Technology solutions are increasingly being harnessed in order for retailers to build an experience that helps connect with shoppers. A good experience turns habitual browsing into impulsive sales and creates returning customers that may become advocates for your brand.
3. Technology solutions are
increasingly being harnessed in
order for retailers to build an
experience that helps connect with
shoppers. A good experience turns
habitual browsing into impulsive
sales and creates returning
customers that may become
advocates for your brand.
4. At ADC Barcode, we believe
it is crucial that retailers
provide the consumer with
a consistent service from
start to finish and the best
way to ensure this is to stay
ahead with the latest
technology trends.
5. Based on current trends we would
predict that more and more retailers
will begin to incorporate mobile
technologies into their stores. This
way a consumer interacts with a
brand and makes purchases has
changed significantly as mobile
technology becomes a normal part of
the shopping experience.
6. Retailers can create a more seamless
experience for the consumer, and
increase store productivity and
effectiveness of employees, by
incorporating mobile technologies
beyond Smartphone shopping. A
growing trend and example of this in
retail outlets today in Ireland is store
employees being equipped with
tablets that have a point of sale
capability.
7. However introducing new technology to
any business venture can be a daunting
task even within the small retail chains.
Many factors are weighed up, but the
obvious financial aspect will always take
precedence in most cases. Some
businesses may not proceed with necessary
solutions as the financial spend may not be
within their budgetary scope.
8. Retailers recently have begun to look past this as they
start to evaluate and weigh up their business costs by
seeing how much time and money is being wasted by
not having a particular solution in place. A perfect
example is if a retailer wants to upgrade from a fixed
point shelf edge labelling (SEL) printing solution to a
mobile SEL printing solution. It is important to
evaluate if the mobile solution will save employees
time. Will it reduce errors? Is it more efficient? If the
answer is yes and in most cases it is yes, well then by
implementing the mobile solution, costs will be
reduces in the long run and thus a return on
investment is made over time.
9. In the past decade ADC Barcode has made great
strides in management solutions and inventory
control, both of which incorporate a huge
component of retail business. A businesses
inventory has been one of its major assets and
represents an investment that is tied up until
the item is sold. As it costs money to store, track
and insure inventory, ADC have found many
inventories that were mismanaged created a
significant financial problem for the business.
10. We believe that the combination of software and
hardware material requirement solution that
automatically schedules material deliveries based on
sale forecasts is the way forward. This all inclusive
solution ensures that tasks such as receiving, allocating,
inventory look-up and restocking get done effectively
and efficiently with mobile computing devices. Retailers
implementing such solutions can spend more time on
the shop floor dealings with customers concentrating on
that ever important seamless experience, rather than
worrying about the cost and storage problems
associated with having high levels of stock.
11. Retailers are continuously
looking to set themselves apart
in order to remain competitive
as it becomes more and more
clear to them that investment in
technology has a positive effect
on both the retailer and the
consumer.
12. From customised checkouts based on
store formats from small transactions self-
checks out scanners, self-shopping
systems, mobile POS, speciality store
barcode readers to high-speed automated
scanning lanes, these are just a taste of
some of the trends that are becoming
more and more prominent in the retail
industry.
13. For more information
on ADC Barcodes
Mobile Solutions for
Retail, please do not
hesitate to contact
us.