{"id":995933,"date":"2013-07-01T07:48:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T14:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/07\/01\/retailers-make-way-for-mobile-point-of-sale\/"},"modified":"2013-07-10T21:02:50","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T04:02:50","slug":"retailers-make-way-for-mobile-point-of-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/07\/01\/retailers-make-way-for-mobile-point-of-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Retailers make way for mobile point of sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile devices are being increasingly used by consumers for shopping, both in brick-and-mortar locations and for ecommerce. In merchants&#039; storefronts, these gadgets have been mostly utilized for researching, comparing and browsing for products. However, now they are being used to complete transactions, as customers like the convenience and speed mobile devices provide during the check out process.<\/p>\n<p>Mad Mobile News reported that mobile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/Solutions\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"dnautolink\">point of sale<\/a> solutions are getting more focus from retailers across the world, as many businesses are seeing a change&nbsp;in shopper demands for these systems to be in place. However, the source noted that many merchants are not eager to adopt the technology, as they aren&#039;t exactly sure if the payment method will take off in the near future. The source asserted that as consumers continue to use their mobile devices for a variety of daily tasks &#8211; including shopping &#8211; merchants will see just <a href=\"http:\/\/madmobilenews.com\/mobile-pos-retail-adoption-rates-1828\/#.UcxWetK3-0p\" target=\"_blank\">how important<\/a> it will be to implement mobile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/Solutions\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"dnautolink\">POS<\/a> solutions into their operations.<\/p>\n<p>By doing this, companies can significantly boost their retention rates and create loyal patrons. For retailers that are hesitant about managing yet another payment form, finding the right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/Solutions\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"dnautolink\">point of sale software<\/a> is the answer. These platforms are able to process all transactions and provide customers with an easy and fast check out experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile devices are being increasingly used by consumers for shopping, both in brick-and-mortar locations and for ecommerce. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/07\/01\/retailers-make-way-for-mobile-point-of-sale\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":995934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-995933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-point-of-sale-software-systems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995933","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=995933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/995934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=995933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=995933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}