mobile
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Ever since smartphones and tablets burst onto the scene, consumers have flocked to the ingenious devices. Annual smartphone sales now outpace traditional mobile phones by a rate of 3-to-1.1 And
shipments of iPads and Android-powered tablets are increasing at a tremendous rate of thirty-eight percent.2
THe UNsToPPAble
mobile revolUTioN
Consumers’ Mobile Love Affair
Over 1.1 billion smartphone
users worldwide.
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Savvy merchants realize mobile technology can help inject some much-needed excitement into their stores. Tablet registers, reimagined store layouts, innovative mobile apps and engaging consumer software offer new ways to connect with customers and increase profits. Mobile devices can help energize the consumer shopping experience and invite customers back to brick-and-mortar stores.
THe UNsToPPAble
mobile revolUTioN
Retailers Take Notice
A
A
energize the
shopping
experience
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mobile briNGs
oPPorTUNiTies
& cHAlleNGes
Mobile presents the retail industry with both major opportunities and
challenges. The ability to access vast amounts of data from online
sources from any location allows for new applications that completely
change the shopping experience and the relationship between merchants
and consumers. The parties who better leverage mobile media to foster
consumer engagement, increase loyalty and drive repeat business will
be the winners in this brand new world.
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Coined just a few years back, the term “showrooming” describes the practice of examining a product in a store, and then buying it online for a lower price. Showrooming has grown from a fringe practice to the norm, widely adopted by mobile users. And it’s spreading globally, from its start in the United States to multiple countries worldwide.
THe cHAlleNGe:
sHowroomiNG
examining a product in store...
...buying online at a lower price
While purchasing in-store is the most
popular for those who research in-store,
showrooMiNg may still be an issue for retailers
as 37% purchase on a smartphone or tablet
after researching in-store.
3The main in-store mobile activities are
coMpArisoN shoppiNg (59%), looking for
coupons (48%) and searching for
product reviews (47%).
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THe oPPorTUNiTY:
relATioNsHiP selliNG
79%
of retailers plan to
integrate mPOS by 2015.
Forrester Research
70%
of retailers expect to
enable store associates with
tablet-based solutions in the
next three years.
RIS News
engage consumers...
...provide a personalized experience
To combat “showrooming,” retailers recognize they need to better engage consumers and develop their own mobile platforms and applications. With mobile solutions for smartphones and tablets, they can take advantage of back-office data, consumer data and online services to engage consumers in richer shopping experiences. Mobilility enables retailers to provide a personalized experience, while also leveraging location-based, geo-targeted offers and coupons.
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THe oPPorTUNiTY:
smArTer sTores
Mobile technology is reinventing commerce, helping retailers create smarter stores, bringing better service to the hospitality industry and expanding commerce options for a wealth of other industries. Mobile POS helps reduce lines at checkout; inventory management brings more flexibility and efficiency to store operations; and mobile CRM brings rich customer data to the fingertips of every sales associate.
Adoption of mobile solutions at POS is on the rise, with integration of mobile throughout the commerce experience expected to expand over the next two years.4
Projected % of Retailers Using Mobile Apps
483%
Inventory Management62%
Mobile POS w/Tender66%
Task Management60%
Cross-channel Save-the-sale66%
CRM59%
Line Busting w/Suspend64%
Messaging43%
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THe oPPorTUNiTY:
oNliNe comes iN sTore
While consumers can use online tools against a retailer (showrooming), retailers can turn this to their advantage by bringing the online experience in store. Many of the Internet giants, plus countless new companies, are developing ways to engage retail shoppers. Mobile wallets and NFC-driven concepts for digital couponing, offers and promotions can help drive store traffic.
Using online retail to create engaging experiences in store can come in many forms. With POS systems already in place, the opportunity to try different approaches and partnerships is easy and requires little additional investment.
