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“REWE voll pflanzlich” – The store concept of the future?

German supermarket chain experiments with first vegan store

Have you heard about REWE's (pronounced ‘ray vuh’) latest project? Two weeks ago, the food giant opened its first ...

Assortment: From procurement to the shelf thanks to automation?

How forecasting software could make everyday store life easier

From the optimization of procurement to the shipment of goods and the efficient organization of stores ...

Record numbers for ITL at EuroCIS retail show in Düsseldorf

Innovative Technology (ITL) reported a successful EuroCIS in Düsseldorf last week, where the organisers announced record visitor numbers. EuroCIS provides an exclusive hotspot for Retail Technology in Europe, ...

Leaving a good impression on the customer

Interview with Extenda Retail

For retailers, the checkout is the most important part of the customer journey. Because this is where customers decide whether they come back or go to the competition next time. Mohit Paul, CCO of Extenda Retail, explains what a seamless and ...

EuroCIS Germany next stop for ITL’s cash handling and age verification solutions

Innovative Technology Ltd (ITL) will be joining retail suppliers and industry professionals at ‘EuroShop 2024 – the leading trade fair for retail technology’ which takes place in Düsseldorf, Germany from ...

Trigo and Netto Announce Autonomous Supermarket with Real-Time Receipt Capability.

‘Final step’ in frictionless shopping drives trust by enabling consumers to view their receipts BEFORE leaving the store
Full size 800m2 grocery supermarket powered by computer vision AI is Europe’s largest retrofitted frictionless store

Trigo, a leading provider of AI computer vision technology that transforms traditional brick-and-mortar retail outlets into digital smart stores, and discount supermarket chain Netto Marken-Discount (also known as Netto), have partnered to launch ...

Payment as a success factor: more than just paying

Flashback to 1994: databases and ERP systems, first commercial websites, mobile phones with colour displays, CD-ROMs, Java as a programming language ...

Tesco to introduce new scan-free technology on self-service tills at GetGo store

Seamless Shopping Revolution: Tesco Tests Scan-Free Technology in London

Tesco is trialling an exciting new technology innovation that means customers don’t need to scan their items ...

The global state of autonomous stores

The stores are located in various retail segments such as food retail, fashion, electronics, convenience stores and fast food.

In a highly competitive global retail landscape, autonomous stores are an emerging force that addresses changing consumer behaviors, reduces operational costs, improves profitability, and powers revenue growth strategies. Advancements in autonomous ...

Toshiba Launches New ELERA™ Security Suite to Address the Industry’s Challenges Around Shrink

Toshiba’s A.I.-powered solution empowers retailers across the globe to better manage loss prevention and protect profits

Security Suite from Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions empowers retailers to minimize shrink...

Iberian Sports Retail adopts Hii Retail native cloud platform

The Iberian Sports Retail Group adopts the Hii Retail native cloud platform in over 350 stores across three countries – “It enables us to scale up”

The multichannel leader in sports equipment sales in the Iberian Peninsula, Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG), has partnered with Extenda Retail to replace their Checkout applications. Extenda Retail’s next-generation cloud-native checkout ...

"Help yourself!": Are self-checkouts the next big thing in retail?

Efficient everyday business, efficient shopping

In the face of the digital age (and the rush just after the end of the workday or the day right before a holiday), retailers are looking for innovative technologies to continuously improve shopping experiences. Self-service checkouts (SCOs) allow ...

Extenda Retail launches loss prevention engine

Industry leader in retail software development, launches a revolutionary self service and loss prevention (SSLP) solution, powered by machine learning to tackle self-service retail challenges

Retailers are increasingly offering self-serve options to in-store consumers ranging from self-checkout to self-scan, and mobile Scan & Go. And with the boom of self-service comes the inevitable increase in shrink which Forbes now estimates to ...

NIU opens world’s first unmanned store for passenger vehicles in Sweden

Long opening hours and low costs make the concept particularly customer-friendly and attractive for expensive city locations

For the first time, a store is opening that offers testing and ordering of passenger vehicles, without any kind of human assistance. NIU, leading provider of smart electric vehicles, together with security and technology experts Securified Access by ...

Prioritising age assurance with biometric technology

Rely on algorithms and biometric technology for better prediction of and service to customers

There are no two ways about it – any business that deals with age restricted goods and services needs to have an airtight age assurance strategy in place to protect both itself and its customers. This is especially true in industries where age ...

Huge success at EuroShop 2023 for ITL’s cash handling and biometrics solutions

Innovative Technology Ltd (ITL) reported a successful show at EuroShop 2023 which took place last week in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The cash handling and biometrics solutions provider showcased some exciting new innovations set to transform the retail technology industry. Commenting post show, Thorsten Labusch, VP of Sales & Business Development for ITL said, “This was ...

YOUnifying the retail experience with Toshiba

Interview with Andrew McDaniel, Robin Lyon, Catherine Bataille, Stephen Howells, Valérie de Haan

At EuroShop 2023, Toshiba presents a suite of hardware, software and service solutions for retail. Regardless whether you are looking to improve efficiency of staff at the floor, search for self-checkout solutions or ways to improve loss prevention ...

Plug & Play Point Of Sale by Extenda Retail

Interview with Mohit Paul

Extenda Retail is presenting a flexible PoS system built on the Google Cloud that can be used on traditional manned checkouts, self-checkouts or mobile checkouts. Come to hall 6 at booth E75 to see for yourself. ...

„YOUnifying Experiences“ with Toshiba

At EuroShop 2023, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Presents its Suite of Retail Solutions Delivering ‘YOUnifying Experiences’

EuroShop 2023 attendees are invited to visit Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions in Hall 6, Booth C41, from February 26 through March 2, 2023. The company will showcase how retailers can scale and reimagine the shopper experience through Toshiba's ...

Hybrid stores: Connected components for the store concept of the future

Intelligent network audio, video and access solutions for hybrid stores from Axis

A hybrid store concept that operates autonomously outside regular business hours sounds like a highly complex challenge. In many cases, however, the existing infrastructure is already a solid basis and only needs to be integrated sensibly with smart ...

Smart Store: Two customer needs with one store opening

First "Rewe ready" without checkouts, but with a special location

With its "REWE ready" store in Bispingen, Lekkerland aims to cater to increasing out-of-home consumption, relying on innovative technology and a relevant product range. In the process, the REWE subsidiary is making common cause with the ...

EuroShop 2023 – Are autonomous stores the future of retail?

Checkout-free stores: Ringing in the changes

The digitalisation of the retail industry, which has been advancing at a rapid pace in recent years, has also led to equipping physical stores with more and more technological intelligence. ...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday: challenges, stumbling blocks and solutions

What matters before, during and after big shopping events

Bargains, deals and savings as far as the eye can see: Black Friday and Cyber Monday are just around the corner, ushering in the most competitive time of the year. We spoke to Stefan Mennecke, Vice President of Sales - MEA, Central, Eastern ...

Checkout: Taste for customers and retailers

The variety of solutions and their possibilities

On November 2, 2022, it was once again time for a "retail salsa". iXtenso and EuroShop had already prepared the ingredients for this and invited everyone to a cooking event at the virtual table. The main ingredient for the dish around an ...

Checkout: The right option for every taste

Find the right self-checkout solution for your store

Scanning goods during the shopping process? At the express checkout? Anywhere my customers engage my employees for payment? The options for checkout are as varied as the spices in the kitchen of a three-star restaurant ...

Fully automated stores: where it's possible, when it's possible, but feasible!

How do you provide the optimal fulfillment service?

On 21.9.2022 it was time once again: iXtenso and EuroShop had served a new "retail salsa" and invited to the webtalk at the virtually arranged table. Our main ingredient: the certain spiciness for the optimal customer journey, because the ...

