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Oracle debuts flexible POS systems

February 27, 2020

Oracle Retail is advancing its Xstore Point of Service and hardware systems with the Workstation 655 and 625 that promise to deliver a more engaging shopping experience.

The Workstation 6 models come preinstalled with the Oracle Linux for MICROS operating system or Windows 10 IoT Enterprise. McColl's, a retailer, has deployed the system as it supports business growth as operational requirements change, according to a press release.

"McColl’s performs more than four million customer transactions per week through 2,700 POS terminals and we need fast and reliable store systems to support our customers and store colleagues," said Neil Hodge, information technology director, McColl's, in the release

The platform lets retailers select the format that best fits their unique brand image and customer expectations — whether that be a fully mobile store, discrete fixed units or a combination, which is increasingly common.

For example, using the customer data in Xstore on a mobile tablet, a store associate can guide a shopper to the newest shoe from their favorite brand, check inventory in the customer's size and then complete the transaction right there in the shoe department.

"Our latest hardware delivers a modern look and feel, and a more streamlined and resilient user-friendly footprint, which supports full feature store applications," said Jeff Warren, vice president of strategy for Oracle Retail, in the release. "Couple this with our hardware service offering and the result is an agile approach that enables retailers of all sizes to pick and choose the POS that is most brand-appropriate to their image, without sacrificing software features and functionality."