Point-Of-Sale (POS)

Vitamin Shoppe Deploys Mobile-First POS and Unified Promo Solutions

The Vitamin Shoppe will update its point-of-sale and promotions capabilities chainwide with solutions from Jumpmind. The retailer will deploy Jumpmind Commerce, a…

Q4 Could Be Huge, But Most Retailers Have a Blind Spot

Despite global economic concerns, consumer spending has remained robust throughout 2023, and retailers are looking forward to a blockbuster Q4 full of…

NOT Your Dad’s Supply Chain: 4 Trends Every Retail Exec Should Know for 2024

In 2024, it won’t be your dad’s supply chain. Shoppers’ retail preferences will be unlike anything we’ve seen even just a year…

Amazon Opens New Go Store Despite Announced Pause in Grocery Expansion

Amazon has opened a new Amazon Go store in the Tacoma suburb of Puyallup, Wash., according to reporting in Supermarket News and…

How a Reactive Omnichannel Strategy can Help you Capitalize on Reactive Buying Trends

Whether it was inspiration from this “summer of sport” or keeping up with the ever-changing weather, the increasing unpredictability of consumers’ shopping…

Instacart’s Long-Awaited IPO Values Company at $10 Billion

Instacart has made its initial public offering (IPO), pricing its stock at $30 per share and valuing the grocery delivery and technology…

Amazon Extends Just Walk Out Technology to Apparel and Fan Gear with RFID

Amazon has incorporated RFID capabilities into its Just Walk Out cashierless technology to handle the sale of apparel and fan gear at…

What to Expect and What to Wish for from Retailers this Holiday Season

Last holiday season would have marked a certain “post-pandemic” normalcy, but extreme excess inventory and inflation significantly impeded any anticipated recalibration. This…

Creating Experiential Campaigns with Cloud-Optional Technology

The internet has radically changed how we find, compare and buy products. The most obvious impact? The rise of online shopping. But…

FTC’s ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Proposal: A Step Forward for the Negative Option Model

So-called “negative option” services are a controversial yet time-tested method of doing business. Under this model, a customer signs up for a…

Scenes from a Supermarket

Our regular Editor’s Perspectives column offer insights and opinions from the Retail TouchPoints editorial team as they dig into the latest trends…

7 Targeted Retail Strategies for Revenue Growth and Margin Improvement

In today’s challenging business landscape, where profit margins are shrinking, supply chains are slow and uncertain, labor shortages are prevalent and inflation…

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