Practical buying, automatic selling

Interview with Alexander Eissing, Managing Director of Livello GmbH, about modern vending machines and their cross-sector future

Vending machines are a familiar sight at airports, train stations, hospitals and many other facilities. But not all vending machines are the same. Many of the older models are not suitable for meeting the requirements of both retailers and customers ...

Rolling into the future

Why shopping carts can be so much more than they currently are

More and more technology is finding its way into our supermarkets. Already today, self-service checkouts, electronic shelf labels and virtual wayfinding guides are a familiar sight in many stores. But the customer experience usually doesn't ...

Best Buy unveils first ever small-format, digital-first store

Encouraging customers to shop, get advice and check out digitally

Last fall, we shared how we’re testing new store models in Charlotte, North Carolina and how all of them work together to meet our customers’ varied and changing needs. Now we’re introducing another piece to that pilot: our first ...

Computer vision in retail: a versatile technology

Theft prevention, self-checkout convenience and customer analytics

Two big goals retailers have today are a) to provide a convenient checkout experience and b) to minimize loss and theft. Advanced computer vision technologies are designed to help achieve both goals. ...

Alimentation Couche-Tard to roll out smart checkout

More than 7,000 stores will get new checkouts using Mashgin's AI-powered technology

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. announced it will deploy more than 10,000 Mashgin Touchless Checkout Systems branded as "Smart Checkout," to over 7,000 of its Circle K and Couche-Tard stores during the next three years. The AI-powered ...

retail salsa Tech Talks – Industry discussion live for the first time from EuroCIS 2022

Hot topics of the retail tech industry: automation & AI, smart stores, interactive touchpoints

After one and a half years of successful webtalks in the format "retail salsa – Spice up your Community", we took the EuroCIS 2022, which took place again from 31.05.-02.06. after a pandemic break, as an opportunity to organize the ...

EuroCIS 2022 exceeds expectations

Propensity to invest in technology as high as ever in retail – mood in the exhibition halls positive

EuroCIS 2022, The Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology, has drawn to a close on Thursday (2 June 2022) in Düsseldorf with very good results. With its ranges it impressively underlined how the past two pandemic years...

Smart Stores: Fast shopping on the go

Live from EuroCIS: The kitchen help among stores

Hungry for a delicious dish, but not much time? Using a food processor saves time here and offers endless possibilities to satisfy your appetite. It’s the same with Smart Stores: scan the goods and pack them without having to stand in line. Or ...

retail trends 1/2022: Focus "EuroCIS 2022"

The latest issue with tips, ideas and trends for and from the retail technology industry

In our latest retail trends, we show you once again what's driving the industry: You can expect photo spreads from international stores, reports on trend topics such as "visual search", "livestream shopping" and ...

Pete’s of Erie adopts self-checkout solutions for convenience stores

“Busy stores create new challenges in the shopping experience”

Pete’s of Erie Inc., a convenience store retailer with 50 stores across Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, has selected Gilbarco Veeder-Root's Passport® Express Lane™ self-checkout system to elevate the overall customer experience ...

Zara presents its most advanced store concept in Madrid

The new store on Plaza de España is equipped with innovative technology such as the Pay&Go service, a fitting room reservation service and an automatic on-line return point

The new store on Plaza de España is equipped with innovative technology such as the Pay&Go service, which customers can use to purchase garments by scanning them with their mobile phones, a fitting room reservation service and an ...

EuroCIS 2022: Trending topics and innovations concerning Retail Technology

Customer Centricity, Analytics, Payment, Connected Retail and Seamless Store

EuroCIS, The Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology, held from 31 May to 2 June 2022 in Halls 9 and 10 of Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre is the international communication forum for innovations and trend themes, especially for technology in the ...

More convenience and control at the checkout

With flexible self-service solutions from Toshiba, today as well as tomorrow customers have a choice when paying

The demands on retailers can change quickly. The last two years have shown that government regulations as well as customer expectations have made it necessary to constantly rethink and adapt store operations. ...

Key enabler for store transformation programme

Leading Northern Ireland convenience retailer The Henderson Group selects GLORY CASHINFINITY™ solutions

Glory, a global leader in retail cash automation solutions today announced that major Northern Ireland retailer The Henderson Group, has signed a significant new order with the company for both point of sale (POS) and back-office cash recycling ...

Food retail: from self-scanning to autonomous stores

EuroCIS from 31 May to 02 June 2022 in Düsseldorf presents current technology trends

When Amazon opened the first cashierless "Amazon Go" store to the general public in 2018, most experts in Europe were unanimous in their assessment: a highly exciting, technologically very ambitious project that a company like Amazon can ...

Scan & Go is a multi-talented tool for retailers and customers

How to use the smartphones of your consumers for convenience, sales and marketing

On March 16th, we prepared another spicy meal for you as a tasting sample about the options, benefits and challenges of Scan & Go services. With many poignant questions of our audience and the valuable and current input of our experts, ...

Scan & Go: Attractive marketing tool and queue stopper

Tune in NOW! – Webtalk "retail salsa" about scanning solutions

Scan the goods yourself with your smartphone: This is the new freedom for customers. No more cumbersome “out of the cart, onto the conveyor belt, and back down again”. Goodbye to queues. This is not just a hot topic because there’s ...

"Amazon Go" or "Amazon No"?

Our iXtenso editor tested a “just-walk-out store” from Amazon in Chicago

Is Amazon's ambitious "Amazon Go" project quietly going under? Or is it about to catch on and become ubiquitous? I tried to find answers to these questions at a store in Chicago.  ...

EuroCIS 2022 in Düsseldorf will be postponed

New date: 31 May to 2 June 2022. Exhibiting companies and EHI Retail Institute welcome the decision

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and especially the rapid spread of the Omikron variant also have an impact on EuroCIS 2022, which will now be postponed to May 31 to June 02, 2022. Messe Düsseldorf has decided on this new date in close ...

AI Counter tech: future of unmanned retail stores and ability to scan objects

INFINIQ reveals next-generation retail tech at CES 2022

INFINIQ, an artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous driving data service company, unveiled its autonomous driving and retail innovation technology at CES 2022 from Jan. 5-7, 2022 in Las Vegas.INFINIQ presents a self-checkout solution and CES ...

SAM4S introduces you the brand new products in 2022

Introducing game changing CPU, ELKHART Lake J6412 and providing versatile KIOSKs lineup for your successful biz

SAM4S are going to launch New CPU based on mainboard 7th generation Elkhart Lake J6412 for PC POS lineup. It shows 2.5 times higher in benchmark score comparing to 4th generation Baytrail J1900 CPU. We will apply this powerful CPU to our current ...

Benefits of Self-Service Payment Solutions & How They Can Help Improve Customer Experience

They can also offer convenience, flexibility and some greatly needed assistance in relieving queues.

Self-service checkouts are now commonplace – we see them almost everyday in grocery stores, take-out restaurants and even at entertainment venues like cinemas and theme parks. Not only do self-service checkouts provide an option for those who ...

Creative newcomers present innovative IT-solutions specifically for retail

Start-up Hub at EuroCIS 2022, the Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology

EuroCIS from 15 to 17 February 2022, will again be the hotspot for latest-generation retail technology. For the third time now it will stage the Start-up Hub thereby offering young companies ideal possibilities for making first contacts with ...

Digital allrounder: from price tags to self-checkout

q.beyond invests in self-checkout specialist Snabble

q.beyond AG is acquiring a 25.4-percent stake in Snabble GmbH. Snabble has already demonstrated the functionality and market maturity of its proprietary scan-&-go solution at major retailers such as IKEA, TeeGschwendner and tegut. This new ...

No cash register - no waiting in line

First unattended scan & go store in Australia

Wolki Farm in Australia has opened its first unattended store with Scan & Go from FutureProof Retail (FPR).Customers download FPR's Express Checkout app and enter the store with a PIN. They then simply scan their items with the app, bag ...

How can automation bolster margins?

