Technology December 2015

Achieving excellence through rigorous testing

APG tests every cash drawer model to withstand the rigors of the most demanding retail environments.

Vistaprint to accelerate new product introductions

Subsidiary of Cimpress N.V. has selected Stibo Systems’ STEP

Smartrac presents retail optimized RAIN RFID inlays

Based on Impinj Monza R6-P Chip

Free Shipping Day hacks assure gifts get delivered on time

Study: 76 percent of online shoppers said free shipping is the most important factor when buying gifts this holiday

One third of Americans shopped on Thanksgiving Day this year

Nearly half of shoppers spent more this year than they did in 2014

Study reveals brands are failing at personalization

Sixty-one percent of consumers are less likely to make future purchases following less-than-satisfactory personalized experiences

Smartrac hires high-level software and solutions expert

Prior to joining Smartrac, Dr. Gerd Wolfram worked at Metro Group

Insights for Women Impacting Storebrand Excellence

Solutions for Retail Brands (S4RB) are now a partner of the non-profit professional development organization

Companies counting the cost of inaccurate channel data

95 percent report challenges with channel data accuracy or quality

US consumers turn to Amazon and Google for gift ideas

20 percent say their phone is the only device they’ll use for researching gifts online this holiday shopping season

Marks & Spencer tops UK ‘Customer Loyalty Index’

Marks & Spencer has topped a poll to find out to which clothing brand or retailer UK shoppers are most loyal

Retailers in ‘Final Balancing Act’

Holiday merchandise supply and demand

Configurable cash drawer to fit existing retail furniture

APG Cash Drawer releases high capacity E3000 cash srawer for retail verticals

Increased willingness of consumers to shop direct

Ongoing profitability challenge to manufacturers

Cash is still king

Cash isn’t going away anytime soon

Elegant 2D area imager for the modern point-of-sale

Datalogic Heron HD3430: Combines efficient barcode and image capture with high ergonomics

Elo enhances Point-of-Sale experience

New widescreen offering delivers scalable POS performance

Exceptional scanning performance on smartphone screens

Vertical slot scanner with omni-directional scanning capability

British consumers dissatisfied with festive experience so far

Eptica research also finds three quarters shun Black Friday online

FMI reaffirms supermarket industry support for common sense bill

Potential for 135.8 million holiday shoppers to shop online, in stores thanksgiving weekend

Wednesday night is prime time for online Black Friday shopping

One in three people prefer to deal with debt online

Traditional debt collection methods may increase customer stress

John Lewis improves online customer experience with Oracle Commerce

Delivering compelling ROI by optimizing search

Elastic Path releases second ebook ‘The Future of Commerce’

How to get senior decision makers on board for your next digital project

Variable labeling for supermarkets

Bizerba presents the high-performance GLM-Emaxx automac labeler