In today’s digital world, possibilities are endless. Advances in technology have drastically changed the retail landscape. Consumers can access information from their home, in the store, or on their mobile device. With the increased popularity of smart phones and wireless devices, businesses are rethinking the ways they service customers and streamline operations.
The most used and most widely supported mobile operating system for enterprise operations – Windows ® Embedded Handheld 6.5 (WEH 6.5) – is nearing its end of life and there is no clear-cut migration path for the millions of business users that depend on it.
The pressure to create an integrated shopping experience in support of omni-channel retail strategies is very real. But there is no “finish line” when it comes to omni-channel success. It’s not just a matter of creating the right experience, it’s a matter of creating a better experience than the guys down the street…and sustaining it.
Why should you empower your store associates with mobile apps? See what the research has to say. MicroStrategy Mobile apps enable retailers to deliver a dramatically better shopping experience and achieve new levels of customer loyalty, sales, and operational efficiency.
NRF 2016 was in my rear view mirror when I caught a late shuttle bus Jan. 19, but it’s taken me a full week to assemble and analyze my copious notes from the event. I just quickly searched what I jotted down, and these five words appeared the most often.
Planet Retail details how mobile technologies enable meaningful customer experiences and how retailers must evolve to keep pace.
A Q&A With Matt Pillar & Lina Yang I Director, Hershey’s Advanced Technology & Foresight Lab
How Best Buy Canada is letting its customers define their experience with the brand and expanding its e-commerce market share along the way.
As the groundwork for enterprisewide data visibility falls into place, a game of connect-the-data dots is playing out in stores.
You can’t talk about innovative retail technologies without discussing digitization. Much has been written about retail’s digital transformation and what it means for the retailers who embrace it, or worse, the retailers who don’t.
Mobile Apps Designed for Ease and Efficiency
Jennifer™ is the voice and name of the Lucas mobile application and the core component of our voice picking and Mobile Work Execution solutions. Jennifer Mobile streamlines hands-on processes for warehouse associates who wear headsets and a rugged mobile computer that allow them to communicate with Jennifer in a two-way conversation.
The Future of Mobile Work
Lucas Mobile Work Execution solutions make hands-on warehouse processes easier and better for workers, and give supervisors new tools to view and manage associate performance, balance work-in-process, and adjust operations to changing needs. The solutions help DCs adapt to new demands without changing WMS or host systems, improve associate productivity, and increase order and inventory accuracy. Beyond voice picking, this is the future of mobile work.
Aptos, Inc., (formerly Epicor Retail), a recognized market leader in retail technology solutions, recently announced True Religion Apparel, Inc.has partnered with Aptos and Formula 3 Group to enhance and extend the functionality of its Apple Watch “Band” app to redefine the practice of clienteling and next-generation in-store customer engagement.