Counteracting growing margin pressures on retailers with technology

Competitive and price pressures are steadily increasing. Technologies that automate processes can help companies remain profitable. Here are a few examples.Retailers are facing unprecedented margin pressures in the current times. Increased raw ...

The smart store revolution is heating up!

What makes unmanned 24/7 store concepts so appealing?

Whether unmanned stores, vending machines or hybrid solutions – automated smart stores have evolved from mere sounding balloons into genuine shopping alternatives. Even in Germany, where new technologies are initially viewed critically by ...

In-store payment: Cooperation for the customer experience

Klarna and Verifone become partners and make in-store payments more flexible

Payment and shopping provider Klarna and Verifone, a provider of payment and commerce solutions, recently joined forces: customers have been able to use Klarna's flexible payment options at millions of Verifone terminals in Europe and the United ...

Unmanned stores: One idea, many concepts

How can customers shop 24/7?

Shopping, around the clock, without staff, with self-checkout option – the idea behind unmanned stores is always the same, the approach can be different.The company Wanzl has developed various concepts. iXtenso took a look at them at ...

GLORY receives Top Supplier Retail Award 2021

The EHI Retail Institute has awarded GLORY the Top Supplier Retail Award

Checkout processes tailored to the needs of retailers which simplify the payment process for employees and customers: Glory is recognised as a technology partner in this year’s EHI Retail Institute awards with the Top Supplier Retail Award. ...

How do technologies find their way into retail?

Rolf Schumann, CDO of the Schwarz Group, provides answers at the "Retail Innovation Days"

Tech is cool! Gimmicks, gadgets, gizmos – they impress and inspire quickly. However, it often takes much longer than technology experts and developers initially predict before the technologies actually arrive in everyday life and are used by ...

Checkout-free hotel convenience store in Yokohama, Japan

Using biometric authentication technology

Zippin announced the launch of its latest retail format: a hotel convenience store. Zippin's partner, Fujitsu, the leading systems integrator in Japan, has worked with Koyo Group to implement the world's first checkout-free store within a ...

How COVID-19 vaccines will impact current shopping habits?

Americans still expect safety precautions in-store

For some, widespread vaccinations offer a glimmer of hope that life will soon return to normal. However, with many Americans (44 percent) planning not to receive the vaccine, consumers say vaccinations will hardly change their current shopping ...

Swiss Brand On's new flagship store

New standards for retail?

Swiss performance running brand On opens its global flagship store today, On NYC, located at 363 Lafayette Street in New York, NY. On has pioneered a design-centric and technologically driven approach to the in-store consumer experience. Centered ...

Klarna starts cooperation with Verifone

The idea: a shopping experience in stores that is unique worldwide

Klarna, the leading global payments and shopping service, announces a strategic partnership with Verifone, a global leader in payments and commerce solutions, that will make Klarna available as the first-ever buy now pay later solution to millions ...

Checkout-free service at Giant Eagle’s GetGo Café+Market store

Retrofitting an existing store

Grabango announced the launch of commercial service with one of its retail partners, Giant Eagle, Inc, owner of GetGo Café+Market. Grabango’s checkout-free system is now available to save shoppers time by letting them skip the line. The ...

Supply chain: Know what’s on your retail shelves

What should bricks-and-mortar retailers pay attention to in their supply chain management?

The Cha-Ching sound of the cash register rings up sales – that’s music to a retailer’s ears. Satisfied customers and happy employees are the key to increasing sales. What role does effective supply chain management play in this ...

“Dear shopping cart, please show me the way!“

Shopping Cart 2.0 – gimmick or idea with intrinsic value?

Not all shopping carts are the same... far from it! Digitization and automation also put their stamp on this aspect of the retail sector. What’s usually a plain, large basket on wheels that makes it easier for shoppers to transport products ...

Digitalization in the german wholesale industry

METRO Companion App

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 ...

Contactless? Cross-channel? Consumer-friendly?

Things to look for in a payment solution

Whether it’s e-commerce, point of sale, or mobile payment: we have to pay for our purchase. But what do customers want and expect from a payment solution? How can retailers meet these expectations and are self-checkouts really a faster option ...

Consumer survey: social distancing is changing shopping habits

Touchless or self-checkout options preferred for instore shopping during COVID-19 pandemic

Nearly two-thirds of consumers are changing their grocery shopping habits in response to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent consumer survey from Shekel, pioneers in advanced weighing technologies. And 87 percent of shoppers say ...

COVID-19: majority of Americans changing how they shop

Most consumers are stocking up in-store, despite health concerns and empty aisles, according to the new Shopkick survey

As uncertainty and anxiety rise across the country due to COVID-19, Americans are doing whatever it takes to stay safe and healthy, including changing the way they shop, according to a new survey by leading shopping rewards app Shopkick. In fact, 76 ...

Saving time and money: More POS systems

Saving you time, energy, and space – Traditional checkouts are so yesterday. "Multi Device" is the new way to go

Mobile or hybrid point-of-sale systems are the latest must-have technology and a major trend right now. Rolf Thomann, CEO of the Swiss company 4POS AG explains why retailers increasingly rely on them and describes the many key features and ...

INTERNET WORLD EXPO 2020

ROQQIO makes retailers fit for the networked future

ROQQIO will participate in this year's INTERNET WORLD EXPO in Munich on March 10 and 11, the information platform for e-commerce decision-makers and Internet professionals. By visiting the ROQQIO booth in Hall C5, POS-C9, retailers will learn ...

Self-Service for the ultimate customer experience

EuroShop 2020: iXtenso spoke with Diebold Nixdorf

Diebold Nixdorf as a leader in connected commerce offers innovative technologies for the optimized mix of self-service and checkout systems. With the program Storerevolution™ their solutions are a benefit for customers and retailers at the ...

The cash register capable of everything

Flexible use from manned checkout to self-checkout point

Customers walking through the store with their own cash register on hand? This versatility of shop technology and shop fittings corresponds to the change in brick and mortar retail. MAGO wants to help retailers to meet this challenge with ...

Toshiba demonstrates the future of shopping at EuroShop 2020

Toshiba spotlights innovations enabling retailers to create “moments that inspire”

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions offers EuroShop 2020 attendees a look into the future via its ‘Frictionless Store’, Feb. 16-20, hall 6 booth C41 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Toshiba’s innovative solutions enable retailers to ...

Effective and Independent

Present and future of self-checkout

Better use of personnel, lowering overhead costs while still providing customers with a smooth and seamless shopping experience – that’s what every retailer strives to accomplish. For Thomas Dibbern, CEO of ALMEX GmbH, there is an ...

Mobile With Added Value

Merchant apps turn smartphones and tablets into a sales tool

At this year’s EuroShop in Düsseldorf, which will take place from 16 to 20 February, Hamburg-based software company ROQQIO will show visitors what a self-checkout and mobile POS can do.As we all know, there are plenty of names and terms ...

Toshiba bolsters point-of-sale performance with latest Intel technology

9th generation Intel® Core™ processor enhances retailer operations and customer experience

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions continues to empower retailers and enhance the customer experience by integrating Intel’s latest processor technology within its global point-of-sale (POS) systems. The 9th Generation Intel® Core™ ...

Self-service for faster checkout

“Moments that Inspire”: Toshiba shows at EuroShop stationary as well as mobile solutions

In the future, there will be the Frictionless Store – no scanning, no hassle for the consumers. But consumers do not want to wait until this can become reality everywhere. The payment process should already be fast and convenient today.At ...

Enhanced, interactive, virtual – It’s all about the experience!

AR and VR can boost online and offline retail

New technologies permeate all aspects of the retail business, whether it’s self-checkouts, AI or robotics. Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR and AR) are yet other components in this setting. In this interview with iXtenso, Kelly Goetsch, ...

75 % of millennials abandon in-store purchases

Zebra study: out-of-stocks drive shoppers to online

Zebra Technologies Corporation today revealed the results of its 12th annual Global Shopper Study, the industry’s only market tracker that analyzes the attitudinal behavior of shoppers, retail associates and retail executives and examines the ...

