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4 Key Point-of-Sale Trends for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

The point-of-sale (POS) system has always been the one truly indispensable technology for any merchant, large or small. The POS Becomes a Customer Engagement Hub Retailers are taking advantage of the fact that everyone (except browsers and shoplifters) must interact with a POS system at some point during their shopper journey.

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Engaging Customers Beyond the Point of Sale with Mobile Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

Enter: mobile marketing. Comprehensive mobile marketing for today’s world involves a digital, omnichannel marketing strategy that reaches consumers on their smartphones, smart watches, tablets and other mobile devices. Companies need to view their apps as a vehicle that not only generates sales but builds their brand.

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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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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. Because there are a lot of mobile devices that you’ll see in other stores and they’re behind a cabinet or locked in a drawer.”

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Excess Wine Inventory Pains France’s Bordeaux Region — Can Retail Optimization Technology Lift the Industry’s Spirits?

Retail TouchPoints

But the retail technology (and wine) enthusiast in me shudders at the idea of cases of wine being laid to waste, especially when data-driven technologies could easily be deployed to help Bordeaux bounce back from its Merlot-est ever sales record.

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How Technology is Helping Retailers Through the Labor Shortage

Retail TouchPoints

With retailers grappling with the labor shortage, alternative solutions must be sought to mitigate any negative impact on in-store sales. Retailers can rely on innovation to fill the gaps left by a lack of staff by deploying the right retail technologies. Mobility is essential for assisted selling success. Ease of Use.

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How Mobile Payments Are Taking Over eCommerce

Groove

The new way of purchasing goods and services is through Mobile Payments whether you are shopping online or in-store. As millions of users start to use mobile payments each year, it is projected that 4.8 billion people will be completing transactions through mobile payments by 2025. What Are Mobile Payments?