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 Updates and Analysis for Retail IT Teams

#24  Thursday 23 September 2010

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Download this new E-book for insights into the short-term rollout strategies retailers can follow to realize quick wins and keep pace with their store systems. In addition to tracking the top trends, the E-book provides a “reality check” for each area with suggestions on what to look out for as retailers look to optimize trends such as mobile, cross-channel, workforce management, CRM / Loyalty programs and digital signage.

 

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E-commerce and m-commerce may be grabbing most of the headlines these days, but retailers are still looking for new ways to influence spending while consumers are in the store and also to keep them coming back.

 

By sending targeted messages to customers while they are shopping, retailers are leveraging digital media technology to implement more effective cross-merchandising programs and engage the tech-savvy customer in a more pleasurable and interactive in-store shopping experience.

 

According to IMS Research, the digital signage market reached $3.9 billion in total revenue in 2009 and is expected to continue to grow at a rate of 20% annually.

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Other top articles in September:

NRF and others boost holiday shopping outlook


IKEA shows employee appreciation with free bikes for all


Credit-card fee reform makes list of 2010 lobbying victories


Luxury shoppers lead Neiman Marcus to triple profits


High-end jewelry stores rebound

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Technology Spotlight: Interactive Digital Signage Touch from Elo


Built on the platform of the world’s best-selling single-line laser barcode scanner, Honeywell’s Voyager 1200g delivers aggressive scan performance on virtually all linear barcodes, including poor quality and damaged codes. Updated object detection, and automatic in-stand detection and configuration enable class-leading presentation scanning that maximizes throughput. Superior scan performance matched with a reliable design combine to provide a versatile linear scanning solution suitable for a wide variety of applications.

Check out this video to see it in action!

 

The de facto standard for POS service within most retailers is a 24/7,4 hour response across all locations, all lanes, all the time.

 

While there is most certainly a sense of security to be gained as well as a genuine need for some retailers to have a service provider that can respond to problems within 4hours of alerting them of an issue, the big question emerging now is: Is it necessary that every issue, regardless of severity, be addressed within 4hours?

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