When customers become cashiers

Treading a fine line between traditional and visionary, between checkouts and codes

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 ...

The iXtenso editors tested self-scanning ...

... with an app of the Hobbymarkt Knauber in Bonn, Germany

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 ...

retail trends 3/2019: focus "checkout zone"

Shopfitting, technology, marketing: What does a checkout have to do nowadays?

Read our latest edition retail trends 3-2019 online as an e-paper. ...

Distract or divert!

How to engage customers at the checkout

Retailers and retail designers spend a considerable amount of time discussing and juggling a crucial aspect of the customer experience at the point of purchase: the checkout.To be fair, it’s not easy to turn the moment when customers have to ...

The 411 on point of sale systems

Beauty and intelligence combined: What the system looks like and what it can do

Checkout system, material, paint finish – apart from technology and design, today’s point of sale system must fulfill many different roles. Yet its most important function is and will always be the successful completion of the customer ...

Of tables, counters and meeting places

What must actually be taken into account in point of sale fitting?

Whether it's a supermarket, a fashion boutique or a DIY store – a variety of POS architectures and designs are required depending on the retail format. Lisa Beck of atelier 522 provides a few tips.Mrs Beck, not all materials are ...

A simple, fast, intuitive payment experience

Are POS systems all about a perfect and versatile device?

"The perfect all-rounder POS device that’s ideal for all retail applications has not been created yet," says Oliver Kapahnke Managing Director at GLORY Deutschland. "But that’s OK.” In this interview, he talks ...

Strategic partnership in Brazil for new checkout-free stores

Zippin and Lojas Americanas: national roll-out underway

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 – ...

When the product becomes the POS

“Mobile-first” or the future of the Point of Sale

The classic Point of Sale means physical sales areas including a terminal, cash systems and queues. But this traditional image is changing. Nowadays many customers in brick-and-mortar retail outlets expect the same experience as online and require ...

Mobile payments at the supermarket checkout

An early adopter’s experience of mobile payments

Or: "What’s that you’re doing with your watch?“I still remember the first time I used mobile payment technology and paid for items with my smartphone at a supermarket checkout: It was October 17, 2018, exactly seven days after ...

Changing markets: embracing disruption to harvest opportunity

Reporting from the first annual Retail & Brand Experience World Congress in Barcelona

More than 200 industry insiders highlighted the many challenges facing the retail sector today in interesting talks and lectures.Topics included the customer experience, the use of technologies, digital media, omnichannel strategies, personalization ...

Cameras, comfort and Artificial Intelligence

Video: What self-checkout systems can already offer today

Self-checkout systems are enjoying ever greater acceptance and are regarded as an important future topic for retailers and customers. ...

Toshiba: artificial intelligence for frictionless shopping

AI, edge computing and smart shelf technology at the EuroCIS 2019

retail trends 1/2019: focus "Retail Technology"

Omnichannel commerce, mobile shopping, seamless checkout – technology trends 2019

Would you like to find out about the latest retail technologies and hold something tangible in your hands at the same time?We'll be happy to send you a copy of our print edition retail trends: with the focus on "Retail Technology" ...

Elo showcases unified architecture platform

Easily configurable for point-of-sale, self-checkout, endless-aisle or any in-store touchscreen application

Elo, a leading global supplier of retail technology solutions, today announced exciting additions to its broad family of POS and self-service solutions. Elo reduces technology complexity while increasing application potential with a common ...

Toshiba spotlights new innovations for empowering retail

Showcasing its latest solutions, services and innovative concepts at hall 9 booth B42

Visitors to EuroCIS 2019 will learn at Toshiba's booth how every retailer can design his checkout to suit his and the customers' needs. Under the motto "Empowering the Art of Retail", Toshiba will present its end-to-end IT ...

Store transformation drives self-service technology

Self-checkout solutions at EuroCIS 2019

The annual “Global EPOS and Self-Checkout” report care of London-based market research and consulting firm RBR shows what is happening around the globe at self-service checkouts. According to the report, retailers worldwide ...

Allgeier’s Retail Solution of the Future

The IoT BoxX - a pop-up store fully integrated into SAP

Like hardly any other industry, the retail sector is being exposed to the challenges of technological change. On the one hand, important market shares were lost to online trading, and on the other hand, the online stores are now blazing their trail ...

The new connection: Mobile payment via electronic shelf labels

Interview with Alexander Hahn from digital payment service provider Wirecard

It’s a customer’s dream: no more waiting in line at the checkout counter. At this point, consumers can already scan their purchases with their smartphones, pay and leave the store. Wirecard collaborates with SES-imagotag and makes this ...

24-hour shopping with Wanzl

EuroCis 2019

Is 24/7 shopping only possible online? Wanzl’s answer is loud and clear: absolutely not! The innovation leader’s unique 24-hour store concept fulfils a long-cherished dream of bricks-and-mortar retailers. Design, hardware and software; ...

EuroCIS 2019: from the trade fair to the points of sale

Analogue and digital elements merge in physical retail

Many digital tools presented at EuroCIS over the past few years, have become indispensable to retail today. Which in-store media asserted themselves and what is so special about them? And, beyond this, which tools and technologies have great ...

RFID tags with features for the cashierless store

Customers can unlock products on their own thanks to smart tags

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 ...

Toshiba is the leader in EPOS technology

Nearly 50 percent growth in self checkout market share

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions (TGCS), the global market share leader in installed retail point of sale (EPOS) technology, has rapidly-grown its worldwide self-checkout (SCO) market share by 46 percent, according to research and consulting ...

Standard cognition opens San Francisco’s first public cashierless store

Consumers can shop and pay without scanning or stopping to check out

Standard Cognition, which is eliminating the hassle of retail checkout by removing it entirely, announced today that it has opened San Francisco’s first public cashierless store. Located at 1071 Market Street, the Standard Market ...

Payment solutions in the self-service market

CCV and PAX are forming a joint venture

CCV, one of the largest payment service providers and suppliers of payment solutions in Europe, and PAX Technology Limited, subsidiary of PAX Global Technology Limited (“PAX Global”) (Stock Code: 00327.HK), one of the leading electronic ...

App-based self-checkout

Edeka offers mobile self-scanning with snabble

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 ...

No-checkout store of the future: Successful retail projects

Fine-tuning of the major rollouts has also started in Germany

Robots as sales consultants, REWE’s self-checkout at the neighborhood store or digital price tags. Slowly but surely, customers get used to and increasingly accept these innovative supermarket concepts. But are customers ready to take the next ...

German retailer roll-out of NCR self-checkouts

Kaufland creates new flexibility for changing customer shopping habits

NCR Corporation, a global leader in omni-channel solutions, announced that its self-checkout solution is a key part of Kaufland’s store reinvention initiative. The German hypermarket chain embarked on a store transformation journey to help ...

Make it easy: Optimizing the checkout process

If everything runs smoothly here, customers and retailers are happy: at the checkout. This requires the best technologies. These can be seen at EuroCIS.

Customers should be able to finish their shopping as comfortably as possible. Contactless and mobile payment as well as self-checkout can contribute to this. The possibilities for retailers have evolved extremely quickly. EuroCIS shows the ...

4POS presents new POS hardware at EuroCIS 2018

POS hardware using notebook technology and modular self-checkout

The requirements for efficient POS solutions are constantly growing. Modular construction methods and a slim design are demanded like never before. In the interview with iXtenso, Rolf Thomann and Günter Baitz from 4POS explain the requirements ...

Stores intelligently connected

Checkpoint showcases a Source-to-Shopper journey at EuroCIS 2018

At EuroCIS 2018, Checkpoint exhibits solutions that fit into four core areas – software, hardware, consumables and services. Retailers visiting the show will be able to explore how the vendor’s unique technologies will help reduce ...

