Mobile POS

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…

With smartphones enabling today’s consumers to be connected at all times — including when shopping in brick-and-mortar stores — retailers have been forced to cater to shoppers wandering store aisles staring at their phones. From beacons to dressing rooms equipped with iPads to virtual reality installations, today’s retail stores bear little resemblance to the mom-and-pop…

A trio of experts, including Joe Megibow, president of Joyus; Matt Kennedy, senior director of digital marketing, Wal-Mart; and Bob Bentz, author of “Relevance Raises Response: How to Engage and Acquire with Mobile Marketing,” answered a series of questions via email on how retailers are using mobile to better serve today’s always-connected consumers. (For some…

Mobile point of sale (mPOS) is more than just a trend — it’s here to stay now. When it first appeared on the scene a few years ago, experts were running around exclaiming about how much mPOS was going to change the retail world. And in some ways, they were right. mPOS brought about the advent…

If you’re a retail business owner looking for ways to better serve your customers and make the shopping experience more enjoyable, mobile credit card processing may be for you. While mobile credit card processing is fairly new and delivers many benefits to both businesses and consumers alike, there are still several concerns surrounding mobile processing…

Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) is revolutionizing the way merchants large and small accept payments, and it’s taking over the POS market.