Mobile POS

The ubiquitous smartphone in the hand of the consumer changes everything for retailers. Five years ago, the response by most companies to the savvy consumer with a smartphone was the introduction of store apps and mobile payment options. This initiative continues to play out as store apps and automated payment options become more advanced. Two…

Email opens on mobile devices have grown 133 percent over the past five years. In 2011, just 23 percent of consumers used their mobile devices to access their inboxes. At the end of 2016, over 53 percent regularly read email on their mobile devices. Mobile is no longer a consideration; it's dominating the subscriber experience.…

Every day, shoppers carry tens of millions of mobile devices into brick-and-mortar stores. Retailers know they should deliver great experiences for their shoppers to use on mobile devices in-store, yet most lack the data on what shoppers really want in this regard. For this reason, DMI recently published its second annual Mobile In-Store Experience Shopper…

You already know the rhetoric: the time to reach mobile customers is now. You've seen all the statistics about how fast the mobile channel is growing, but you also know that even doubling from 3 percent of the market to 6 percent still only represents 6 percent of the market. Perhaps you've grown skeptical of…

On Monday, Starbucks announced that it had officially launched voice ordering capabilities within the company's mobile iOS app and Amazon's Alexa. The features build on the success Starbucks has had in getting more customers to place orders on their phones. Mobile order and pay represented 7 percent of transactions at U.S. company operated stores in the…

2017 is a new chapter in the omnichannel customer experience, with tech advances reconnecting retail in ways that exceed expectations.

In episode 73 of Total Retail Talks, recorded at last week's National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City, Dominique Essig, chief experience officer at Bonobos, discusses how the menswear retailer is using mobile clienteling to create a better in-store shopping experience for its customers.

Research shows only 27 percent of U.S. consumers start holiday shopping in December. Some may have their shopping complete, but there are plenty of others getting gifts in these few days before the Christmas holiday. While some brands may worry that they've missed the biggest holiday shopping window to attract customers, a new mobile channel has emerged…

A merchant-centric wallet can bring digital into the physical store. An app that brings together engagement, loyalty and payments.

We’ve all seen the headlines. Retailers across the board are shuttering stores or going out of business — Sears, Sports Authority, Kmart, Office Depot. The numbers are staggering. According to data from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, retailers have laid off approximately 44,000 workers in 2016 alone — all while Amazon.com boasts 31 percent year-over-year second quarter revenues. The discrepancy in retailer…