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The holiday shopping season is one of the busiest and most important times of the year for retailers. A point of sale (POS) system helps keep everything on track and makes your retail process easier by providing robust data about products, customers, and trends, providing guidance that will help ...

The holiday rush is already tough for retailers. Once you add store network problems on top of it, it can easily become a nightmare. Frozen checkout registers in the middle of cashing out customers, network drops, slow wifi causing already long lines to increase exponentially, frustrated customers…

If your inventory says an item is in stock, but employees can’t find it or the product ends up being unavailable after a customer placed an online in-store pickup order, it can cost your business sales and customer loyalty. RFID helps solve these challenges by providing faster, more accurate ...

In today’s fast-paced environment, businesses must continuously improve their efficiency and productivity to remain successful. A point-of-sale (POS) system is one of many pieces of technology that can help companies achieve this. A POS system is so much more than a means to the checkout process. ...

Running a restaurant is difficult at the best of times. After the past couple of years, restaurant owners and managers are under more pressure than ever to perform well. Your point of sale system can make restaurant management easier if you know which data to pull. The question is, what is your POS ...

Outdated retail stores look visibly less impressive than other stores, but the central problem is what customers can’t immediately see when they walk in—outdated technology. If you’re planning your next store model, don’t overlook technology. While you want a modern update on your store interior, ...

The retail industry is constantly changing and evolving according to consumer needs and advanced technology. With so many competing businesses offering similar options, consumers desire engagement and personal connections more than ever when they shop. These shifts aren’t just present in retail ...

One of the best-kept secrets for retailers is heat mapping. Mapping out where customers are and when as they walk throughout a retail storefront gives greater data collection and consumer insights. In retail and marketing, consumer knowledge quickly turns into more income. Learn how retailers turn ...

Retail heat mapping is a great way for companies to explore the positives and negatives of their store layout, to figure out how to improve their space and customer experience. By tracking customer foot paths and patterns, dwell time in certain areas, slower areas, and more, it helps determine how ...

In today’s retail market, it’s important to take advantage of every opportunity to increase sales and build customer engagement. However, many retailers aren’t fully maximizing one of the most important aspects of the checkout experience: a more efficient retail checkout experience and greater ...

Retail heat mapping is one of the best ways to determine where customers spend the most time in a store. With this advanced technology, retailers can gain new insights into customer movement and behavior patterns to determine what works and what doesn’t. Here at Retail Tech, we offer advanced heat ...

While the first self-checkout machines were invented back in 1984, they were slowly becoming integrated into retail and didn’t become commonplace until the pandemic hit in 2021. During this time, they rolled out in droves to keep up with consumers who wanted a contactless shopping experience. ...

Without frequent changes, most retailers perform a Wi-Fi survey every year or two. However, if your network infrastructure is experiencing challenges or undergoing new site-specific changes, it’s important to have a wireless network survey done more frequently. Outside of routine maintenance ...

Retail Hardware Buying Guide for IT Managers Whether your business is looking to upgrade to a new POS (point of sale) hardware platform or you’re in the process of finding a reliable reseller or retail device supplier, it’s important to ask the right questions as an IT manager. In this blog, we’ll ...

Insights From NRF 2026: Trends and Innovations Shaping Retail If there’s one thing you should know from NRF Retail’s Big Show, it’s that the strongest retailers are leaning into innovation and the newest retail technologies—and using them to their advantage. To summarize the experience for those in ...