Explore DataVan’s latest revolutionary retail solutions at EuroCIS 2018

Self-checkout, universal tablet docking, and lightweight POS terminals

DataVan, one of the world’s leading retail and hospitality touch-point technology providers, is pleased to join EuroCIS 2018 in Düsseldorf to showcase its new range of self-service kiosk terminals, multi-purpose touchscreen terminals, and ...

NCR is saying goodbye to the infamous “unexpected item in the bagging area”

NCR celebrates the 20th anniversary of its self-checkout and gives a glimpse of future innovations

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), the global leader in omni-channel solutions, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its first self-checkout installation and looking at what the future will bring for the technology. Amongst others, NCR is tackling the ...

Welcome to Retail 4.0

Bizerba at the EuroCIS 2018

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 ...

Retail of the future: technologies for a smart customer journey

Video report shows trends of EuroCIS 2018

The customer is the focus of tomorrow's Customer Journey. Retailers can use interactive, virtual and personalized offers to attract and inspire customers at home, especially in the digital age. We have tried out the latest technologies in the ...

4POS SCO-400 EveryPLACE

Where is EveryPLACE?

... in all places where your customers are, when they register and pay for their own purchases. 4POS has developed the 4POS SCO-400 EveryPLACE, a self-checkout solution which is highly responsive to the needs of customer-centric ...

“Just walk out“: the invisible payment process

Pay automatically with zero-click payment and smart store technologies

Retailers are constantly looking for solutions that make payments easier and more automated. After all, an easy payment process also makes it easier to spend money, at least when it comes to small amounts and quantities. According to a study by ...

The self-checkout paradox – faster or slower?

Shopping experience feels faster and more efficient even if actual time takes a bit longer

One of the biggest benefits with self-checkouts is that the process feels faster and more convenient. The customers are more prone to leave the store with a smile after a few more minutes by the self-checkouts than after a shorter amount of time ...

Retail self-checkout systems hold untapped potential

Fundamental willingness to use self-checkout systems is distinctly greater than the actual percentage of users

Germans mostly know self-checkout systems (SCO) from their visits to IKEA. Yet by now, supermarkets and some drug store chains have also started to let customers scan their own products. Even so, both customers and retailers continue to be ...

Checklist: How to ensure that your staff has enough customer focus

Is the customer always in focus?

Test your store’s customer focus using our checklist – and make sure your future customer meetings are top notch! ...

Unmanned stores: what local supply might look like in the future

Mom-and-pop stores turn into apps

Even though store hours have become more flexible these days, we probably all know the following scenario: every time we urgently need something – typically on weekends- supermarkets are already closed for the day. In the future, unmanned ...

7 reasons why self-checkout is beneficial

More efficiency and better profits for the store

Many stores already have a system for self-service checkout, but just as many still cling to the cashier system. In this article, we list seven reasons why self-service checkouts are winning over the traditional staffed tills. They are simply more ...

Increase consumer loyalty through mobile self-scanning

Scansation helps retailers create personalized offers for anonymous consumers

Good chances for brick-and-mortar retailers to create personalized offers for their anonymous consumers. Since May 2017 a mobile self-scanning system named "Scansation" is available. Special highlight: retailers only need ...

Technologies that simplify retail processes

Customer journey solutions for the retail of tomorrow

At this year’s EuroShop, it wasn’t just the “Retail Technology“ Dimension that emphasized the many merits of technology. A look inside the exhibition halls revealed what will drive the retail of tomorrow – namely ...

Smart scanning solutions

Zebra Technologies at EuroShop 2017

Zebra Technologies is a company well known for always staying right at the front - continually improving existing products in a wide range to enable retailers to remain at the cutting edge in their capacity to serve their customers. ...

Shopfitting from Sweden with ITAB Shop Concept AB

ITAB is a manufacturer and shopfitting company from Sweden. At EuroShop 2017, they give us a tour of their amazing two-level stand

Here we get to know great design, the Air Flow self-checkout system and solutions for food and fashion retail. ...

Toshiba enables brilliant commerce at EuroShop 2017

Toshiba to demonstrate new innovative retail solutions in Hall 6, Stand C41

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. and its parent organization, Toshiba TEC Corporation (TTEC), will showcase a broad variety of retail solutions in Hall 6, Stand C41 during EuroShop, the world’s No. 1 retail trade fair, held 5 – 9 ...

How to get shorter lines in your store

Speed up the checkouts and avoid long queues

Most people want their checkout experience to be as fast as possible. While retailers know queues are inevitable, new research* shows just how much of an impact a long line can have on purchase behaviour. The researchers discovered that the length ...

German retailer Bartels-Langness selects Verifone to offer customers new self checkout experiences

Special promotions and a variety of payment options possible

The German retailer Bartels-Langness Handelsgesellschaft (Bela) has selected Verifone (NYSE: PAY), a world leader in payments and commerce solutions, to enable shoppers in Germany with smart, interactive experiences at checkout including special ...

Verifone at the EuroShop 2017: Solutions for the Connected World

German premiere of Verifone Carbon

“Solutions for the Connected World” is Verifone's motto at this year's EuroShop in Düsseldorf. The world’s leading provider of electronic payment systems will present the solutions for digital change in the payment ...

cashPlus

cashPlus is a compatible software combination with a user friendly cash register with touch screen plus extensive functionalities of a merchandise management solution

The distinctive feature is the extension and upgradability of a cash register system by merchandise management functions.cashPlus offers an optimized coverage of functions for specific requirements as a standard. These features are available for ...

Priamos – POS Suite

Easy-to-use touch screen and automatic real-time data transfer

Our mobile Priamos POS Suite fundamentally enhances Point of Sale processes at the checkout, not to mention the processing of returns and loyalty cards and customer service. Both customers and staff benefit from trouble-free processing and minimal ...

New research shows NCR leads in self-checkout and EPOS technology

NCR grows share of self-checkout shipments in key markets

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) leads the world in self-checkout (SCO) technology, according to research published by strategic research and consulting firm RBR. NCR, the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, saw shipment growth in key ...

NCR and Re-Vision give shoppers a more convenient checkout experience

Reinventing the checkout experience through the introduction of NCR’s FastLane Mobile Shopper powered by Re-Vision

This innovative new application gives retailers the ability to offer consumers a scan-as-you-shop option using either a store-provided device or the consumer’s own iOS or Android mobile phone. After scanning each of their items, the consumer ...

Self-Checkouts: Retail chain Magnit and NCR

The largest Russian retailer rolls out technology in further stores

NCR Corporation, the global leader in consumer transaction technologies announces the expansion of its cooperation with the largest Russian retail chain Magnit on the installation SelfServ checkouts in its retail stores. The current project includes ...

Datalogic wins Innovation Award at RBTE

Scanner was selected for its ability to read digitally watermarked bar codes

Datalogic was presented with the Innovation Award at Retail Business Technology Expo 2016. From a shortlist of sixteen finalists, Datalogic’s Magellan™ 9800i scanner/scale was selected by a judging panel of industry experts and retailers.

"A significant development of the payment processes in retail"

Interview with Christoph von Lingen, Country Sales Leader at Toshiba

Self Checkout still has not had its breakthrough in Germany - though it may nonetheless be worthwhile to invest in the necessary infrastructure. Christoph von Lingen from Toshiba explains in this interview, which developments can be expected in the next few years in the checkout area.

Unicoop Firenze delivers award winning shopping experience

Using NCR app and omnichannel software platform

Unicoop’s mobile shopper implementation receives a retail technology award at EuroCIS for its seamless self-service shopping experience across in-store, online and mobile channels.

Self-checkout system with flexible, convertible design

Latest self-checkout solution from NCR provides retailers with more capability than ever before

NCR announced the launch of NCR FastLane SelfServ Checkout Release 6, the new addition to the family of NCR self-checkout solutions. The system is focused on improving the checkout experience giving retailers more capability than ever before.

