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Retail marketing solutions company Firebolt Group recognized for its sustainability efforts

LONDON, 5-Jan-2021 — /EPR RETAIL NEWS/ — Firebolt Group, an innovative software, and hardware marketing solutions company for leading global brands, earned the prestigious Platinum EcoVadis Medal. The platinum medal is the highest distinction awarded by EcoVadis, an independent platform that assesses companies’ social and environmental performance. This recognition places the Firebolt Group among the top 1 percent of companies assessed by EcoVadis.

“We are thrilled to earn this distinction and to be recognized alongside an elite group of companies. Innovation is in our DNA, and our continued focus on integrating sustainability into everything we do has had a tremendous impact. I am proud of our team’s efforts to help ensure a better tomorrow,” said Philip Ochtman, CEO.

Philip was recently a guest speaker at the Sustainability Forum 2020 where he was invited to share Firebolt’s story. Firebolt’s efforts on sustainability started many years ago with their introduction of energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly LED signs, an alternative that uses 85% less power than traditional neon or fluorescent tube lighting. Additionally, Firebolt works to ensure that products can be easily dismantled and recycled at the end of the product’s life. The company also redesigned its packaging materials reducing the use of plastic drastically and having the rest recyclable. Firebolt will continue to reduce its carbon footprint with the goal of being carbon neutral by the year 2030.

Along with the EcoVadis Platinum medal, Firebolt was recently recognized as one of the Top 50 POS companies by Creative Magazine. Firebolt continues to reinvent itself. When the pandemic hit, Firebolt pivoted to manufacture PPE and ventilator parts for the GE program, and recently retooled its successful live event platform to be an online virtual event platform.

SOURCE: EuropaWire

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RCH Group Cements its International Reach

RCH Group’s New German Headquarters for international strategy and market-specific TSE compliance

New German Headquarters for international strategy and market-specific TSE compliance

TREVISO, Italy, 2020-Jul-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — RCH Group SpA, leading provider of retail and restaurant POS solutions, announces the launch of RCH Germany based in Saarbrucken, Saarland Lander. Expanding upon the existing presence of RCH in the international markets, this new base will augment RCH’s operations in the German and Austrian Countries, as well as beyond.

RCH Group designs, manufactures and sells telematic recorders, fiscal printers, and POS (Point of Sale) hardware and software. Their products, all designed in Italy, are recognised in several markets for their advanced technology, intelligent design and ease of use.

As RCH continues to expand, they are committed to being able to provide country-specific support to regions where they are securing increasingly significant market share. Germany constitutes one such market – particularly in light of RCH’s growing provision of solutions which meet the recently implemented TSE fiscal reporting legislation. More than merely serving the German market though, the expansion of RCH in Germany is a step towards strengthening and growing the company’s customer portfolio across the continent.

By opening a new headquarters in Saarbrucken, RCH is able to keep its finger even closer to the pulse of market needs; particularly in the field of catering, restaurants and food and beverage service. RCH’s product offerings in this field help to not only ensure that businesses are TSE compliant, but also offer a host of benefits which can bring genuine competitive advantages to their users; providing levels of data analysis capable of completely revolutionising the entire supply chain process: from menu design and purchase, to stock control, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), full financial/tax compliance, and beyond.

This means that because of the exceptional value offered by RCH products, even small, single unit businesses can benefit from levels of commercial insight previously only available to large scale operations. However, by virtue of its cloud-based approach to information management and third party integrability, RCH systems are also ideal for coordinating the activities of large-scale, multi-outlet restaurants and retail businesses. RCH products are truly capable of catering to the full spectrum of operators.

“This is an exciting time for RCH Group and marks an important milestone for our company as we further expand our presence in the heart of Europe,” says Stefano De Pra, CEO of the company. “The German market is particularly suited to the nature of RCH products, which places a focus not only on technological innovation and intuitive user experience, but also pays heavy attention to solidity, style and aesthetics”.

This expansion has been possible due to the exceptional performance that RCH secured in the period of 2019-2020, seeing the launch of a number of new products across a range of new geographical markets, as well as the formation of a collaboration with Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe (JRE) – whose slogan of ‘endless passion’ echoes the mindset of RCH themselves.

This growing demand for RCH products and their increased recognition in the industry, combined with the need for centralized operations to manage all regional distribution and after-sales technical support, led RCH to choose Germany as a complimentary operational and strategic base to its existing offices in Treviso.

More information about RCH Group and RCH Germany is available at http://www.rch-group.com and http://www.rch-europe.de

About RCH Group

The RCH Group of companies offers advanced point of sale systems for the retail, food and beverage, entertainment, hospitality and franchising markets.The Group’s innovative products include cash registers, automatic cash desks and cloud-based back office services.

Founded in 1969, RCH Group has grown into a global organization, comprising of several companies with a presence in 40 countries worldwide. It is renowned for its successful combination of advanced product engineering with distinctive design. Headquartered in Northern Italy, RCH Group has operational offices in Austria, Vietnam, China, and Asia, as well as a vast network of partner resellers.

RCH Contact:

Nicola Cassoli

Director Marketing & Sales Italy

T. +39 0422365255

E. n.cassoli@rch.it

RCH Germany Contact:

info@rch-europe.de

T.+49 0681 9677 8752

Press Contact:

Fiorenza Mella

Xpresso Communications              

T. +31 715238210

E.: fiorenza@xpressocommunications.com

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NEW AT FAFGA 2018: ATOS NOW WITH STYLISH AND ROBUST VESA MOUNT AND ARM

NEW AT FAFGA 2018: ATOS NOW WITH STYLISH AND ROBUST VESA MOUNT AND ARM

TREVISO, Italy, 2018-Jul-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Technology is revolutionising the way in which we live and do business. In the hospitality industry where speed and quality of service is critical, organisations must embrace the latest POS technology if they are to maintain a competitive edge in today’s fast-paced digital world. FAFGA is the leading trade fair for the hotel and catering sector, taking place in Innsbruck, Austria from September 10th to 13th 2018.

Following a very successful show in 2017, RCH Group is returning to FAFGA for a second year to fortify its presence in the region and to demonstrate how its hardware and software smart selling solutions are revolutionising the Point of Sale as we know it. This time though, RCH Group will be represented by RCH Europe, the European operation launched in January 2018 and headquartered in Innsbruck. In Hall B0 on Stand 62A, visitors will see and experience a number of powerful cloud-based solutions, catering specifically to one or more points in the sales cycle. Each RCH product is based on decades of research and development and capable of interoperating with third-party systems.

The opening of RCH Europe in Austria has quickly enabled RCH Group to provide more effective and faster local support to its customers and reseller partners, further enhancing the trustworthy business relationships and high level of customer service that the company is renowned for. The increasing European customer base coupled with the necessity to have centralised operations to handle all regional deployments and after-sales technical support made Austria the ideal location.

