May 7, 2013
Unless you’ve made your nest living under a rock the past couple of weeks, you’ve likely come across Kmart’s viral “Ship My Pants” video. Continue reading
Mobilising European Payments [Infographic]
March 8, 2013
While the US may offer more in terms of mobile payments potential from a pure amount standpoint, let's not forget that Europe's total population is nearly three times the US'. Europe's smartphone penetration is almost double that of the US and Europe has played a key role in bringing payments innovations, like EMV, to the world. Continue reading
This Week’s Payment & Digital Media News
June 11, 2012
THE WEEK IN PAYMENTS
EMV Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) EMV Roadmap White Paper Now Available in Spanish and Portuguese– news.morningstar.com – 6/6/12 – “To further aid the on-going EMV implementations in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) chapter today announced that its Continue reading
This Week’s Payment & Digital Media News
May 25, 2012
THE WEEK IN PAYMENTS
Mobile Commerce Macy's Takes the Lead in Tech-Enhanced Shopping– risnews.edgl.com – 5/15/12 – “While many retailers are working hard to get technology out the door and on the floor, none have mastered a truly technologized shopping experience – except for Macy's, that is. Continue reading
All Mobile Wallets Converge at the POS
May 14, 2012
Have you heard of the latest wallet? Which one? The NFC one? Or the cloud based?
The one from the web giant, the mobile operator joint venture or the alternative payments giant? Or was it the one from the merchant coalition?
It seems a day doesn’t go by without the announcement of a new mobile wallet scheme that will revolutionize payments and obsolete the leather wallet in the process. Continue reading
Part 3: How To Ensure a Successful Mobile POS Pilot & Roll-out
November 29, 2011
Deploying any store-level technology on multifunctional devices placed in the hands of your store associates requires some special considerations.
To insure a successful mobile POS pilot or roll-out, retailers must Continue reading
Part 2: How To Ensure a Successful Mobile POS Pilot & Roll-out
November 11, 2011
Deploying any store-level technology on multifunctional devices placed in the hands of your store associates requires some special considerations.
To insure a successful mobile POS pilot or roll-out, retailers must: Continue reading
Mobile Commerce & Mobile POS will drive the Anywhere Retailer
November 3, 2011
When retailers first offered web storefronts and web shopping, they had to create and use e-commerce systems as the data requirements and customer expectations could not be met with the software they were using to run their stores. Continue reading
Part 1: How To Ensure a Successful Mobile POS Pilot & Roll-out
November 1, 2011
The amount of recent press and research dedicated to the adoption of mobility in retail is dizzying, in part because there are so many multidisciplinary applications for mobile technology, and in part because so many of those applications are putting up big returns for early adopters. Continue reading
Mobile POS & Cloud Computing: The Future of Retail Systems
November 1, 2011
A few weeks ago I was at the opening of the first C-Wonder store, the new brand from Tory Burch co-founder, Christopher Burch and its there I saw the future of retail systems. I remember in the good old days (well at least a couple of weeks ago..) when opening a new store required a large hardware investment and was a major store systems project. Continue reading


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