Executive ViewPoints

The Truth Behind The AR/VR Hype

With smartphones paving the way for easy access to augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), real opportunities are emerging for retailers…

5 Learnings From The Holiday Season And What It Means For 2018

Holidays 2017 marked the beginning of something new — a collective effort by retail and retail technology to improve the gift shopping…

Why Hourly Retail Employees Need Performance Reviews

It’s no secret that, as far as desirable employers go, the retail industry doesn’t rank at the top of the list. For…

Brand Uptime: Coming Soon To Every Retailer Near You

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — and for many retailers it’s also the most lucrative, accounting for 30% to…

Why Retail Is The Hottest Target For Hackers

Five trillion dollars in U.S. retail spending is very attractive to cybercriminals. The large volumes of financial data continuously processed by payment…

How Mobile Data Integration Is Turning The Shopping Mall Into The Third Place

Dire headlines about the state of the shopping mall conjure images of department store closeout signs, empty food courts and lonely mall…

Can Mobile POS Systems Boost Retail Sales At Peak Season?

Christmas is fast approaching and stores across the country are bracing themselves for a surge in activity. For many, this is the…

How To Track Competitor Prices With Machine Learning

Today, keeping loyal customers is easier said than done. Since there are a fair number of retailer brands to choose from, companies…

When Shoppers Touch Products, They Generally Purchase

Understanding shopper behavior at retail is the foundation to designing environments that promote purchasing, but retailers face a number of hurdles to…

Why Retail And Hospitality Are Getting Personal

Technology has certainly shaped how we shop. Today’s retail and hospitality strategies reflect companies’ responses to ubiquitous consumer technology. Smartphones alone have…