“We attended FAFGA for the first time in 2017 and quickly discovered the exceptional opportunity the fair provided in accessing the right people within the hotel and catering business,” said Paolo Biasone, Sales Manager Austria and Germany at RCH Europe. “RCH Group has a long-standing history in providing POS solutions to the global hospitality and food and beverage industries. Given the increase of our European client base, notably in Austria and Germany, it therefore made absolute sense to base our European Headquarters in Innsbruck, close to our local customers. We look forward to meeting with current and new contacts at this year’s show.”

NEW at FAFGA 2018:

ATOS NOW WITH STYLISH AND ROBUST VESA MOUNT AND ARM
In response to end-users increased need for space reduction, RCH Europe will be launching at FAFGA an upgrade to the ATOS product range, which now comes complete with a wall mount and arm in accordance with the VESA Mounting Interface Standard. This thin mounting bracket provides an excellent space-saving solution for all catering facilities, allowing traders to mount the ATOS screen directly on to a wall, thus creating a clutter-free workspace. As like all RCH products, this new VESA mount is a functional, easy to use and aesthetic tool that is beautifully designed with the elegant Italian touch.

Additional Products on display at FAFGA 2018:

ATOS 15 ELEGANT
ATOS 15 Elegant combines pure elegance with high-end technology and comes with a 16:9 fully adjustable monitor that is supported by the stability of a solid chrome-effect base. Efficient hardware coupled with intelligent software makes ATOS 15 Elegant the ideal tool for any Point of Sale. The unit comes with an optional rear customer display that completes its maximum expression of functional elegance. This customer display is available in two different sizes, allowing the merchant to either present the customer with a list of purchased items or alternatively to display its own graphics visualising the consumptions on sale. This back graphic display can be cleverly used as an advertising tool to broadcast the latest news and in-store promotions, giving added value to any POS.

Multiple connections including Ethernet, USB and Micro SD allowing the ATOS 15 Elegant to pair with printers, tablets and scanners are all standard. An NFC reader, an MFC magnetic card and an I-Button are additional options with this innovative and eye-catching POS system.

ABOX 3 2.0
Bringing a smart revolution to the POS, Abox 3 2.0 is an 80-mm all-in-one Android solution that is bursting with potential. The unit comes pre-loaded with RCH’s renowned open-standard based on ATOS Android software allowing it to remotely connect with any compatible Android device, such as a printer, a tablet and so on. The Abox 3 2.0 has been intelligently designed to deliver heightened efficiency while saving a maximum of space at your sales point. The compact unit is integrated with a 10-inch, 16:9 capacitive touch screen which makes the monitor more responsive to gestures with your fingers such as swiping and pinching.

ATOS SOFTWARE: EASY INTEGRATION WITH THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS 
RCH’s ATOS software-based Android solutions are founded on open standards and can be easily integrated with various third-party applications and systems (scales, payments, kitchen monitors). ATOS software and its extended modules are fully designed in-house by the company’s Research and Development teams, delivering efficient and streamlined technical support to fully communicate with third-party systems. This results in a secure, reliable and modular product for each market requirement.

This year for the first time, RCH Group will have group-member, DATA4, exhibit its innovative payment systems on its stand. DATA4 manufactures advanced self-service and automatic systems for the payment of goods and services in cash or electronically. All of DATA4’s automatic payment solutions are based on open source technology and can be easily integrated with various third-party applications and systems. Each system is designed in-house by the company’s Research and Development teams, delivering efficient and streamlined technical support so that the payment terminals fully communicate with third-party systems. The result is a secure, reliable product for every system requirement.

Cash Desk K2 Slim 
Retaining all the features of a multi-payment kiosk for the issuance of receipts and/or tickets, Cash Desk K2 Slim is an automatic device specifically destined for electronic payments. Eliminating the task of handling cash transactions results in a product that’s thinner and smoother in the movements. The device boasts a fast and simple user interface, indicating each operation to be carried out step by step with the aid of visual indicators (LEDs). A multi-lingual and interactive menu allows customers to pay for their goods or services in three easy steps.

“RCH was the first European company to introduce an Android interface for use in POS,” said Paolo Biasone, Sales Manager Austria and Germany at RCH Europe. “The Point of Sale is shifting towards a cloud-based environment, allowing merchants to remotely monitor and manage their systems from any device. Our back office enables to monitor in real time the sales of each cash point from any device, such as a tablet, PC or smartphone and it also provides the full management of the system’s programming, including personal registry, operators, customers, system configuration, and so on.”

RCH’s products, characterised by a perfect combination of elegance with the simplicity of functionality, are conceived to be at the centre of the point of sale. Smart on the inside, each product has a distinguished and modern design made in Italy.

More information about RCH Europe and RCH Group is available at http://www.rch-europe.de/ and http://www.rch-europe.com/. Further information about DATA4 and its products is available at http://www.data4.it/?lang=en

SOURCE: EuropaWire

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RCH Group at EuroCIS: Convenience, personalisation, and speed of transaction key for customer satisfaction in retail

ITALY, 2018-Feb-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Technology plays a crucial role in the modern world of retail, affecting all areas of the sales cycle from inventory management right through to pricing and customer experience. EuroCIS is the leading trade fair for the retail technology sector, taking place in Dusseldorf, Germany from February 27th to March 1st, 2018.

RCH Group SpA is once again taking the opportunity provided by EuroCIS to demonstrate how it is responding to the requirements of this fast-paced digital era. Visitors to Hall 10, Stand E59 will view a range of hardware and software solutions based on decades of technological research and innovation. Each solution caters specifically to one or more points in the sales cycle.

“Convenience, personalisation, and speed of transaction are key success factors for customer satisfaction in retail,” states Michele Stecca, Director of Exports at RCH Group. “In our digital world, consumers expect multichannel sales points where they can decide if they want to shop online or physically instore via a self-service kiosk or with a cashier. Intelligent technology that can merge the old with the new, offline with online, providing tools to monitor and manage all aspects of the sales cycle will allow retailers to deliver a fast, convenient and personalised shopping experience while retaining customer loyalty.”

RCH’s products are conceived to be at the centre of the point of sale. Smart on the inside, each product has a distinguished and modern design made in Italy. An RCH product is characterised by its perfect combination of elegance with the simplicity of functionality.

More information about RCH Group is available at http://www.rch-europe.com/ Further information about DATA4 and its products is available at http://www.data4.it/?lang=en

SOURCE: EuropaWire

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RCH: smart devices and cloud-based software become increasingly important for the effective and timely management and automation of POS

Treviso, ITALY, 2018-Jan-09 — /EPR Retail News/ — RCH Group SpA, a provider of advanced point of sale systems for the retail, food and beverage, and the public administration sector, today announced the launch of the European headquarters of its subsidiary, RCH Europe, in Innsbruck, Austria. This new centre of operations will support the company’s growing activities across the region. Overseeing this endeavour is RCH Overseas Sales Director, Michele Stecca.

The opening of the company’s European headquarters comes as it expands its product offering with the addition of cloud-based software and smart technology capabilities and applications. RCH’s products are based on open standards technology and can be easily integrated with various third-party applications and systems.

