Apps have many applications in retail – whether they support customers during shopping and checkout or help retailers with in-store organization.
How can customers shop 24/7?
Interview with John Kolthof, Chief Commercial Officer, CCV GmbH
Marketing opportunities of the new social media app Clubhouse.
Identification via fingerprint, iris, voice and facial recognition
Grab brings beauty products from over 2,200 Watsons stores to customers’ doorsteps
Contactless payment option in 7-Eleven app
Further steps towards social commerce
The store has implemented Delfi Technologies' cloud solution and mobile app to manage the store's electronic price tags
Retrofitting an existing store
Retailers have embraced digitalization to enhance the customer experience for many years. Examples of the growing digital transformation market include self-checkouts, omnichannel marketing, and electronic shelf labels. Customer apps are also ...
WhatsApp is a popular communication channel used by millions of people worldwide. Now small and medium-sized retailers or restaurants can use WhatsApp Business to quickly and easily engage and interact with their customers and build customer ...
Many retailers have had to close their shops due to the Corona crisis. But this does not mean that as a result the connection to the customer has to suffer. The WirVonHier project shows how to reach customers and moreover connect with their needs ...
VR Payment presents the ‘China Solution’ at the EuroShop 2020: An all-round service package with which retailers can gain access to the Chinese market and profit from the increasing spending by tourists from Asia. In addition to the ...
Are you wondering how you can deliver a seamless shopping experience to your customers? Checkpoint's experts provide retailers with three ways to make your customers even happier. Watch the video to learn more. ...
After a convincing test, Dagrofa rolls out the food waste app ‘Whywaste’ in all the Danish MENY stores. At MENY in Solrød, the store has already managed to achieve a significant reduction in food waste. In addition to the app, the ...
7-Eleven, Inc. is pushing the technological envelope once again, testing a cashierless store at its corporate headquarters, in Irving, Texas. During the pilot, the 700-square-foot non-traditional store is available to 7-Eleven employees."Retail ...
Tempora mutantur – and rather quickly. While the focus of interest in this sector has primarily been on online trade in recent years, analogue trade is currently moving back into the foreground. Competition among distribution channels is ...
SALTO presents its versatile electronic access control solutions at EuroShop in Düsseldorf (hall 6, booth E17). The focus will be on the cloud access control SALTO KS Keys as a Service, which enables all types of wholesalers and retailers, ...
Logistics startup Seven Senders connects merchants and European delivery experts. The company’s concept: A digital platform for optimized delivery. In this interview, founder and managing director Dr. Johannes Plehn talks about the different ...
Using a smartphone to pay will sooner or later be a part of everyday life; smartphones are already firmly anchored in the private and working lives of generations X, Y and Z.As consumers rely more and more on smartphones and their countless uses in ...
POS TUNING, the specialist for the optimized presentation of products at the point of sale, announces the spin-off of the digital services division. The GmbH (LLC), founded in September as neoalto, has already made a name for itself on the market ...
In early 2020, the BLVD startup will pilot an app of the same name into the market. The app aims to create a pleasant shopping experience in city centers by avoiding unnecessary routes and tedious searches. During the EHI Technology Days 2019, ...
A study reveals that, the global gift cards market was valued at approximately 264 billion US-Dollar in 2014, and is estimated to generate a value of approximately 1,211 billion US-Dollar by the end of 2019. The gift cards market is projected to ...
For years, we have done this in online stores: we fill our shopping cart, click to pay and are excited about our purchase. Thanks to the snabble app - now available at the Knauber Hobbymarkt in Bonn and at IKEA in Frankfurt – consumers can ...
Snabble has developed a payment app that allows customers to scan their purchases in retail stores and pay online. I wondered: How does it work?The app is in use in the Bonn DIY and hobby market Knauber, among other places. Let’s make a move ...
There are many payment apps, but most only accept debit or credit cards. The problem for Germans: they prefer the Girocard.VR Payment GmbH has the solution with its VR-pay:Me app, taking into account the habits of German customers. An interview with ...
Zippin announced it has entered a strategic partnership with Brazil's largest retailer, Lojas Americanas S.A., to deploy its checkout-free technology in stores across the country. Though its innovation vertical, "IF – ...
Barzahlen.de relies on good old cash. The concept of the Berlin start-up: shop online, pay in cash at the store. Swimming against the trend of fast online shopping and mobile payment is paying off, says Weina Wang, Head of Retail. In an interview, ...
