Home Depot in pilot of PayPal's mobile payments

January 5, 2012

PayPal is moving forward with its in-store mobile payment program and one of its retail partners is big box home improvement store Home Depot.

Retailers phasing out paper receipts

December 27, 2011

Receipts are going digital as more retailers offer to skip paper and email shoppers receipts, according to Consumer Watchdog Michael Finney.

What if your cash register could count people and not just cash?

by Mike Wittenstein — Customer Experience and Service Designer, Storyminers

Since the invention of the cash register by James Ritty in 1879, shopkeepers have been using the device to count cash. With the interconnectivity that today's…

Moosejaw Stores implement mobile POS

November 28, 2011

Shoppers at Moosejaw, an outdoor adventure apparel and gear retailer, will now be able to pay for items via any employee instead of waiting at a check-out…

CETW: ExaDigm's mobile POS system

ExaDigm's David Graybeal discusses the connectivity and PCI compliance of the NX2200 mobile POS system, suitable for retail and foodservice applications.

Torex launches mobile POS platform

November 20, 2011

Torex today launched kachng!, a cloud-based HTML5 point of sale which will work via browsers on tablet devices, smartphones and the traditional POS.

MICROS launches mobile POS

November 8, 2011

MICROS-Retail, a division of MICROS Systems, Inc., and a provider of retail technology for the specialty and general merchandise retail industry, has announced…

Sir Richard Branson backs Square with multimillion dollar investment

November 7, 2011

Sir Richard Branson of Virgin fame announced via his Twitter feed that he's investing in mobile payment start-up Square.

Intuit partners with AT&T to provide GoPayment mobile POS to small biz customers

by James Wester — Editor 1, Mobile Payments Today

Companies to provide automatic sign-up and pre-approval to AT&T merchant customers.

SelectCore develops point-of-sale age verification software

October 25, 2011

SelectCore Ltd., a prepaid telecom and financial services transaction processor, has announced the development of its point-of-sale age verification software…

PayPal's NYC pop-up store could be a smart strategy

by James Wester — Editor 1, Mobile Payments Today

Bringing its new offline products into a retail setting may help PayPal sell its POS strategy to merchants.

Gilbarco certifies LIFT up-selling tech for use with Passport POS

September 21, 2011

Gilbarco Veeder-Root announced it has certified up-selling technology from LIFT Retail Marketing Technology Inc. for use with the Passport point of sale…

PayPal demos its offline strategy

by James Wester

PayPal gives merchants a sneak peak at how it plans to take on the offline world.

Bill's Superette sees operational improvements with solutions from LOC Software

September 12, 2011

Bill's Superette, an eight-store grocery/fuel chain operating in the Twin Cities, has announced the launch of store management solutions from LOC Software. The…

Starmount releases version 2.0 of its mobile POS

September 8, 2011

Austin, Texas-based Starmount, a provider of software for the retail space, announced today it has released Starmount Engage 2.0, an update to its Starmount…

CVS taking heat for length of store receipts

Coupons and special offers are stretching the length of the average receipt - and customers don't like it.

Winn-Dixie installing IBM retail tech in 484 stores

August 23, 2011

IBM has announced that Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. has chosen IBM point-of-sale and self-checkout technology to help with customer service, speed and operational…

ERPLY joins crowded mobile POS field

August 22, 2011

As if there weren't enough options for a mobile POS system, the market has welcomed one more competitor. ERPLY, a provider of cloud-based POS and retail…

Summit: The handheld POS

Story Miners' Mike Wittenstein led a technology panel at the 2011 Retail Customer Experience Executive Summit. Here, he summarizes its focus on the smart phone…

Tops Markets chooses Retalix POS software for chain-wide rollout

August 9, 2011

Retalix, a global provider of software and services to retailers, has announced that Tops Markets LLC, a 132-store grocery chain based in Williamsville, N.Y.…