“This is an exciting time for RCH Europe and marks a major milestone for our company as we expand our presence across European markets”, said Michele Stecca, RCH Overseas Sales Director. “With the advent of mobile technology, the necessity of smart devices and cloud-based software is becoming increasingly important for the effective and timely management and automation of POS.”

2017 was a pivotal year for the company with new deployments in several countries across Europe. An increasing European customer base coupled with the necessity to have centralised operations to handle all regional deployments and after-sales technical support led the company to Austria.

RCH Europe designs, produces, and sells fiscal printers, fiscal and non-fiscal cash registers, and Point of Sale (POS) hardware and software. Since its foundation over 48 years ago, the company’s products, all conceived in Italy, are recognised across several markets for their advanced technology, smart designs, and ease of use.

The expansion of RCH in Europe is a step forward towards strengthening and growing the company’s portfolio of clients. The new office also represents the extension of the RCH team, as the company will offer new job opportunities in the Innsbruck office.

More information about RCH Europe and its products is available at http://www.rch-europe.com/

SOURCE: EuropaWire

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India Should Reduce GST on Point Of Sale Devices to Encourage Digitalization: Millennium

Bhaskar Venkatraman

Chennai, India, 2017-Nov-16 — /EPR Retail News/ —  Ever since the Indian government introduced the ‘historic’ Goods and Services Tax regime from July 2017, there have been frequent announcements for revision of rates for several items by the GST council owing to pressure from public, traders and political spectrum.

However, there are certain items which are still in the bracket of 18 per cent and 28 per cent, which, according to experts, will do no good for the government’s grand initiatives towards cashless economy and digitalization of all transaction activities.

For example, most of the Point of Sale (POS) devices are still in the higher rate of GST. While POS devices such as POS terminals, barcode scanners, barcode printers, mobile printers, receipt printers, etc are placed at 18 % slab, POS consumables such as paper rolls, ribbons and inks and also POS accessories such as pole display, cash drawers and magnetic stripe readers are still in the highest slab of 28%.

Bhaskar Venkatraman

Bhaskar Venkatraman

The higher GST slab for POS products and accessories will discourage retail vendors to go for digital transformation, feels Bhaskar Venkatraman, the CEO and Managing Director of Millennium India, a pioneer in introducing POS machines to retail businesses in India.

“The government’s digitalization move can bear the fruit only when all retail businesses, even in the remotest corner of India, automate their store by digitalizing their business operations moving out from the traditional and obsolete transaction methods. But the high GST slabs on various POS devices is a big discouragement for it. Hence, the GST Council should reduce the GST for all the POS items and accessories and also reduce the burden on importers by slashing the import duties, as majority of POS payment terminals, barcode printers, scanners and other supportive devices are being imported to India,” feels Bhaskar, who launched India’s first ecommerce portal ‘Justransact’ in 2014 exclusively for point of sale electronic items.

Even the nominal bank transaction charges for card payment at Point of Sale are scaring away retail vendors to adopt card payment option. Some of them, who have installed POS payment devices at their shops, are simply passing this burden to customers.

Post demonetization, cash still remains the major source of transaction even after one year of its implementation, though there has been phenomenal increase in card transactions. GST, which was intended to bring uniform tax regime, has so far not created the required impact among trading community as almost every week there have been some changes in its implementation or the rates.

“It is too early to suggest the impact of GST on the businesses or the economy. For any major reforms,  there will be issues which need to be addressed, and I think, the government is doing the right thing by revising the GST rates after getting feedbacks from various quarters. In the same line, 18 and 28 per cent GST for POS machines are too high to be absorbed by retail vendors. On the other hand, lower GST for POS devices will further trigger the growth of the Indian retail industry, which is currently the fastest among the Asian peers,” concludes Bhaskar.

For media contact:

K Ramanathan

Editor and Media Coordinator,
Millennium Soft-Tech (India) Pvt Ltd
ram(at)justransact(dot)com,
G-19,2nd  Floor,Block-16, 2nd Main Road,
Ambattur Industrial Estate, Chennai-600 058.

 

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Millennium India All Set to Regale FoodPro 2017 with Innovative POS Technology

CHENNAI, India, 2017-Sep-11 — /EPR Retail News/ —   Millennium India, the pioneer in Point of Sale (POS) technology in India, will be part of over 300 strong contingent of business verticals who will be showcasing their products, services and technology associated with food and beverage industry at the three-day Foodpro 2017 exhibition which will be held from September 7 at Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai.

Millennium has been partnered with Allmark Solutions, a leading weighing scale and other store infrastructure products supplier, along with well-known POS brands POSIFLEX, HONEYWELL and GoDEX to showcase their technology prowess on Point of Sale and other supportive products to business visitors, vendors and prospective entrepreneurs at the event.

The 12th edition of Foodpro 2017 is India’s biennial event on Food Processing, Packaging & Food Technology, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

The food expo will witness exhibitors dealing with food processing technology and machinery, refrigeration and cold chain system, process and packaged food, bakery equipment, kitchen equipment, hospitality products, barcoding and Point of sale technology will look forward for new business opportunities, collaborations, networking and brand promotion and will get updates on innovations and technology.

Bhaskar Venkatraman

On being part of the mega food expo, Bhaskar Venkatraman, CEO and Director of Millennium India said: Foodpro gives an opportunity to showcase our entire range of products to retail businesses which include, manufacturers, re-sellers, hospitality owners, packaging, food processing, cold storage and other logistics service providers. We have world-class technology products of Point of Sale and other store supportive products, and we are here to enhance the awareness of retail business owners on the advantages of using top-notch POS products for their business growth.”

Commenting on the importance of conducting such an event, a CII official said: “India continued to be one of the top producers in number of food grains, fruits, dairy products and poultry & meat products. At the same time, we lag behind most of the developed countries and also some of the developing Southeast Asian countries in terms of processing and value addition. This is resulting in lower returns on investments, very high wastage (up to 28% in some cases) and lower shelf life. Hence it is essential to increase the awareness on the importance of food processing and packaging. FOODPRO exhibition will help businesses to work towards adding value to processed foods and increase shelf life.”

To add value to the show and focus of the growing food sector, CII has added two more verticals – ColdStoRe and T-Food – as concurrent shows to Foodpro2017.

ColdStoRe will focus on the complete cold chain right from primary cold storage facility for food grains and fruits at Farm Level to high end cold storage for meat and food products including the important sector of Cold / Refrigerated Transportation.

Exhibitors profile will include companies that provide equipment, tools, and technologies that support the infrastructure and operations of the cold chain from design to build & operate. The focus will also be on third-party cold storage and refrigeration logistics and all forms of refrigerated transportation, Import/export facilities and services.

T-Food, a traditional food festival will try to bring the awareness about the traditional and local foods. This show will showcase the processed traditional food in healthy way, newer recipes of cooking traditional foods and will provide an opportunity to entrepreneurs to show case the developments in processing of traditional food.

CII will be organizing conferences on food processing technology, cold chain technology and workshop on traditional food with demonstration which will be addressed and conducted by experts in respective fields.