The goods are chosen, scanned and paid for using the avec smartphone app. Mobile computer vision specialists Scandit’s scan engine is a key component of the customer-facing app. The future of shopping - whether online or offline - is ...
H&M and Klarna announced that they have expanded their current partnership agreement to also include the US market, in the development of an unrivalled payments and shopping experience across touchpoints. Together, H&M and Klarna are aiming ...
What's new at Modehaus Ramelow? The fashion retailer’s employees can check PIA - and share information to their heart’s content. PIA is an app for "private information exchange".More and more internal communication ...
They create a lot of work and endless waste: tons of paper receipts from cash registers end up with customers or the waste bin every day. In early 2020, all consumers must be given a purchase receipt in Germany. That’s what the law mandates. ...
It may be uncomfortable at times – but a change in perspective can help businesses to implement new ideas and successfully complete ongoing processes. Design thinking is a customer-centric approach that can help in this endeavor.“What do ...
What if something would allow manufacturers, retailers and customers to verify at any time that a product on the shelf is authentic?Counterfeit products often look deceptively like the real deal, but the quality is inferior to the original goods and ...
For 25 years, SES-imagotag has been the trusted partner of retailers for digital technology in stores. SES-imagotag, the worldwide leader in smart digital labels and pricing automation, develops a comprehensive IoT and digital platform that delivers ...
Showing a photo of a product is often easier than describing it in words. This also applies to e-commerce. That's why customers can now simply upload and find a picture of a desired product online. ...
Counterfeit goods prompt harmful financial losses due to a loss of sales and profits, decreased tax revenues and by threatening jobs – and this doesn’t just impact retailers and manufacturers. According to EUIPO (The European Union ...
China and the U.S. already feature cashierless stores but things are coming along in Europe, too. Several startup companies want to eliminate long checkout lines and advertise better retail security tags. We took a closer look at these ...
As mobile shopping continues to grow, consumers are downloading retailer’s mobile apps at double the rate of years past and conducting more in-app purchases, according to new findings from Synchrony. As the mobile channel becomes ...
Snabble introduces its technology to the stores of Edeka Rhein-Ruhr. Customers will be able to scan items with their smartphone while shopping and pay at payment-terminals at the exit. First store launched will be Edeka Paschmann in ...
At EuroCIS 2018, Verifone is presenting the extended Engage series, which takes up current retail trends such as digital signage and beacons. Markus Hövekamp presents the highlight of the product family - the portable terminal V400m. ...
Retailers benefit from mobile technologies that are becoming more and more handy and intuitive to use. In this way, information can be used profitably, from the warehouse to the store to the customer's smartphone. EuroCIS shows the full ...
Since its beginning, proudly Canada-originated Virtus has been dedicated to winning customer’s hearts and heels with high-end quality comfortable service, preventative health and safety created by pioneering 3D scanning technology which did ...
According to the motto “Building Bridges – from online to offline”, Bizerba will present hardware and software solutions for the modern retail business at this year’s EuroCIS (Düsseldorf, Germany, 27 Feb. - 1 March, Hall ...
Today, Fairway Market, New York’s iconic grocery store, announced that it has selected FutureProof Retail, provider of line free checkout, to power Fairway’s next-generation mobile app. The new app builds on FutureProof’s line ...
CCV’s POS smart solution is the answer! A solution that not only includes the payment application in the terminal, but also enables other applications such as loyalty or additional applications. These are provided via the certified, CCV-owned ...
Carrefour launches in Brazil the My Carrefour omni-channel data intelligence platform which concentrates the company’s retail services in a single democratic, free and national benefits program, composed of offers, coupons and other ...
Until recently the “mobile“ subject matter only had one specific focus, namely “apps”. Having said that, the current Adobe Digital Insights Report shows that worldwide app usage remains stagnant. In the U.S., usage has ...
According to the company’s latest report, sales of tablet devices are declining as consumers choose to spend more time on smartphones. Consequently, spend via these devices is set to grow 112 percent in the next five years. Key sectors aiding ...
The consumer retail report, "Shopper-First Retailing: What Consumers Are Telling us About the Future of Shopping," reveals new insights gleaned from shopping behavioral patterns. Launched in tandem with the research is a Retail study by ...
