EMV shift could also shift NFC payments adoption

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

With about six months to go before merchants have to make the switch to POS terminals that accept chip cards, some industry executives are expecting proximity…

The Walking Company stepping up in-store customer experience

April 14, 2015

World's largest specialty retailer of comfort footwear to leverage Epicor Retail CRM with tablet devices to arm store associates with key customer insights…

Barclays expects huge gains in UK spending on mobile devices

April 14, 2015

Barclays said the influence of mobile on spending, however, is expected to more than double this figure from £18.4 billion to £112 billion over the same period.

BJ's Restaurants exec discusses benefits of chain's mobile app

Tim Hackbardt, VP of Marketing for BJ's Restaurants, talks about the many ways the chain's mobile app improves the customer experience.

mPOS 101

What merchants need to know about mobile point-of-sale technology.

GK Software AG and Wipro partner to implement SAP Store Management apps

April 10, 2015

Wipro Ltd., a global IT, consulting and business process services company, and GK Software AG, a technology developer and provider of standard software for…

Clarks steps into digital experiences across the UK and Ireland

April 10, 2015

Clarks, the iconic British shoe manufacturer and retailer, has selected Moki Total Control to deliver contextual and relevant digital signage experiences via…

How retailers can win by making things easier

by Pat Bakey — General Manager Consumer Industries, SAP

The world is becoming more complicated, and technology is to blame. Here's a look at how technology can make things simpler again.

How SeaWorld's mobile app enhances the guest experience

Len Dudis describes SeaWorld's folio approach to guest payments via its mobile app.

Fashion retailer expands digital gift card distribution

April 2, 2015

Charming Charlie said it recently expanded its relationship with Stored Value Solutions.

Wincor Nixdorf introduces Albert to Australia

April 2, 2015

The new mPOS terminal features an Android platform that adapts to customer needs and provides real-time analytics and business insights, Wincor says.

Fujitsu Australia piloting retail digital signage and mobile analytics with iSIGN

March 30, 2015

Toronto-based interactive mobile advertising solutions provider iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. and its Australian distributor and reseller, JEA Technologies…

South African digital signage firm launches retail analytics division

March 30, 2015

Moving Tactics Retail Analytics is a division focused on the gathering of data from brick-and-mortar retail environments through the use of a variety of…

San Francisco Soup Company executive discusses the restaurant's use of BLE beacons

Clayton Chan, COO for San Francisco Soup Company, discusses the restaurant chain's use of BLE beacons.

Retail ISAC launches cyber sharing portal supported by FS-ISAC

March 26, 2015

The Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC) announced it has reached another key milestone and expanded the capabilities of its Retail Information…

Retail of the future: Five insights from SXSW Interactive

by Jeannie Walters — Chief Customer Experience Investigator, 360Connext

In the case of retail tech, the biggest question wasn’t around the technology itself, but how to use it.

Goorin Bros. achieves PCI compliance with fingerprint readers

March 24, 2015

Employees log on with their unique biometric credential and are automatically logged off after each transaction.

Zumigo launches validation service for online retailers

March 24, 2015

Identity verification company Zumigo Corp. has introduced what it says is the industry's first merchant payments validation service based on the real-time…

The weak link in Apple Pay's security chain

Crooks have been using a surprisingly low-tech tactic to worm their way around Apple Pay's tokenization and biometric safeguards.

Survey says nearly half of product manufacturers implementing item-level RFID

March 23, 2015

For retailers, RFID provides greater than 95-percent inventory accuracy, improved sales, decreased out-of-stocks, increased margins and expedited returns…