The event will be an ideal platform for the above profile companies to further strengthen their business and brand awareness and also to showcase their latest solutions to the user industry across sector.

About Millennium India

Established in 2002, Millennium Soft-Tech (India) Pvt Ltd has been in the forefront of providing Point of Sale (POS) technology products and solutions to Indian businesses through astute marketing strategy supported by huge partners’ network across India.

Having associated with world’s leading POS brands, Millennium understands the growing demands of retailers better than anyone else irrespective of their size, stature and nature of business, and offers comprehensive, advanced and sustainable solutions to enhance their business.

Headquartered in Chennai and having branches all major cities in India, Millennium has a clear vision of empowering millions of unorganized small and medium enterprises spread across the country by automating their transaction activities and make them competitive with established market peers.

As the national distributor of leading multinational POS brands including Epson, Posiflex, Casio, Toshiba, Honeywell, Godex, and Opticon, Millennium offers POS solutions to corporate brands, retail giants and SMEs across India.

For Media Contact:

K Ramanathan

Content Head and Media Coordinator,

Millennium India, India.

hand phone: +91 9384612789

email: ram (at) justransact (dot) com

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NCR and Performance Food Group Company to introduce NCR Silver POS solution to restaurants throughout the U.S.

Strategic relationship will introduce NCR Silver to new group of independent restaurants

DULUTH, Ga., 2017-Aug-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, and Performance Food Group Company (PFG) (NYSE: PFGC), a leading food service supplier, have entered into a strategic referral relationship to bring NCR Silver™, the cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) solution, to more restaurants throughout the United States.

PFG will introduce NCR Silver to its 36 Performance Foodservice distribution centers nationwide, which deliver food and food-related products to regional and national restaurant operators. Restaurateurs will be able to purchase NCR Silver software and hardware under a subscription service model.

With NCR Silver, Performance Foodservice customers will be able to check out customers quickly and gain access to sales, inventory and employee scheduling reports. They will also be able to offer customers targeted loyalty discounts and promotions. In addition, NCR Silver’s award-winning customer service team provides live, 24/7 U.S.-based support.

Utilizing cloud and tablet technology, NCR Silver will give restaurateurs the freedom to take mobile payments in their restaurant and be able to easily sell their products on the go.

“NCR’s deep-seated history in the restaurant space and the solution’s ability to drive efficiency makes this an ideal partnership for us,” said Fred Sanelli, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales Development at Performance Foodservice. “With NCR Silver, our customers will be better equipped to grow their businesses and maintain profitability.”

Solutions available through the relationship include NCR Silver core and NCR Silver Pro Restaurant Edition that are enabled on iOS and Android platforms.

PFG will soon expand its relationship with NCR by integrating its order management system with NCR Silver to further streamline restaurant operations. The planned integration will enable restaurant operators to not only ring up orders, manage inventory and employee schedules, but also order from PFG’s vast inventory of food and food-related products – all from one platform.

“The PFG team provides restaurant operators with dedicated service and high-quality products, and we’re confident NCR Silver will complement these efforts,” said Colin Armbruster, Director of Global Channel, NCR Silver. “Working with PFG supports our strategy to put intuitive and comprehensive technology in the hands of independent restaurateurs who need all-in-one technology solutions so they can focus on their customers.”

For more information on NCR Silver visit: www.ncrsilver.com

For more information on Performance Foodservice, PFG’s broadline food service division, visit: www.performancefoodservice.com

About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leader in omni-channel solutions, turning everyday interactions with businesses into exceptional experiences. With its software, hardware, and portfolio of services, NCR enables nearly 700 million transactions daily across retail, financial, travel, hospitality, telecom and technology, and small business. NCR solutions run the everyday transactions that make your life easier.

NCR is headquartered in Duluth, Ga., with over 30,000 employees and does business in 180 countries. NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Website: www.ncr.com | www.ncrsilver.com 
Twitter: @NCRCorporation | @NCRSilver

About Performance Food Group Company
Through its family of leading foodservice distributors – Performance Foodservice, Vistar, and PFG Customized – Performance Food Group Company (PFG) markets and distributes approximately 150,000 food and food-related products from 76 distribution centers to over 150,000 customer locations across the United States. PFG’s 14,000+ associates serve a diverse mix of customers, from independent and chain restaurants to schools, business and industry locations, hospitals, vending distributors, office coffee service distributors, big box retailers, and theaters. The company sources its products from more than 5,000 suppliers and serves as an important partner to its suppliers by providing them access to the company’s broad customer base. For more information, visit www.pfgc.com.

Media Contacts:
Aaron Gould
NCR Public Relations
212.589.8556
aaron.gould@ncr.com

Joe Vagi
Manager, Corporate Communications
804.839.4995
joe.vagi@pfgc.com

Source: NCR Corporation

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Millennium Soft-Tech Creates Impressive Impact at IWS 2017

New Delhi, India, 2017-Aug-03 — /EPR Retail News/ —  Millennium Soft-Tech has made an impressive impact on the visitors in the recently concluded India Warehousing Show (IWS) 2017, which was held at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India, between July 27-29.

As most of the visitors to the annual show represented logistics and allied sectors, Millennium’s showcasing of advanced POS technology to support warehousing, logistics and supply chain management has evoked a good response among the visitors with some of them even placing spot orders for barcode scanners, barcode printers and data collectors of leading international brands.

To make the most of it, Millennium introduced spot discount offers for various POS products for visitors booking at the stall.

Bhaskar Venkatraman

Bhaskar Venkatraman, CEO and Director of Millennium Soft-Tech India, who attended the opening day of the event said: “India’s warehousing and logistics industry has seen considerable boom due to high growth in retail, e-commerce and manufacturing sectors. Also, the introduction of GST can be the game changer which will add up the growth momentum. As POS industry supplements the growth of logistics and warehousing businesses, we received excellent response from visitors in IWS 2017 who predominantly belonged to warehousing and logistics sectors and wanted to automate several of their mundane operations for their business growth.”

Millennium’s stall was marked by the display of advanced POS technology products such as table-top and industrial barcode scanners, industrial and desk-top barcode printers, colour label printers, hand-held data collectors, and other advanced devices from world’s leading brands such as EPSON, GODEX, HONEYWELL, OPTICON, POSIFLEX and TOSHIBA.

Strategically located, Millennium Stall has attracted people from various industries also as the display of products was catering to the needs of business applications of supermarkets, textile showrooms, electronic and electrical retail shops, entertainment, hospitality, to name a few.

To attend the customers visiting the stall, execute demos for them and answer their technical and business queries, staff from Millennium were stationed along with technology experts from brand partners.

Organized by Reed Manch Exhibitions, India, which is a joint venture between Manch Communications (India) and Reed Exhibitions (UK), IWS 2017 was a rendezvous point for major suppliers, manufacturers, buyers, decision-makers and professionals.

About Millennium India

Established in 2002, Millennium Soft-Tech (India) Pvt Ltd has been in the forefront of providing Point of Sale technology products and solutions to Indian businesses through astute marketing strategy supported by huge partners’ network across India.

