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Pandemic Shifts Shine a Light on Importance of Modern Point of Sale

RetailMinded

Did you know that point of sale systems date back to 1879 when the first one was invented by American shopkeeper James Ritty. Particularly since the pandemic. Pandemic Challenges Resolved. These adjustments delivered ease to their challenges and led them to continued selling opportunities despite a global pandemic.

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From mini stores to the metaverse, will Macy’s new moves pay off?

Inside Retail

The small-format stores that have been open for more than one fiscal year have posted comparable sales growth on an owned-plus-licenses basis from the beginning of the latest fiscal year, which began in late January, through the fiscal second quarter, which ended on July 29. What’s going on with Macy’s?

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Shop from the car: US retail expert on the biggest tech, trends to watch

Inside Retail

Bricks-and-mortar shopping is back In 2022, e-commerce sales passed US$1 trillion for the first time. per cent – the slowest increase since the beginning of the pandemic. She added that the bricks-and-mortar sales growth exceeded e-commerce over the same period. You can watch the Masterclass sponsored by Adobe here.

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Why demand for Akubra hats is at an all time high

Inside Retail

“We talk a lot as a management team about what’s the big driver,” Andrew Angus, Akubra’s general manager of sales and marketing, told Inside Retail. “Is It was at that point that we had a huge spike in sales and started growing quite rapidly,” Angus said. I think that’s one element of it,” he said. We’re 145 years strong.”.

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What’s Cooking: transforming to modern retail with unified commerce

Inside Retail

In this interview, we discuss What’s Cooking’s journey from a traditional brick-and-mortar business to becoming a modern, omnichannel retailer. Over the past 12 years, the brand has grown to encompass nine of its own stores, one franchise, and an online store with an on-premise point-of-sale system.

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Online consumer behaviour has changed drastically. Have you?

Inside Retail

In fact, 55 per cent of AU consumers are shopping online more frequently than before the pandemic. As a result of more brands moving online (and consumers spending more of their days there), shoppers have become more digitally savvy at every point in the customer journey. . The modern consumer journey. Awareness phase.

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Immersive, inclusive and interactive: Sephora goes virtual

Inside Retail

But during the pandemic, Sephora adapted it, moving the event online in 2021 as a free digital experience. When the event goes live on 18 September, attendees will have the chance to accrue Beauty Insider points as prizes for playing games. Sephoria was originally a physical event, in 2018 and 2019.