As POS Disperses Around the Store, Cloud and Edge Computing Gain Prominence
The basic service that a point-of-sale (POS) device provides — checking out customers — is essential to any retailer’s functioning. However, the POS itself — the software, connections to other retail systems and the increasingly varied hardware — has become a less prominent part of the merchant’s tech stack.
The Heart of Retail Evolves/Store Experience Study 2024
From opening stores to investing in remodels, retailers continue to demonstrate that a physical store presence is still the heart of retail. That brick-and-mortar heart is evolving right along with the ever-changing omnichannel retail experience, as retailers embrace technologies that make their operations more efficient and profitable, overcoming the plethora of obstacles placed before them.
Trend Report: What Restaurants Want Next From Their POS
HT devotes a fair amount of coverage to the restaurant point-of-sale system (POS), including an annual POS software trends research study and conference sessions on best practices. The Restaurant Technoligy Network devoted an entire ebook to POS.
2025: The year RFID breaks through
There is finally widespread industry consensus that RFID provides value, and on how and why it does so.
Implementing Voice AI: What Restaurants Must Know
Taco Bell is expanding voice AI across drive-thru locations — here’s why that matters and what to do about it.
Remodeling Retail: Store Experience Study 2023
The annual “Store Experience Study” represents the 20th year of collaboration between RIS News and IHL Group. As such, it brings the retail industry the definitive study that examines trends for the coming year in terms of technological advances that impact retail operations, growth plans, budgets, and planned technology purchases for 2023 and beyond.
MURTEC Executive Summit Day 2 Recap: Real-World AI, Robotics, and Collaborative Ideation
MURTEC Executive Summit Day 2, at The Charleston Place, touched on a range of real-life use cases for bleeding edge tech, culminating in an incredible collaborative session.