eventful Summer

Retail TouchPoints

Amid record-breaking heat waves this past summer, many communities faced some intense weather events that caused significant power outages. For retailers relying on critical IT systems to support both in-store and ecommerce sales, outages from significant weather events can have a big impact on business.

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How Does a POS System Work? 5 Common Point of Sale Questions

Korona

A point of sale system used to be a cash register that simply took account of the sales of the day and organized the bills into sections. The current main function of point of sale systems remains the same. How Does a POS System Work? What is POS equipment? – Point of Sale Components.

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Untethered – how mobile POS transforms the checkout

iVend

The point of sale is the engine room of every store, where the transactional business of retail takes place. It’s also often the only point at which there is any direct engagement with the shopper. iVend Mobile POS iVend helps retailers to reap the benefits of mobile POS. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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How to Sell Across Channels and In-Person with Shopify POS Go

Ecommerce Platforms

During the Shopify’s Winter ‘23 Edition , we learned about the release of a product called Shopify POS Go. Now, Shopify has always provided a POS for free to all of its users (and you have the option to upgrade to a premium version), so what’s the big deal about Shopify POS Go? What is Shopify POS Go? Quite bit, actually.

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Shopify POS Hardware: What to Get and How to Set It Up

Ecommerce Platforms

However, Shopify also provides the infrastructure you need for running a brick-and-mortar checkout counter with its POS (point of sale) software and hardware. You can combine an online store with the Shopify POS hardware or simply stick with a system for collecting payments from customers in person. What's Shopify POS?

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