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Under Armour teams with Aptos on mobile POS for charity retail event
November 15, 2019
Under Armour teamed with Aptos for payment technology for its annual three-day charity sales event, the Hometown Sample Sale in Baltimore.
The pop-up event, which benefits Baltimore organizations, offered exclusive and discounted performance apparel, footwear and accessories. The Aptos technology supported 7,000 transactions with 47,000 items sold in less than 36 hours, according to a press release. Under Armour supplemented its Aptos POS system with the Aptos ONE Store Commerce mobile-selling application.
The Aptos ONE Store Commerce removes dependencies on store servers and internet connectivity, allowing retailers to process transactions anytime, anywhere on locally resilient mobile devices. It took less than six week to deploy for the event.
"One of the most exciting aspects of Aptos ONE leading up to the Sample Sale was how quickly we were able to stand it up," said Gerald Charles Jr., Under Armour vice president, global IT operations and strategy, in the release. "During the event, we received extremely positive feedback on Aptos ONE from our interns, who we call Rookies, who were the ones engaging customers and ringing transactions."
During the event store associates rang up approximately 70% of the Sample Sale transactions on the mobile selling application via Wi-Fi, and the remaining 30% on fixed POS terminals.