Having associated with world’s leading POS brands, Millennium understands the growing demands of retailers better than anyone else irrespective of their size, stature and nature of business, and offers comprehensive, advanced and sustainable solutions to enhance their business.

Headquartered in Chennai and having branches all major cities in India, Millennium is credited with excellent logistics supports and capable of reaching products to the doorsteps of customers located in even remote areas.

As a leading nation-wide distribution company for multinational POS brands such as Epson, Posiflex, Casio, Toshiba and Honeywell, Millennium caters to some of the big super and hypermarket chains, kirana stores, textile showrooms, multiplexes, kiosks, restaurants, hospitals, and SMEs.

For media contact:

K Ramanathan, Content Head and Media Coordinator,

Millennium Soft-Tech India Pvt Ltd, India.

email: ram (at) justransact (dot) com

91+9384612789

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DoorDash marketplace to be integrated to the NCR Aloha Platform-of-Sale

DoorDash integration with the industry-leading NCR Aloha POS will help improve store operations and reduce delivery times

DULUTH, Ga., 2017-Jul-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, today (July 24, 2017) announced an agreement with DoorDash, an on-demand delivery platform operating in more than 500 cities nationwide, for the planned integration of the DoorDash marketplace to the NCR Aloha Platform-of-Sale (POS). The integration will allow restaurants to more efficiently receive and manage delivery orders placed through DoorDash, while helping to provide a better experience to DoorDash customers.

Integrating delivery orders directly into the POS will makes it easier for restaurants on DoorDash to manage their orders, increase accuracy and save time. DoorDash will leverage NCR’s API ecosystem to integrate its delivery marketplace to the NCR Aloha Platform, enabling automated order entry. The integration will be available to restaurants using NCR Aloha and DoorDash in the coming months.

“DoorDash is focused on providing an incredible merchant experience, and one reason restaurants choose to partner with us is because of the customizability of the platform,” said Tony Xu, CEO and co-founder of DoorDash. “Integrating DoorDash with NCR Aloha provides restaurants with another way to streamline their business and expand their off-premise business without requiring additional technology.”

DoorDash’s platform is used by the most top 100 national restaurant brands to power their on-demand delivery business, making them a natural fit for a partnership with NCR Aloha. In addition to their respective leadership in serving restaurants, NCR and DoorDash also share common customers in the retail sector. The opportunity created by this partnership and NCR’s omni-channel approach has the potential to create significant value for NCR, DoorDash, and their common customers.

“We are excited to hear of the integration efforts between Aloha POS and DoorDash.   Our partnership with both DoorDash and NCR will open up doors for P.F. Chang’s to deliver its made from scratch food to even more guests outside of our restaurant in a consistent and timely manner,” said Dwayne Chambers, chief marketing officer for P.F. Chang’s. “The integration between DoorDash and NCR will allow us to update our in-restaurant and delivery menus at the same time, on one platform. This helps us to realize a number of operational efficiencies and ensures that our diners can choose from the most updated menu items, whether they’re eating in our restaurant or dining in the comfort of their own home.”

“As restaurants add new ordering and delivery options to their business to drive growth, it’s critical to have technology in place that streamlines the ordering process and, operationally, treats every order the same, regardless of what channel it comes from,” said Don Zimmerman, vice president of hospitality solutions at NCR. “NCR is excited to extend this capability to our customers that leverage DoorDash’s innovative technology, enabling them to easily manage both delivery and in-house orders from start to finish.”

About DoorDash
DoorDash is a technology company that connects customers with their favorite local and national businesses in more than 500 cities across the United States and Canada. Founded in the summer of 2013, DoorDash empowers merchants to grow their businesses by offering on-demand delivery, data-driven insights, and better in-store efficiency, providing delightful experiences from door to door. By building the last mile delivery infrastructure for local cities, DoorDash is bringing communities closer, one doorstep at a time. Read more on the DoorDash blog or at http://www.doordash.com.

About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leader in omni-channel solutions, turning everyday interactions with businesses into exceptional experiences. With its software, hardware and portfolio of services, NCR enables nearly 700 million transactions daily across retail, financial, travel, hospitality, telecom and technology, and small business. NCR solutions run the everyday transactions that make your life easier.

NCR is headquartered in Duluth, Ga., with over 30,000 employees and does business in 180 countries. NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

NCR encourages investors to visit its website, which is updated regularly with financial and other important information about NCR.

Web site: www.ncr.com
Twitter: @NCRCorporation
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ncrcorp
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ncr-corporation
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ncrcorporation

News Media Contacts:
NCR Corporation
Tim Henschel
770-299-5100
tim.henschel@ncr.com

DoorDash
Eitan Bencuya
415-255-5521
eitan@doordash.com

Source: NCR Corporation

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Grubhub’s online ordering and delivery marketplace integrates with the NCR Aloha Platform-of-Sale

The integration of industry-leading NCR Aloha POS and Grubhub’s online ordering and delivery marketplace will make restaurant management easier, more efficient

DULUTH, Ga., 2017-Jul-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, today (July 24, 2017) announced an agreement with Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB), the nation’s leading takeout marketplace, for the integration of Grubhub with the NCR Aloha Platform-of-Sale (POS). Restaurants that use Grubhub as an ordering channel will be able to manage orders from the core POS platform. Additionally, this solution will help restaurants make more efficient use of staff, save time on menu updates, consolidate financials, free up space on the crowded counter, and perhaps more importantly, generate more orders in their locations.

One of the challenges restaurants have when using online food delivery services is managing the flow of orders from multiple channels. Grubhub’s integration with the Aloha POS eliminates the need to use multiple devices to take orders, significantly reducing delays or mistakes in ordering and fulfilment. This means more time for staff to focus on what matters most: creating memorable moments and serving up delicious food.

“Our collaboration with NCR is an important step forward, as we continue innovating with technology to enhance the experience of our restaurant partners,” said Stan Chia, chief operating officer at Grubhub. “We frequently hear that restaurateurs are looking to create more efficiencies in their operations. By integrating with the Aloha POS, we will help our restaurant owners who use the platform spend less time on logistics and more time pleasing their diners with great food.”

“On the Border is constantly driving innovation in the ways in which we leverage technology to improve the guest experience,” said Jeff Dinard, chief information officer, On the Border.  “This integration will not only allow us to streamline operations for our restaurant team members, but will allow us to provide our Grubhub guests a faster and simpler way to enjoy On the Border at home.”

“The growth of order aggregation and delivery has exploded over the past 18 months as the evolution of omni-channel ordering continues in the restaurant industry,” said Don Zimmerman, vice president of hospitality solutions at NCR. “Direct integration into the POS is crucial for restaurants to manage multiple ordering channels, and we’re thrilled to collaborate with industry leader Grubhub to help operators across its comprehensive restaurant network capitalize on the potential from delivery.”

