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Laying the Operational Foundation for Autonomous Stores

Retail TouchPoints

While autonomous stores and technological innovation are high on the retail agenda, the infrastructure and operational efforts that enable them aren’t often given the same broad attention. These operations may struggle to adapt to the unique needs of automated checkout systems and smart stores.

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Walgreens Exec: Operational Excellence Makes 1-Hour Delivery Promise a Reality

Retail TouchPoints

But it’s how those stores operate that allows them to effectively serve as fulfillment hubs. The Vital Importance of Listening to Store Teams Mikos and other Walgreens executives were well aware that store pickup had to operate like clockwork, and it’s used a combination of training and technology to make that happen.

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IBM iSeries Integration: Streamlining Operations For A BigCommerce Client

Groove

Before working with the Groove Commerce team, Perform Group, the parent company to Curtain Call, operated a highly customized Magento website that often struggled with speed and page load times. This was due to the complex integration with their ERP and database management system. The Problem. The Solution.

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

RetailMinded

Did you know that point of sale systems date back to 1879 when the first one was invented by American shopkeeper James Ritty. Recent advancements include front end and back end responsibilities merging with ease, cloud based efforts supporting both in-store and online purchases, and mobile becoming increasingly popular to manage POS.

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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. – Point of Sale Components. Which Point of Sale Product Is Best For Your Business?

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Pacsun Taps External Partner to Streamline U.S. Fulfillment

Retail TouchPoints

The youth fashion and lifestyle brand is tapping Cart.com ’s logistics expertise and order and inventory management capabilities to support all its U.S. fulfillment operations. The company supports nearly $8 billion in gross merchandise value, more than 20,000 online points of sale and $10 trillion in product listings annually.

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Key Disaster Preparedness Takeaways for Retailers from an Eventful Summer

Retail TouchPoints

Take Stock of the Inventory Amid the digital transformation of retail, technologies such as SquareSpace have become more commonplace at the point of sale, while self-service kiosks and cashierless checkouts are now ubiquitous. Invest now to save later.

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