Urban Outfitters Deploys Mobile POS Chainwide by Holiday 2011

Urban Outfitters is moving aggressively to deploy the mobile POS technology it has been testing. "Mobile POS is now in 107 stores, with plans to be in all stores by the beginning of the holiday," said CEO Glen Senk during a recent conference call. Coming during the same week that home improvement retailer Lowe's announced its planned deployment of 42,000 mobile devices, Urban Outfitters' decision to expand its use of mobile POS is another indication of mobility's momentum in the retail industry. Lowe's devices do not currently include point-of-sale functionality, although its executives indicated that they may add functionalities