Point-of-sale integration is a top request from Grubhub’s restaurant partners and by partnering with NCR, the integration will make order management easier than ever for restaurants of all sizes. For more information about Grubhub’s POS solutions go to get.grubhub.com

To find takeout restaurants available in your area, check out Grubhub.com. If you are interested in becoming part of the Grubhub Delivery team, please visit driver.grubhub.com. To find out how your restaurant can join Grubhub, check out get.grubhub.com.  To learn more about Grubhub and its portfolio of brands, please visit newsroom.grubhub.com.

About Grubhub
Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB) is the nation’s leading online and mobile takeout food-ordering marketplace with the most comprehensive network of restaurant partners and largest active diner base. Dedicated to moving eating forward and connecting diners with the food they love from their favorite local restaurants, the company’s platforms and services strive to elevate food ordering through innovative restaurant technology, easy-to-use platforms and an improved delivery experience. Grubhub is proud to work with more than 55,000 restaurant partners in over 1,100 U.S. cities and London. The Grubhub portfolio of brands includes Grubhub, Seamless, AllMenus, and MenuPages.

About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leader in omni-channel solutions, turning everyday interactions with businesses into exceptional experiences. With its software, hardware and portfolio of services, NCR enables nearly 700 million transactions daily across retail, financial, travel, hospitality, telecom and technology, and small business. NCR solutions run the everyday transactions that make your life easier.

NCR is headquartered in Duluth, Ga., with over 30,000 employees and does business in 180 countries. NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

NCR encourages investors to visit its website, which is updated regularly with financial and other important information about NCR.

Web site: www.ncr.com
Twitter: @NCRCorporation
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ncrcorp
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ncr-corporation
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ncrcorporation

News Media Contacts:
NCR Corporation
Tim Henschel
770-299-5100
Tim.Henschel@NCR.com

Grubhub
Katie Norris
press@grubhub.com

Source: NCR Corporation

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Large Format Display Market 2017 Leading Growth Drivers, Emerging Audience, Segments, Industry Sales, Profits & ANALYSIS

PUNE, India, 2017-Jul-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — The factors contributing to the growth of the large format display market are growing innovation in LED displays, increasing usage of these displays in various applications, introduction of 4K technology, power efficiency and low cost of displays. Also, factors such as availability of high definition large format displays and growing application for digital signage acts as opportunities for the large display format market. However, features such stability, flexibility and environment resistance are boosting the overall growth of the market.

Large Format Displays are screens which can be used differently and offer various advantages to various businesses. The large format displays are mostly LCD, LED and Plasma which are connected to display television through HDMI cable or digital signage.  Also, display format can be explained as a format where data is displayed.

The Large Format Displays Market are best for retail environments, leisure, museums, hospitals, education and in conferencing applications with limited requirements for brightness and can be operation 24 hours.

Geographically, North-America accounted for the largest market share in the global large format display market, whereas Asia-Pacific is expected to grow at a fast pace over the forecast period, 2017-2023.

Major Key Players:

  • Leyard Optoelectronic Co., Ltd. (China)
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea)
  • Barco NV (Belgium)
  • Sony Corporation. (Japan)
  • LG Display Co., Ltd. (South Korea)
  • NEC Corp. (Japan)
  • Sony Corporation (Japan)
  • TPV Technology Ltd. (Hong Kong)
  • View Sonic Corporation (U.S.)

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Regional Analysis:

Regionally, North-America accounted as the largest market share from countries such U.S. among others. The reason is attributed to the increasing investments for these technological products, leading market for cutting edge display technologies, low operational cost and increasing implementation of these displays in the healthcare sector.

However, Asia-Pacific region is expected to grow over the forecast period, 2017-2023. The reason is attributed to increasing implementation of these technological solutions, manufacturing hub and increasing demand for consumer electronics

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Market Research Future

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GST can be a Game Changer for Indian Economy

Chennai, India, 2017-Jun-29 — /EPR Retail News/ —  When the clock strikes midnight on June 30th, it not only will herald the customary arrival of a new month, but also a historic moment in the post-Independence era as the country will be joining other major powers in the World in adopting Goods and Service Tax (GST), which aims to bring in a uniform tax regime for various Goods and Services traded across the vast nation.

Bhaskar Venkatraman, CEO and Director of Millennium India

The government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made elaborate arrangements to take the nation to the new tax reform at the Central Hall of the Parliament, and prominent leaders and personalities are going to witness the midnight gala.

But what is GST for the vast and fast-growing retail sector in India? How the Manufacturers, Distributors, Dealers and Retailers are going to be involved in the uniform tax system? Whether the end customers will bear the brunt or going to enjoy the fruits of the single tax system?

GST stands for Goods and Services Tax. This single tax system will supersede all state and central taxes including Value Added Tax, entry tax, octroi and other mundane taxes, and introduce one single tax right from manufacturers, distributors, dealers to local vendors. GST also avoids cascading taxes which ultimately reflects on the prices of the commodities.

How GST will impact the Point of Sale (POS) sector, which has been the bellwether of the BJP government to make the country a cashless economy?

POS is one of the major pillars of the retail sector which supplies hardware components like credit/debit card swiping machines, inventory management tools and POS terminals such as cash registers, barcode scanners, barcode printers, cash drawers to name a few.

Speaking about the impact on the retail sector, Bhaskar Venkatraman, Director and CEO of Millennium India, a group involved in marketing some of the world’s top POS hardware machines to Indian retailers for the last two decades, said: “GST will make the retail sector more organized as more than 85 per cent of the businesses in India are unorganized and need to be regularized. With GST, there will be a single transparent tax structure throughout the supply chain and clear mechanism to calculate the taxes at various levels. Since several daily use items are exempted from the purview of the GST, people will benefit out of it as some of them will witness decrease in price post GST.”

For retail sector, Bhaskar Venkatraman, who also introduced India’s first and only e-commerce shop (justransact.com) to make top branded POS technology products available online to retailers, said it will be a win-win situation for retail businesses as they are now out of the complex tax laws and filing processes.

On the GST’s impact on POS sector, Bhaskar said: “The net impact on the pricing (of POS products) would be very minimal and in fact would boost the consumption. While in the short-term, GST could be perceived as a tough stance for growth, in the longer run, the retail sector would benefit immensely only to gain because of price harmonization and smooth flow of material across the country.”

Then, what is GST for end customers? The burden or benefit would finally be on the end consumers but an overall win-win situation would prevail, concludes Bhaskar.

 

Media Contact:

K Ramanathan

Media Coordinator, Millennium India

ram@justransact.com

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Japanese Restaurant and Jazz venue, Yoshi’s selects NCR Corporation to transform their restaurant operations

Proven NCR mobile POS technology drives consumer convenience and business efficiency

DULUTH, Ga., 2017-Jun-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — When the Japanese Restaurant and Jazz venue, Yoshi’s, was looking for a way to increase their speed of service and customer satisfaction in their massive 17,000-square- foot location in the most efficient way, the management team turned to NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, for help with their restaurant operations transformation.