EuroCIS 2016 exceeds 2015's top results

Shopping on all channels – Omnichannel solutions conquer retail

EuroCIS 2016, Europe's leading technology trade fair for retail, closed its doors in Düsseldorf on Thursday (25 February 2016) on sensational results.

NCR: Omnichannel is now mainstream

In 2012, omnichannel was not a top priority for retailers.

ITL returns to retail at EuroCIS 2016

ITL’s SMART range of products are ideal for the high volume applications of the retail sector

Building on the success of exhibiting at EuroCis for the first time last year, Innovative Technology Ltd. is set to return to the world’s largest international retail event in 2016.

Consistent data for customer touchpoints in all sales channels

Wincor Nixdorf presents new version of its modular software for retail

Consumers expect retailers to offer them a consistently good shopping experience, no matter the channel. Whether “offline” in the shop itself or online in the web store and on the road with a smartphone – the same data and information must be available anytime, anywhere.

EuroCIS 2016 shows the dynamic technological development in retail

These innovations should not be missed at the fair

We have looked at what innovations from the different subject areas are shown at EuroCIS 2016 and compiled a selection of interesting products and solutions for you.

MERKUR rolls out Self-Checkouts and software

First supermarket chain in the region to fully embrace self-checkout technology

MERKUR, a leading Austrian supermarket chain that is part of the German REWE Group, will deploy 100 innovative NCR self-checkout solutions with associated NCR self-checkout software in about 45 stores in the course of 2016.

Lots of IT-Trends, innovations and case studies

EuroCIS Forum and Omnichannel Forum: Detailed programme now online

At EuroCIS leading international IT providers present their latest tailor-made products and solutions for retail, on the one hand, while on the other, the EuroCIS Forum and the Omnichannel Forum offer an extensive series of lectures over the three days of the event.

Sainsbury's responds to current shopping trends

New store layout and more checkout options are tested

A supermarket moves with the times: Sainsbury's is now testing new ways to respond to the changing demands of today's customers at six locations in the United Kingdom. The most important new features are an extensive adaptation of the ...

Albert Heijn opens first self-checkout supermarket

Staff has time to help customers

In October, the Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn opened its first supermarket in Amsterdam which relies 100 percent on self-scanning and self-checkout by the customer. In the new supermarket at the shopping street Weteringschans customers can ...

“88 percent of customers prefer to use self-service systems at the table as opposed to at a kiosk”

Interview with Justin Guinn, Market Researcher, Software Advice

Self-Service is not only a trend in retail, but also in restaurants. We spoke with Justin Guinn, market researcher at Software Advice, a company that offers insights on restaurant POS systems about his recent report on the topic. Mr. Guinn, ...

Infinite Peripherals introduces Infinea Omni self-service kiosk

Innovative solution streamlines operations in retail

Infinite Peripherals has created the Infinea Omni, a new self-service kiosk that combines 1D/2D scanning capabilities with iOS to maximize consumer ease-of-use and convenience. By integrating with the iPad Air, the Infinea Omni barcode ...

Toshiba and ITAB join forces for innovation in checkout

Expansion of checkout options enable global retail stores to dramatically improve customer experience

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions announces the launch of a global alliance with ITAB Shop Concept AB to bring together Toshiba’s checkout technology and thought leadership as a global market share leader in point of sale (POS) with ...

20 percent of millenials do not like interacting with cashiers during checkout

Nearly half would like to see more self-service kiosks at every retail location

Retale, a location-based mobile platform connecting more than 3.5 million shoppers with their favorite major retailers locally, today announced the results of a new commissioned study examining consumer self-service checkout adoption among ...

Scandit launches new mobile order entry solution for the retail industry

Helping wholesalers and their retail customers leverage mobile technology to drive revenue and reduce costs

Scandit’s mobile Order Entry solution is designed to enable retailers to quickly and easily place orders using their smartphones and is available as part of Scandit’s Mobile App Suite for Retail, a complete set of ...

Barcode scanning in mobile shopping apps skyrockets on Black Friday

Scandit-powered mobile shopping apps saw as much as 40x increase in barcode scans on Black Friday 2014

Scandit, developer of the leading software-based barcode scanning solutions for smartphones, tablets and wearable devices, today announced that consumers scanned more than 4.5 million barcodes with Scandit-powered mobile shopping apps ...

FUJITSU U-Scan Genesis II Self-Checkout receives consumer satisfaction scores exceeding 90 percent

Successful completion of field trials leads to availability across North America

Fujitsu announced the successful completion of a customer pilot test of the FUJITSU U-Scan Genesis II Self-Checkout Solution with Food City, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. The U-Scan Genesis II hardware and software solution exceeded all ...

Fujitsu delivers PC mass-production economics to retailer PoS

Maximize selling potential while keeping associated costs to a minimum

Fujitsu today makes in-store retail more adaptable and responsive, while optimizing Point of Sale (PoS) economics at any scale, with the introduction of the TeamPoS 7000 S-Series modular controller. Designed to address the challenges of ...

Shoppers will spend more of their holiday budget in-store than online

Despite potential seasonal barriers to store trips such as long lines, heavy traffic and limited merchandise selection, surveyed consumers anticipate spending the majority of their holiday budget in the "brick-and-mortar" store this year, ...

VDC research recognizes Scandit’s revolutionary approach to software-based scanning in retail

Scandit has received market recognition from industry analyst firm VDC Research for its revolutionary approach to Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) in retail. VDC provides commentary on the BYOD trend in enterprises and its ...

Modern Checkout Zone – Challenges at the Checkout

The checkout decides how satisfied the customer is when he/she is leaving the store. Yet the checkout zone is still more of an impersonal handling zone in many stores and markets. This is why retailers need innovative concepts to set themselves ...

"There are a wide range of technologies to combat unnecessary waiting periods"

Interview with Ross Weszka, Head of Marketing at Bleep UK

When it comes to designing a modern checkout zone, there are many things retailers have in mind to streamline the processes at the counter. One thing that is seldom considered is that especially in supermarkets, customers also have to pack up their ...

"Customers increasingly use their own mobile devices in the store"

Interview with Stefan Clemens, Area Sales Leader Retail and Ralf Kluth, Software Sales Specialist, NCR Retail

Omnichannel commerce presents brick-and-mortar retailers in particular with new challenges. In this interview, Stefan Clemens, Area Sales Leader Retail (CE) and Ralf Kluth, Software Sales Specialist, NCRRetail, explain how retailers can holistically ...

METTLER TOLEDO expands its Ariva range of checkout scales

Flexibility in the checkout zone

Customized weighing solutions for all manner of checkout situations: at EuroShop 2014 METTLER TOLEDO has presented the latest models in its Ariva range of checkout scales. In addition to the Ariva-B weighing modules for integration with ...

The Customer Prefers Comfort

Convenience is More Important than Price

To keep up with the ever more powerful competition from online retailers, brick-and-mortar stores have to turn shopping into an adventure for the customer again – this is the mantra that storeowners as well as shopfitters are currently ...

Axis helps retailers to clamp down on self checkout shrinkage

Axis Communications, the global market leader in network video, is working with StopLift, a leading point of sale (POS) analytics developer whose technology is used in Tesco, to clamp down on self-checkout theft in stores across the UK. Atul ...

GK SOFTWARE AG Introduces New Self-checkout Solution

Fully integrated lean solution reduces retail costs

GK SOFTWARE AG has developed a new, affordable solution enabling retailers to offer their customers a self-checkout option, which is built around the standard software, GK/Retail POS. The solution is fully integrated in the GK/Retail operating ...

New Horizons for Retailers

GK SOFTWARE AG Presents Pioneering Solutions and Technologies at EuroCIS

GK SOFTWARE AG will be offering retailers a glimpse of the future based on the latest solutions from the GK/Retail Business Suite at EuroCIS in Düsseldorf from 19 to 21 February 2013 on Stand C 48 in Hall 9. On the joint stand with SAP, the ...