Projected % of Retailers
Using Mobile Payment Apps
453%
PayPal23%
Apple Passport50%
Coupons on Mobile Screen14%
Isis42%
Google Wallet12%
Square11%
Amazon Payments9
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THe oPPorTUNiTY:
eNHANced oPerATioNs
Increased revenue
• Upsell and cross-sell with fingertip access to past customer purchases
• Encourage repeat business with electronic loyalty and rewards programs
• Grow sales by bringing products to life in dynamic tablet catalogs
Greater sales
• Deploy more campaigns, including digital offers, promotions and coupons
• Create a checkout anywhere, increasing employee productivity
• Capture sales on the spot, never missing another sale
Better servIce
• Personalize service with access to customer profiles • Deliver faster response times by accessing inventory online • Enhance shopping experience with engaging tablet software
sATisfAcTioN
soLD soLD soLD
Large retailers can boost
revenue by $20,000 per
location by adopting mPOS
and saving one single
walkout per day.
Yankee Group
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?
How can
operations
improve
NAviGATiNG
THe oPPorTUNiTies
How do you plan to stay relevant
While the opportunities to leverage mobile technology are vast, so are the options and potential challenges. How does a retailer choose the right path? How do they limit their mistakes or avoid them altogether? And ultimately, how does a retailer develop the right, comprehensive mobile strategy – a roadmap from concept to deployment, all while maintaining uninterrupted store operations, POS functionality and sales?
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?
?
?
What’s
missing
What is the strategy
to further the brand
What is the competition doing better
?
Mobile or
cloud
wallets
?
NFC, Beacon, Barcode
?
iOS, Android,
Windows
mPOS, Retailing, CRM
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reimAGiNed
It’s no wonder many retailers are feeling overwhelmed by the changing landscape. After all, not much has differed in store layouts over the last one hundred years. While there have been advances in technology and processes in the last century, the shopping experience is still very similar. Most notably, associates have stayed behind the counter, separated from their customers, until now.
not much has changed in store layout...
...associates have stayed behind the counter
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Now, retailers have an opportunity to dramatically rethink store layouts, bringing customers and employees closer together. Mobile technology can affect the entire store, playing a role in improving both operations and the shopping experience.
reimAGiNed
sTore lAYoUT
c E Floor Sets Client Engagement Self Service Checkout Training Reporting Inventory13
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Keeping an eye on future technology is a key component of any strategy. For example, whatever mobile platform a retailer implements, it must be flexible and scalable – able to securely integrate both current technology as well as new and emerging solutions. This is also true for other verticals like transportation,
health care, petroleum and taxi, to name a few.
solUTioN
scAlAble, flexible
Out-of-store Sales Mobile CRM Mobile Inventory Line-busting/ POS RETAIL POS SYSTEM Roaming POS mWallets14
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THe riGHT
PArTNer
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mobile PAYmeNTs
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• Turned over 3,000 smart devices into
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• Empowered sale associates to perform
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mobile reTAil
Integrated, highly engaging tablet software,
GlobalBay retailing
• Enabled sales associates to access online
catalog in real time, cross-selling and
upselling consumers on the spot
• Empowered associates to order
out-of-stock items online, shipping directly to the
customers’ homes
• Deeply integrated the mobile solution within
the existing back-end infrastructure
emPoweriNG
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mobile PlATforms
• Enabling 80% of retailers accepting PayPal,
Google Wallet or Isis in the United States
• Making it seamless to remotely add and
manage multiple wallets in millions of
POS systems through innovative software
and services
• Offering the most extensive line of NFC
payment solutions in the world
emPoweriNG
Opening the
point-of-sale to
outside innovation
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emPoweriNG mobile commerce
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refereNces
1 IHL Report, “Mobile POS: Hype to Reality” May 15, 2013 2 http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerld=prUS24314413 3 JiWire’s Mobile Audience Insights Report for Q2 2013
http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/63268-showrooming-is-on-the-rise-stats
4 2013 RIS News Store Study - Free Version
5 Yankee Group
http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/large-retailers-to-ramp-up-mpos-strategies-in-the-second-half
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