Located in the heart of the Bay Area, Yoshi’s is very comfortable, incorporating new state-of-the-art technology. Leveraging NCR’s reliable point-of-sale (POS) platform, they were able to install a mobile POS solution that enabled servers to take orders and payment directly at the table with direct transmission of the order information to the kitchen and bar printers. Once Yoshi’s deployed NCR Aloha Mobile –- an extension of Aloha POS on mobile devices that can run on either consumer-grade or built-for purpose technology — everything changed.  Yoshi’s made the operational changes needed to optimize the kitchen work load, dramatically speed customer service, reshape their dining room and empower their servers to provide top-of-the-line service using NCR Aloha Mobile running on 26 NCR Orderman7 mobile devices.

“The handheld technology more than doubles the amount of tables that our servers can handle, making their jobs easier and more efficient than ever before,” said Hal Campos, the general manager for Yoshi’s. “The speed and reliability of NCR’s technology creates a unique and smooth customer experience, allowing servers to be more attentive to each table.”

To compete in today’s restaurant industry, companies are constantly looking for ways to eliminate server transit time while providing a unique experience for customers. By fine tuning ordering systems, restaurants can increase customer engagement while increasing the efficiency of their staff.

“As the leader in hospitality technology, we want to make everyday easier for restaurant operators with the best possible software solutions for their business to help increase revenues and bottom line results,” said Don Zimmerman, general manager at NCR Hospitality. “NCR’s handheld devices are builtfor purpose, and improve operational performance. We have the capability to help our customers quickly incorporate this one-of-a-kind technology into their businesses, enhancing the customer experience while meeting business development goals.”

Yoshi’s began in 1972 as a small sushi bar and over the last 40 years has built itself into one of the world’s most respected jazz venues. Today, Yoshi’s is an award-winning 310-seat live performance venue with a state-of-the-art sound system and design, in the heart of Oakland’s Jack London Square and is known for its spectacular service and great entertainment.

About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leader in omni-channel solutions, turning everyday interactions with businesses into exceptional experiences. With its software, hardware and portfolio of services, NCR enables nearly 700 million transactions daily across retail, financial, travel, hospitality, telecom and technology, and small business. NCR solutions run the everyday transactions that make your life easier.

NCR is headquartered in Duluth, Ga., with over 30,000 employees and does business in 180 countries. NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

NCR encourages investors to visit its website, which is updated regularly with financial and other important information about NCR, at investor.ncr.com.

Web site: www.ncr.com
Twitter: @NCRCorporation
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ncrcorp
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ncr-corporation
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ncrcorporation

Media Contact:
NCR Corporation
Tim Henschel, 770-299-5100
tim.henschel@ncr.com

Source: NCR Corporation

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Cashless Drive will Push India’s Retail Sector to New High

Chennai, India, 2017-Mar-22 — /EPR Retail News/ —  The Government’s ambition to make India a cashless economy was further vindicated by its recent Budget proposals for 2017-18 which have series of measures aiming at pushing cashless transactions even by small retailers across India.

The government has made its intention clear when it first introduced Aadhaar (smart) ID cards as mandatory document to open bank accounts, and later linked all existing account holders and LPG subsidy beneficiaries to prevent malpractices.

But there was still a lot of (unaccounted) cash on circulation and more than 90 per cent of transactions were happening through cash in India with corruption reining high at all levels. The demonetization of higher order currencies announced last November was the last nail in the coffin to rid wide-spread corruption, black money and fake currencies, the three major elements which were weakening the very basic pillars of our economy.

The demonetization has indeed created acute cash crunch forcing people to use plastic money and digital transactions. It was definitely a calculative move by the government to make cash scarce and restricting daily withdrawal limits in banks, so that it can effectively push cashless dealings by individuals and traders.

However, it is grossly inadequate to cater over one billion populace with a meager 1.5 million card swiping POS machines presently offered by banks to retailers.

The retail sector, which is experiencing fast-track growth offering over 10 per cent share to the country’s GDP, presently needs at least five million POS machines to meet the existing demand from retail traders. Looking at the future demand for such devices, we need to scale up this figure to 10 million by 2020.

Though banks were instructed to provide three million POS machines by March 2017, the difficulty to procure make-in-India Mobile POS machines has forced many to look for such devices from countries like China, Taiwan, Japan and European nations. Sensing the delay in getting machines in time, the government has recently relaxed the rules for BIS certification for imported POS machines, which will further reduce the cost and speed up the process of equipping traders with mobile POS devices to do cashless transactions.

The unprecedented demand for mobile POS machines in India has made several local businesses vying to consolidate their position by introducing alternate payment solutions such as mobile wallet or digital wallet using smart phones to Indian retailers. The demand for POS machines has also opened a plethora of opportunities for growth for companies manufacturing and marketing POS machines such as magnetic card readers, POS terminals to do retail billing and other allied devices such as receipt printers, barcode scanners, barcode printers, cash registers, etc.

As Point of Sale remains the lifeline for Indian retail sector, the large scale    usage of POS technology which involves software-driven POS system to carry out host of business operations including desktop billing, mobile billing, cashless transaction using credit or debit cards, inventory management, staff management, customer relation management, multi-store sales tracking, and hosts of other back-end operations crucial for business growth.

Today we have a number of grocery retail stores coming up across the country which offer customers a unique shopping experience with modern POS machines and latest mobile technology, which also help automate their business for better performance and growth. POS has changed the way people shop for their daily needs compared to few years ago.

Retail businesses using mobile card payment option has indeed helped many augment their business. With government announcing a lot of sops for POS sector in its Budget for 2017-18 fiscal, the intention is clear to make the country a cashless economy treading through ‘Point of Sale’. The move will further trigger the already fast-paced retail sector to worth a whopping USD one trillion by 2020 from the present 600 million.

As majority of POS payment devices need to be imported (to meet the target of three million POS machines by March 2017), the government has eased the import norms to make it available freely in the Indian market. The Union budget has proposed tax exemptions in basic customs duty, special additional duty and excise duty for manufacturers of PoS card readers, fingerprint readers, mobile PoS (mPoS) and iris scanners.

The tax exemptions will encourage domestic manufacturers to produce card swipe machines and biometric devices in reduced cost which will strengthen better penetration for digital and Aadhaar-enabled payment systems.

Bhaskar Venkatraman speaks on Union Budget for 2017-18 and its impact on Indian retail sector and POS technology products.

“Millennium India is looking at it as a great opportunity to reach out to millions of retailers with latest POS technology products which include mobile card swipe machines, mPOS devices, POS terminals and other allied devices which will help strengthen digital payment environment in the country. As demand is going to be unprecedented in the coming years, apart from managing through offline marketing, we are also pushing POS devices through our e-commerce arm justransact.com, an exclusive online marketplace for POS technology products,” says Bhaskar Venkatraman, CEO and Director of Millennium Soft-Tech (India) Pvt Ltd and JusTransact.com.

The budgetary proposal to impose banking cash transaction tax on withdrawals above Rs 50,000 will further push customers towards digital transactions. This, along with abolishing of merchant discount rates charges on usage of credit/debit card and giving 50 per cent subsidy on biometric devices will bring more small traders towards cashless transaction. This will also encourage them to use POS machines as they no longer lose revenue in each card transaction.

