{"id":1674849,"date":"2019-07-24T16:16:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T23:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/?p=1674849"},"modified":"2019-07-24T16:16:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T23:16:04","slug":"using-retail-pro-mobile-pos-to-connect-with-customers-on-the-sales-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/07\/24\/using-retail-pro-mobile-pos-to-connect-with-customers-on-the-sales-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Retail Pro mobile POS to connect with customers on the sales floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1674850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-07-RPP-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-07-RPP-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-07-RPP-640-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-07-RPP-640-436x300.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/include\/eng\/Solutions\/Chain-Store-POS\/#Go-Mobile\">going mobile<\/a> help you understand your customers?<\/p>\n<p>It frees your sales associates from the cash wrap so they can more meaningfully engage with shoppers on your sales floor and learn about them!<\/p>\n<p>There is no better way to personalize a customer\u2019s experience than by actually getting personal and asking questions. What are they looking for? What\u2019s the occasion? Can we help you find something to go along with the item you\u2019re trying on?<\/p>\n<p>That kind of human connection makes customers feel like they\u2019re shopping with a friend, and it builds emotional attachment to your brand.<\/p>\n<p>Then, when they\u2019re ready, the associate can complete the sale right there on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1674824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-444x300.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/07\/16\/attract-explore-inspire-united-colors-of-benetton\/\">United Colors of Benetton<\/a> use Retail Pro on tablets in their hip new flagship redesign. The mobile POS reinforce the brand\u2019s ultramodern mood and allows an exclusive payment via mobile and card only, potentially everywhere in the store, reducing the time spent in a queue.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll need to train associates on smoothly transitioning from the personal shopper role to closing the sale and packing their purchase. Positioning bagging stations at key, central points in your store will help keep the efficiency of the traditional queue, without its anti-climactic, assembly line feel.<\/p>\n<p>The best thing about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/include\/eng\/Solutions\/Chain-Store-POS\/#Go-Mobile\">mobile POS<\/a> is its versatility. Since Retail Pro POS is a browser-based software, you can use it on your choice of Apple, Windows, or Android devices.<\/p>\n<p>And with support for <a href=\"https:\/\/my.retailpro.com\/i\/blog\/?id=112&amp;a=Biometric%20Login%20for%20Retail%20Pro%20Prism%20POS\">biometric login<\/a>, Retail Pro helps your employees log in faster and jump back into that assembly line mode for a fast and efficient checkout experience. Plus, the stocking associates can pull out another mobile POS to bust through the line faster.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking about going mobile in your stores? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/include\/eng\/RequestADemo\/\">Request a demo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/include\/eng\/Get-Whitepaper\/Is-Mobile-POS-Right-For-Your-Enterprise\/\">get this whitepaper<\/a> to see if mobile is right for your enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/include\/eng\/Get-Whitepaper\/Is-Mobile-POS-Right-For-Your-Enterprise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1674843 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WP.is-mobile-right-for-you-CTA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WP.is-mobile-right-for-you-CTA.png 640w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WP.is-mobile-right-for-you-CTA-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/WP.is-mobile-right-for-you-CTA-500x148.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; How does going mobile help you understand your customers? It frees your sales associates from the cash wrap so they can more meaningfully engage with shoppers on your sales floor and learn about them! There is no better &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/07\/24\/using-retail-pro-mobile-pos-to-connect-with-customers-on-the-sales-floor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1674851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,48],"tags":[102,105,80,26],"class_list":["post-1674849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-experience","category-point-of-sale-software-systems","tag-brick-and-mortar","tag-customer-experience","tag-pos","tag-retail-pro"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1674849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1674851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1674849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1674849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1674849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}