NCR and PayPal Collaborate

Mobile payment solutions to accelerate

NCR and PayPal have reached an agreement to integrate NCR’s mobile solutions with PayPal’s digital payment technology. The combination provides restaurants and retailers with an easy, powerful way to offer consumers a rich mobile and ...

EuroCIS Forum presents Exciting Hands-On Talks

Now online: The complete programme

At EuroCIS, The Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology, held in Düsseldorf from 19 to 21 February 2013, leading international IT and retail security providers present their latest tailor-made products and solutions for retail, on the one ...

RFID: Making up for the drawbacks when compared to eCommerce

How the technology is changing the retail industry

In the past few years, competition in the retail industry has clearly increased not least because of the growth of online retail. More and more customers use the opportunity to go online before they buy something to get information about the ...

Greater service through next generation self-checkout

The Co-operative food uses Wincor's self checkout solution CINEO

The Co-operative, a British national food retailer, has chosen to implement the CINEO self-checkout solution by Wincor Nixdorf in its high street stores and local community locations across the UK. The next generation self-service solution is ...

NCR helps smaller banks increase customer service levels with expanded range of solutions

NCR offers hosted digital signage, kiosk and managed services solutions via its solution partners to help increase the competitiveness of community banks and credit unions

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today launched an expanded suite of digital signage, kiosk and managed services that have been tailored to the community banks and credit union market. The solutions are being made available via NCR solution partners who ...

Cash: Automation reduces costs and is safer

Cashless and also ever more often contactless payment with credit card or cell phone is on the rise. Nevertheless many customers still prefer to pay with bills and coins. The German Federal Reserve however has largely backed out from directly ...

“There are now clearly fans of self-checkout counters“

Interview with Uwe Pieper, Senior Director at real,- , Department of Administration and Organization/Data Processing - Inventory Management

In April of 2003 the Metro Group – at that time located at the Extra Future Store in Rheinberg, Germany – started to introduce self-checkout registers in German food retailing. In October 2003 the rollout began in Ratingen near ...

Innovation Offensive – GK Software AG Presents New Solutions for the Future of the Retail Trade at the EuroCIS

GK Software AG is using this year’s EuroCIS fair in Düsseldorf to present a variety of new solutions that will help shape the current changes in the fields of mobile processes, channel integration and interaction with consumers. The retail sector ...

Partners successful with mobile terminals from Hoeft & Wessel

Prizes awarded

Hoeft & Wessel AG has awarded prizes to several partners for successful co-operation in marketing mobile Skeye brand terminals. At the Hoeft & Wessel Solution Days in Munich, the company Warok GmbH was awarded the prize for "Value added ...

EuroCIS Forum presents Exciting Hands-On Talks

New: The Innovation Hour

At EuroCIS, The Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology, held in Düsseldorf from 28 February to 1 March 2012, leading international IT and retail security providers present their latest tailor-made products and solutions for retail, on the one ...

Hoeft & Wessel: New partner Telis reinforces Italian business

Exclusive partner for mobile solutions from Skeye

The road from Hoeft & Wessel leads to Rome: The IT hardware and software specialist for ticketing, parking and mobile solutions has acquired an additional partner with a view to reinforcing its successful business in southern Europe and Italy. With ...

Smarter use of store technology gives retailers a head start in race to attract holiday shoppers

NCR consumer research says Americans wish for more assistance in the aisles, greater flexibility across channels this holiday season

As U.S. retailers head toward Black Friday and face increasing competition to woo time-starved and value-conscious shoppers, those using technology that frees up associates to spend more time in the store helping customers and enable seamless ...

Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong Partners with Wincor Nixdorf as Sole ATM Provider

Self-service network monitored by software to enhance customer service Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong is relying exclusively on Wincor Nixdorf ATM technology to provide transactional banking services at offsite locations and branches in Hong ...

NCR helps Unicoop Firenze unify digital and physical channels through converged retailing

New software provides the largest Italian cooperative retailer with consistent pricing, promotion and seamless transaction across channels

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) announced that Unicoop Firenze, the largest Italian cooperative retailer, has completed its implementation of the NCR Sales Transaction Services (STS) module of its latest store automation software, NCR Retail Transaction ...

Hoeft & Wessel successful in Switzerland

In the lead with ticketing systems, car park and mobile terminals - Company exhibits latest ticketing solutions at the suissetraffic trade fair in Bern

Switzerland is becoming increasingly important for the business activities of the Hoeft & Wessel Group. The IT and engineering technology specialist for ticketing, parking and mobile solutions is one of the leading providers of ticketing systems, ...

New NCR customer to run ATMs on CO-OP Financial Services’ network

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today announced that Redwood Credit Union, a $1.9 billion credit union that serves 200,000 members in San Francisco and the North Bay, will deploy NCR SelfServ ATMs as replacements to 30 currently installed machines, ...

NCR adds predictive capabilities to managed services offer

Industry first helps companies prevent service disruptions before they happen, ensuring higher availability of critical self-service technologies

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) announced NCR Predictive Services, a managed service for self-service terminals. Unlike other offerings that proactively monitor for business disruptions and then react, NCR Predictive Services is the first managed ...

NCR named worldwide market leader in self-checkout for third straight year

According to RBR, NCR shipped approximately six times as many units as its closest competitor in 2010

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today announced that it has been ranked as the global market leader in the rapidly growing self-checkout market, according to industry analyst firm Retail Banking Research (RBR) in its June 2011 report, “Global EPOS ...

NCR Announces Strong First-Quarter Results

Operational results ahead of expectations Revenue growth of 6%; orders up 14% compared to prior year period GAAP Diluted EPS from continuing operations of $0.06 compared to a loss of $0.12 in the prior year period; non-GAAP Diluted EPS from ...

NCR introduces personalization platform for self-checkout terminals

Industry first enables retail marketers to deliver promotions more effectively, reduce check-out times and enhance consumer loyalty

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today announced the industry’s first software platform to offer a personalized experience for consumers at self-checkout based on a consumer’s individual preferences. Through this ability, retailers can ...

NCR launches converged channel store automation software

NCR’s new Retail Transaction Services solution enables retailers to deliver a consistent consumer shopping experience across digital and physical channels

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today launched Retail Transaction Services (RTS), a store automation system combining the latest point-of-sale (POS) application and a suite of sales transaction services, which enable retailers to manage consistent ...

EuroShop 2011: NCR provides an insight into the new world of c-tailing

Comprehensive innovations for an exceptional shopping experience at the POS as well as for successful converged retail and sustainable interaction with consumers

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) will showcase its comprehensive and innovative range of solutions for the retail sector at EuroShop from February 26 to March 2, 2011 in hall 6, booth # B75. The NCR booth at the leading international retail trade fair in ...

Manufacturers assist self-checkouts with analyses and strategies

Interview with Hanno Kallmeyer, EMEA Store Business Consultant for NCR GmbH

The big hardware manufacturers turn more and more into corporate consultants. For some time now IBM, Wincor, Toshiba or NCR are generating only a portion of their revenues with new hardware. Next to customer service, software is getting ever more ...

NCR introduces enterprise management software for self-checkout terminals

New platform lowers costs, simplifies management and provides enhanced insight into business performance of self-checkout terminals

– NCR today launched the NCR SelfServ Checkout Enterprise Suite, a software platform that enables chain store retailers to centrally manage self-checkout terminals across their entire network of stores. The new platform consists of a series of ...

Demands on cash registers vary a lot

Interview with Andreas Berger, Board of Directors Awek AG

As a medium-sized company, Awek stands its ground against the big companies in the point-of-sale system market. Managing Director Andreas Berger describes the changes that are currently happening at cash registers in retail: Touch-screen monitors ...

NCR named global market leader in self-checkout by two leading industry analyst firms

VDC Research and RBR Research again rank NCR as world’s largest self-checkout supplier

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today announced that it has been ranked as the global market leader in self-checkout, according to VDC Research Group and Retail Banking Research (RBR). According to the September 2010 VDC Research Group report, ...

