Point-Of-Sale (POS)

How Security Cameras Can Be Adapted to Create Checkout-Free Store Experiences

Visit a major retail store recently? Chances are you noticed some changes at the checkout line. There were probably more self-checkout choices…

Square’s Proposed $29B Afterpay Acquisition Shines a Brighter Spotlight on BNPL

Square plans to purchase buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Afterpay in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $29 billion. The Melbourne,…

Westfield Mall Owner Partners with Afterpay to Promote BNPL Option for Retail Tenants’ Shoppers

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), owner of Westfield shopping centers in the U.S., has entered a multi-year national partnership with buy now, pay later solution…

‘Surf Hippie’ Lifestyle Brand Faherty Unifies Physical and Digital Data to Enhance Omnichannel CX

DTC retailer Faherty Brand is implementing the NewStore Omnichannel Platform to unify its digital and physical retail operations as the company plans…

How FTD Uses UX Analysis to Weed Out Friction Points in the Shopper Journey

When FTD was founded in 1910, it represented the absolute cutting edge in technology (the “T” in the name stood for the…

‘A Reckoning for the Advertising Industry’: The Death of Third-Party Tracking Opens New Opportunities for Retailers

A new era of advertising is taking shape. Driven by growing consumer concern over how their personal data is being collected and…

Stripe Secures $600M in New Funding, Boosts Value to $95B

Online payment processing company Stripe has raised $600 million in Series H funding, nearly tripling its valuation in under a year to…

Lightspeed POS Continues Global Expansion with Acquisition of Vend

Lightspeed POS, a provider of cloud-based, omnichannel commerce platforms, will acquire cloud-based retail management software company Vend for approximately $350 million. Lightspeed…

Despite COVID, Spanish Retailer Rolls Out RFID Across 125 Stores in One Month

Editor’s Note: A version of this article originally appeared in RFID Journal. Spanish fashion retailer Encuentro Moda is deploying a radio frequency…

Crocs Deploys Customer and Merchandise Solutions Chainwide

At its 350+ stores in 11 countries, Crocs has implemented customer engagement and merchandise management solutions for POS, merchandising, audit and operations…