More than ever retailers are looking to technology to improve the customer shopping experience in store and of course their sales. QR codes, social media, self service kiosks, headphones, iPads, screens, digital mirrors, iBeacons, wifi; the list goes on ranging from the familiar to the futuristic. The idea isn’t necessarily to introduce the most innovative…
Click and collect transport based sites are growing in fashion among the retailers. Rail and underground tubes stations are now the latest sites that time-short consumers can conveniently collect their online shopping from. In fact using stations as hubs for internet shopping may well be the best option for both the consumer and the retailer…
Garden centre retailers continue to recognise the benefits of EPoS systems in helping them to provide sufficient product information. With many products being plant based it is important that a garden centre can offer its customers, many of whom are keen gardeners, a good level of information on the plants that they are buying. With…
The retail industry and indeed a number of other industries like hospitality are turning their attention to tablets. The attraction being that they are an affordable and flexible way to provide convenient service to customers and manage back of house tasks. Right now the tablets are still finding their place. In store they are popping…
Electronic-point-of-sale (EPoS) has never experienced as rapid a change as it is seeing now. Following the start of the omni-channel era, EPoS’ function has developed from a straightforward payments system to one that needs to manage all sales and customer information. For today, it is vital that it can keep up with the changing pace…