NCR, the consumer transaction technology business, announced in a press release the North American launch of the NCR Orderman7, its smartphone-like and newest mobile point-of-sale (POS) solution, especially made for the hospitality industry. It doesn’t take long to figure out the origin of the name Orderman7....
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions and ITAB Shop Concept said Monday (May 18) that they will partner to offer new platforms to improve the in-store shopping experience, particularly at checkout. Toshiba will integrate its partner’s self-checkout solutions into its own portfolio in the U.S. and Europe, among...
Software-enabled solutions and services provider Agilysys announced yesterday (May 13) that American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, will deploy the company’s mobile point-of-sale system in tandem with the stadium’s food and beverage service. The announcement expands an ongoing relationship, which spans more than a decade, between the...
Anyone who purchased a ringtone in the late 1990s has some familiarity with carrier-based billing. However, as smartphones rolled onto the market in the U.S., carrier-based billing never really became a common general payment method for mobile users. Consumers still tap into carrier-based billing to...
Back in the day, the face of the point of sale was literally that -- a face. The face of your friendly neighborhood store clerk, who recorded transactions in a ledger. The ledger gave way to a cash register, which itself eventually evolved into a...
mPOS started as a way for micro merchants to turn mobile phones into point of sale terminals and has evolved over the years to become a platform for small merchants to professionalize and manage their retail and service-based businesses using mobile phones and tablets. The...
The consumer shopping experience is becoming ever more customized, soon to predict purchases in real-time. Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions announced yesterday (May 4) that it is teaming up with analytics company SAS to create technology that will apply advanced predictive analytics at various points of...
As the physical and digital worlds of retail continue to interweave, more and more beacon solution providers across the market are recognizing the need for retailers to have better tools to gather data on their customers. But Gimbal, for one, is in a unique spot,...
Every consumer has faced it. Susan starts out trying to buy a relatively simple item – new sheets, a toaster. Maybe it starts as an innocent stroll through the Home Electronics section at the local Target, or a quick glance on Amazon – but that...
