POS / Point of Purchase News & Media
Pay By Touch shuts down all biometric retail services
March 23, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Solidus Networks Inc., dba Pay By Touch, announced that it will no longer process biometric transactions on behalf of its merchant customers…
read nowGlobalShop: Day 1 news roundup
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
March 17, 2008
CHICAGO — Today was opening day for GlobalShop 2008, the 16th installment of the trade show devoted to store design, visual merchandising and in-store…
read nowRFID a boon for retailers, bane for privacy advocates
March 16, 2008
Associated Press: The problem with RFID, critics say, is that the microchipping of products might have unintended consequences. With tags in so many objects…
read nowFreedom Shopping unveils RFID checkout solution
March 12, 2008
HICKORY, N.C. — Freedom Shopping Inc. announced the availability of an OEM offering that plugs into existing cash registers and point-of-sale terminals to…
read nowIBM, Microsoft to collaborate on plug-and-play POS
February 25, 2008
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. announced that it is working with IBM to deliver a Windows Embedded-based "plug-and-play" solution to help make it faster and…
read nowClarity UC solution lets sales associates go mobile
February 11, 2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Clarity Consulting Inc. demonstrated a new Unified Communications (UC) retail solution today at Microsoft's Office System Developer…
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Putting the 'world' in Wincor World
by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC
Steady growth, innovation mark German firm's annual self-service show.
read nowWINCOR WORLD: 360-degree scanning will speed check-out
January 30, 2008
The Real 360 works when a shopper places no more than 1 item each on its segmented conveyor belt. Merchandise then is sped through a tunnel of…
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How long before RFID check-out?
Solutions at Wincor World move closer to one of retail's Holy Grails.
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NRF 08: emphasis on 'green'
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
Retail's Big Show saw a major emphasis on the environment.
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Ben Stein speaks at NRF
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
Actor/economist gives state-of-the-economy address to retailers.
read nowBookstore claims world's largest item-level RFID deployment
January 15, 2008
RFID Update: A new bookstore in Portugal uses RFID to track almost all merchandise in what it says is the world's largest item-level retail application in a…
read nowKroger testing paperless coupons
January 13, 2008
Forbes: Some grocery chains are trying paperless, or digital, coupons. Kroger Co. is partnering with Procter & Gamble Co. to offer paperless discounts for…
read nowARTS releases SOA blueprint for retail
January 13, 2008
NEW YORK — The Association for Retail Technology Standards, the standards division of the National Retail Federation, announced the release of the SOA…
read nowWincor Nixdorf and DigitalPersona Partner for retail POS systems
January 13, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas - Wincor Nixdorf has formed a partnership with globally-recognized biometric authentication solutions provider DigitalPersona to set new…
read nowWincor Nixdorf bringing retail IT platform to the U.S.
January 10, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas — Wincor Nixdorf, supplier of IT solutions for the retail and banking industries, announced the U.S. introduction of its TP.net software…
read nowCelerant announces retail RFID solution
January 9, 2008
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Retail software provider Celerant Technology Corp. announced the release of RFID for POS, to be launched at the upcoming NRF Show at the…
read nowIBM unveils new retail software architecture
January 9, 2008
ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM announced the IBM Retail Integration Framework, an enterprise software architecture designed to help retailers accelerate the…
read nowAccuPOS earns Intuit Gold Developer status
January 7, 2008
LOS ANGELES — Attitude POSitive, provider of POS, inventory management and time clock software for the retail and hospitality industries, announced that its…
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