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Hot topics for hospitality POS

Mobile, self service and social media are trending across the hospitality industry as restaurateurs and hoteliers consider them must haves for their next point-of-sale (POS) investment. Meanwhile digital signage is being flagged as a technology that shouldn’t be forgotten in this category.

According to Hospitality Technology’s annual POS Software Trends Report, the key business drivers pushing hospitality venues to upgrade their POS are to deliver: mobile POS, new payment options and personalised

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Is mobile gluing omni-channel together?

Sales by smart phone and tablet were up 138% in 2013, accounting for about 30% of total online retail sales. As a result expectations for mobile technology are high as both consumers and retailers alike adopt it as a practical shopping tool.

It plays a particularly relevant role within omni-channel retailing that engages the consumer through convenience and loyalty to achieve an enhanced shopping experience. A few technological issues are currently preventing mobile from achieving its full potential

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Which intuitive retail technology apps are boosting sales?

By 2016, 75% of the UK population will be using a smartphone, opening the door to even more digital opportunities for both customer and retailer.

With mobile technology, consumers have a 24/7/365 shopping window where they can research, locate and purchase from anywhere. The average mobile user spends 127 minutes per day on apps, Tech Crunch reports which is challenging television viewing figures of 168 minutes. Yet mobile budgets aren’t nearly as high as TV. Why?

Retailers need to be aware that

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The rise of the mobile-wallet

PayPal recently revealed the findings of a study that paints a dim future for the traditional, man-made wallet due to the rise of the mobile wallet.

83% of respondents across five countries preferred the option of not carrying a wallet, according to the study conducted by Wakefield Research among 1,000 credit and debit card holders, ages 18 and older.

Uses of a mobile wallet include financial transactions that can be made both faster by cutting down queue time and easier by not burdening customers

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Tablet commerce will triple this year

Tablet commerce will triple this year to reach £4.74 billion according to eMarketer. The rise means that it will account for 10.4 per cent of total UK retail e-commerce sales, and by 2017 it will have a quarter share at nearly £18 billion.

Total retail e-commerce sales for this year are predicted to hit £45.40 billion and double–digit growth is expected for several years.

The news also sees m-commerce sales by tablets beating smartphones for the first time by an almost 18 per cent lead. The

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