New release of NCR SelfServ™ Checkout software provides more control, greater flexibility for retailers

Software enhancements help retailers implement self-checkout faster and lower management costs

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today announced the latest release of its NCR SelfServ™ Checkout software, which delivers several new enhancements that will help retailers implement self-checkout lanes faster and lower the cost of managing ...

EuroCIS in Düsseldorf asserts itself as the leading technology fair for the retail trade

5,400 retail specialists from around 50 countries visited EuroCIS 2010

EuroCIS 2010, Europe’s leading Trade Fair for IT and Security in Retail, closed on Thursday (4 March 2010) in Düsseldorf. The exhibitors, visitors and trade fair organizers said they were extremely satisfied with the course of the event. ...

SPAR, the world’s largest food retail chain, pilots NCR self-checkout in Slovenia

NCR self-checkouts to save shoppers at SPAR Slovenia stores time and money SPAR, the world’s largest food retail chain with nearly 126,800 stores in 32 countries, has signed an order with NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) to install NCR ...

Harmonize your IT landscape with euroSUITE

Software Line increases Efficiency and Safety

AWEK, provider of comprehensive solutions and IT services for the retail business, presents at EuroCIS its product line euroSUITE for the first time. The comprehensive software line integrates software solutions for in-store, back-office and ...

Hoeft & Wessel AG anticipates earnings of EUR 3 million and turnover of EUR 94 million for 2009

EBIT up by 10 per cent as at 30 September 2009 - Positive forecast for 2010

In the third quarter, the Hoeft & Wessel Group managed to continue its successful business trend in fiscal 2009. As at 30 September 2009, sales revenues of the German IT and engineering group increased by 1.4 per cent, to reach EUR 71 million ...

Hoeft & Wessel’s subsidiary Metric again wins maintenance contract for London’s roadside ticketing machines

Turnkey service for London Bus: Supply, maintenance, cash collection, helpline

Metric Group Ltd., Swindon, United Kingdom, a company of the Hoeft & Wessel Group, succeeded in being awarded a renewed contract for maintenance of London’s roadside ticketing machines by London Bus Services Ltd. For the next three years, ...

Hoeft & Wessel AG remains on growth track in first half of the year

Sales revenues increase by 11 per cent, operating result by 67 per cent

Positive business outlook for 2009 Hanover / Germany, 6 August 2009. Following a successful first quarter, Hoeft & Wessel AG continued its positive business trend in the second quarter of fiscal 2009. In the first six months of the year, sales ...

Peter Aylward focuses on IT systems and eTicketing solutions

ITSO-certified ticketing equipment for bus and rail operators

Almex, the leading supplier of electronic ticketing equipment and mobile solutions for bus and rail operators, has appointed Peter Aylward as General Manager for Great Britain. With Aylward at the helm, Almex is now looking to expand its leading ...

Hoeft & Wessel AG affirms positive forecast for 2009

Operations at U.S. location to be extended

At the ordinary annual general meeting, Hoeft & Wessel AG affirmed its positive forecast for the current financial year. The IT hardware and software specialist anticipates an increase both in sales revenues and earnings for fiscal 2009. ...

Money, Card, Checkout: New Checkouts with new possibilities

Cash is another cost factor: Cash handling systems aim to reduce costs and increase security. This also applies to cashless payments using cards or fingerprint. High-performance receipt printers have become a firm part of cash desks and checkouts. ...

Research shows consumers seek more self-service options due to pressures of price and time

Key findings: 72 percent said they are more likely to shop with a retailer that gives consumers the flexibility to interact easily via online, mobile and kiosk self-service channels versus a retailer that does not According to a survey of U.S. ...

NCR SelfServ 60 - Newest NCR Kiosk Accelerates the Self-Service Experience

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today launched its newest point-of-decision kiosk at the 2008 KioskCom Self-Service Expo in New York (booth No. 331). The NCR SelfServ 60™ is designed to enrich the consumer self-service experience and help ...

NCR Announces 2008 Second-Quarter Results

Total revenue growth of 13 percent versus Q2-2007 Double-digit revenue growth across key geographies GAAP EPS from continuing operations was $0.26 per diluted share; non-GAAP EPS from continuing operations was $0.40 per diluted share(1) ...

TOSHIBA TEC Gen 2 Self Check Out system

Smart Ergonomics in Gen 2 SCO eye Changing Demographics

Ergonomics is at the heart of the new TOSHIBA TEC Gen 2 Self Check Out system. TOSHIBA TEC put technology and innovation to work to improve operational retail efficiency and create a ‘total comfort’ check out package for shoppers in the 21st ...

NCR Introduces Contactless and Mobile Payment Solutions for Retail and Hospitality

Contactless and near field communication POS payment devices from NCR and ViVOtech®

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) in partnership with ViVOtech has introduced a suite of contactless payment terminals for the point of sale (POS). These solutions enable mobile and contactless payment at a variety of customer touch points, including ...

Industry’s Latest Scanner from NCR Boosts Self-Checkout Speed

NCR RealScan™ 78OFX offers improved investment protection for NCR FastLane™ customers and faster checkout for consumers

Consumers who hate to wait may soon be able to check themselves out even faster thanks to the availability of the innovative NCR RealScan 78OFX scanner/scale with the industry-leading NCR FastLane self-checkout solution from NCR Corporation (NYSE: ...

New NCR Bar-Code Scanners Offer Industry-Leading Technology

NCR RealScan™ scanners built to maximize operational efficiency and ease of use in a variety of retail environments

Building on the successful launch of the NCR RealScan 78OFX bi-optic scanning platform introduced last year, NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is extending its family of retail bar-code scanners with the introduction of the NCR RealScan 74OFX and NCR ...

NCR Introduces World’s First Self-Service Returns Solution

New NCR FastLane™ Self-Return allows consumers to scan and return purchases

Busy consumers increasingly look to retailers for time savings and convenience at every point in their shopping experience, and returning purchases is no exception. In fact, a recent NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) survey showed that 64 percent of ...

Bondrucker - SMART 258

Compact, silent and reliable. Easy Loading, 2 serial ports. Available with Electronic Journal or control paper roll. POSPRINTER Graphic, thermal, high speed printer particularly indicated to print orders, proforma bills, vouchers, coupons, receipts ...

NCR First to Offer Self-Checkout with Two-Sided Receipt Printing

Technology offers paper savings and unique promotional opportunities for NCR FastLane™ customers

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) has announced that its innovative two-sided thermal receipt printing technology (2ST) is now available for NCR FastLane, the global market-leading self-checkout. “NCR’s introduction of 2ST for assisted-service ...

skeye.quickpay - The Convenient Checkout Option

The shopping‘s bottleneck is the paying process. For this reason, Höft & Wessel developed self-checkout terminals which seamlessly integrate into the shopping process of the corresponding store. Existing processes that have proved to ...

NCR FastLane Deli

NCR FastLane Deli solution presents shoppers with a preset menu of food and drinks

NCR FastLane Deli uses the same technology as NCR FastLane self-checkout, except without the scan and bag facilities of self-checkout. The intuitive touch screen interface of the NCR FastLane Deli solution presents shoppers with a preset menu of ...

RETAIL HORIZONS

Vision from Store to Enterprise

Retailers wishing to thrive in the face of global competition need to develop growth strategies, increase productivity and differentiate themselves from the competition. Innovative IT solutions serve as a powerful driver in the realization of these ...

NCR RealScan 78 OFX Barcode-Scanner

The NCR RealScan 78OFX bi-optic scanner/scale is designed to provide superior operational performance, flexibility and investment protection.

Highlights of this next generation Bi-optic scanner include: Leading Edge Performance The NCR RealScan 78OFX incorporates NCR's Optical Effects Technology (OFX) featuring a cutting-edge design that drives more scan lines at greater lengths to ...