What do consumers want from the Internet of Everything?: What do consumers want from the Internet of Everyt…

10 years ago Amanda

According to a recent survey by Cisco – ‘customers want a convenient, contextually relevant shopping…
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10 years agoWhat do consumers want from the Internet of Everyt…
Cash Still King With Millenials: Cash Still King With Millenials

9 years ago admin

It’s becoming more and more important to really understand how consumers are paying for things, especially in the retail sector, so that businesses can ensure they remain up to date with how their cus…
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9 years agoCash Still King With Millenials
Handy Bluetooth Scanner by SocketMobile: Handy Bluetooth Scanner by SocketMo…

9 years ago admin

At the recent RBTE show (Retail Business Technology Expo) in London I saw the Socket Mobile Cordless Hand Scanner (CHS) Bluetooth barcode scanners for the first time. I couldn’t help but think, when I…
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Revamp your space with a digital 'feature' wall: Revamp your space with a digital ‘feature’ wall

10 years ago Amanda

Digital walls are being recognised as an effective way to provide an enhanced shopping experience. B…
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10 years agoRevamp your space with a digital ‘feature’ wall
Apple Pay dominates US contactless payments: Apple Pay dominates US contactless payments

10 years ago Amanda

Apple Pay is dominating contactless payments in the US, taking two thirds of the share. For every…
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10 years agoApple Pay dominates US contactless payments

Mobile (NFC) payments driven forward by Visa and Samsung partnership

The time of paying through a mobile phone as the norm got one step closer this week following a deal between Visa and Samsung that will see Visa’s new payment app running on Samsung handsets. Customers will be able to add Visa payment account information via the app and then go on to make contactless payments using their mobile phones.

The companies’ joint support of near field communication (NFC) mobile payments will push the mobile payment technology forward on a global scale after they launch

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Direct debit & credit payments are risky business for retailers

Retailers who rely on automated payments made by direct debit or credit are at risk of losing both money and customers as a result of mistakes made during the initial set up.

Payments made by customers, payments made to suppliers by businesses, and payments made to employees by businesses are among the most common failures within the six billion automated payments that take place in the UK per year.

With each failed payment, retailers are losing their share of the £4.3tn delivered by these automated

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Omni-channel shopping and startups, the way forward says John Lewis

A streamlined shopping process, through multi-channel technology, that delivers superior customer experience is the oath taken by retailers today.

John Lewis, one of the major players within department stores, has shared its thoughts on investing in innovative technology to provide a seamless shopping experience and to keep the UK high street moving forward.

“The fundamental challenge for us is how technology can support us being an omni-channel retailer,” said Sarah Venning, head of IT relationships

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Behavioural analytics technology tells if it fraud or not

As the advances of technology within the retail space make purchasing ever easier for the consumer, they too open the door to potential fraudulent activity. With this in mind, retailers, banks and creditors will be pleased to know that there is a solution to this fear by way of machine learning analytics that can both protect and understand the shopping nature of every consumer.

Callcredit, the second largest credit reference bureau in the UK and an expert

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It’s a global market for NFC payments

Near Field Communications (NFC) technology has been slowly developing in the background of the payment systems industry for about ten years now. Today, with the rise of the smartphone, it is beginning to make an appearance in the retail market by way of mobile phone payments. This amalgamation is expected to make the market growth rate soar with figures predicted to reach $180 billion annually by 2017. This is according to a Juniper Research’s recent report on NFC Retail Marketing & Mobile

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