So, there will be huge demand for POS products in India in the coming years from retailers and POS sector is gearing up to meet the demand and become major stake holder for retail sector’s growth metrics.

After ‘digital India’ initiative, the government’s latest push to make the country a cashless economy  through demonetization and digital payments will create windfall for POS manufacturers and dealers in India as the demand for such devices are going to witness astronomical rise in the coming months.

 

For Media Contact: 

K Ramanathan

ram@justransact.com,  ram.justransact@gmail.com

Millennium Retech Ventures India Pvt Ltd,

G-19,2nd  Floor,Block-16, 2nd Main Road,
Ambattur Industrial Estate, Chennai-600 058.

91+ 9384612789

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Make it POSsible this Diwali, Justransact Tells Businesses!

Chennai, India, 2016-Oct-26 — /EPR Retail News/ —  Posiflex, the leading Point of Sale technology products makers from Taiwan, in collaboration with JusTransact.com, an e-commerce arm of Millennium India, which deals with POS technology products for Indian retail businesses, today introduced festival offer for end-customers on its flagship and award winning MT 4008 series Tablet POS.

diwali-dhamaka-offerCustomers, apart from getting price advantage for all the four variants of MT 4008 Tablet POS, also get an additional three years comprehensive warranty over and above the existing one year manufacturing warranty.

Buyers can now claim accidental damages or theft for their tablet POS for three years from the date of purchase subject to the terms and conditions. The three year offer however, does not include the battery, which currently has one year replacement warranty.

All the four variants of MT4008 such as MT4008 W/R (With Pistol + 2D Barcode Scanner), MT-4008W/H, MT4008 A/R (With Pistol & 2D Scanner) and MT4008 AH (without pistol grip) are now available on jusTransact.com, which is also running Diwali offers for various other POS products of other leading brands such as Epson, GoDex, Zebra, TSC, Honeywell, Motorola, Trucount, Wep, Opticon and TVSE.

A senior official from JusTransact said, “The festival offer on Point of Sale (POS) products which can be used over a wide range of retail applications, is aimed at empowering businesses to automate their POINT OF SALE counters and hence helping them compete with larger counterparts in terms of improved customer experience. The offer by Posiflex on its award-winning MT4008 series will revolutionize the Point of Sale industry in India as it brings both affordability and technology to retailers offering them with one-stop solution for all their POS needs with single device.”

JusTransact’s ‘Diwali Dhamaka Offer’, where buyers can save up to 15 per cent, is available on POS terminals, Barcode printers, Barcode scanner, Desktop Receipt printers, Mobile printers, Cash drawers, Data collector, Mobile POS and Touch cash registers.  The current festival offer is valid till stocks last.

For more details on offers, log on to http://www.justransact.com/offers

About JusTransact.com


Justransact.com is an e-commerce venture of Millennium Retech Ventures India Pvt. Ltd promoted by Millennium Group. JusTrasact.com was launched with a sole motive of providing reliable, affordable and scalable POS solutions to the fast growing retail sector in India. POS technology facilitates small, medium and large businesses automate their activities, enhance customer experience and also make them competitive with established players. The portal has made world-class cutting-edge POS Hardware, Software and Knowledge accessible to retailers. Headquartered in Chennai and having branches in major cities in India, Justransact.com offers one-stop solution for all kinds of POS needs to both retail and non-retail business applications. The portal currently sells 1000+ POS products of 15+ categories from 40+ world’s leading brands.

Media contact:

K Ramanathan

+91 09384612789

ram(at)justransact(dot)com

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JusTransact Opens Online Bazaar for Indian POS Sector

Chennai, India, 2016-Oct-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — After its successful launch of India’s first E-commerce online market place for Point of Sale (POS) technology – JusTransact.com, Millennium India has added yet another ‘first’ to its credit by unveiling country’s only online B2B portal for POS brands and distributors who can converge at one place to transact simultaneously.

Aimed at cutting down the huge supply chain losses faced by thousands of hardware and software POS products vendors across India and improve sales volume of Brands, JusTransact’s Partner Zone also aimed at ‘empowering’ small, medium and large enterprises across the nation by automating their business with affordable, scalable and world-class POS technology.

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Bhaskar Venkatraman, Founder and CEO, JusTransact.com

Commenting on the launch of JusTransact’s Partner Network (http://partner.justransact.com/), Bhaskar Venkatraman, Founder and CEO of jusTransact.com said: “JusTransact’s partner network throws open a unique opportunity for both POS brands and resellers who can communicate directly on a single platform, thereby cutting the supply chain losses in terms of time and money. Resellers can directly get POS products from manufacturers at much lower price and can hence pass on the cost benefit to their customers, who are predominantly small and medium retail businesses. For brands, they can find all buyers in one place and hence get great traction and growth. In short, it is a win-win condition for both brands and vendors.”

For partner network, jusTransact plays a pivotal role in connecting both POS brands across India and local vendors who can be either main/region-wise distributors, vendors, stockists, software service providers, or stores selling POS products to retail businesses.

Further listing the advantages of partner portal, Bhaskar, who is also one of the pioneers in introducing POS technology in India, said: “POS Manufacturers need not have to look for distributors for their products, but can simply register with us and sell their products. Their products can be seen only by registered vendors, who can order POS products with appropriate quantity instantly. To facilitate fast and reliable goods movement, we offer free logistics service. We pick, pack and ship to buyer’s address wherever they are.”

To make it attractive, jusTransact has kept registration ‘free’ for partners and also introduced JusMoney wallet where points are credited for every purchase which can be adjusted against the purchase value.

JusTransact currently deals with over 1000 POS products of more than 40 top brands including Epson, Honeywell, Toshiba, Posiflex, Godex, TVSE, Opticon, Casio, Bixolon, Zebra, Essae, to name a few.

Bhaskar expects that more POS brands will make use of Partner Network Zone and offer their products such as POS terminals, barcode scanners, barcode printers, automatic cash drawers, receipt printers, mobile POS, hand held terminals, etc at attractive prices to vendors, who otherwise get them from local distributors at much higher price. “The partner network will also help to speed up the automation process of India’s retail sector where more than one million traders are still following traditional transactional practices,” he said.

The Justransact partner network for POS will also create a level playing field as every vendor – from main distributors to local stockists – across India will get their goods at same price thereby avoiding unethical business practices, opined Bhaskar.

About JusTransact.com

Justransact.com is an e-commerce venture of Millennium Retech Ventures India Pvt. Ltd promoted by Millennium India Group. JusTransact.com was launched with a sole motive of providing reliable, affordable and scalable POS solutions to the fast growing retail sector in India, which is estimated to worth one trillion USD by 2020. POS technology facilitates small, medium and large businesses automate their activities, enhance customer experience and also make them competitive with established peers.

The portal has made world-class cutting-edge POS Hardware, Software and Knowledge accessible to retailers. Headquartered in Chennai and having branches in major cities in India, Justransact.com offers one-stop solution for all kinds of POS needs to both retail and non-retail business applications.

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Utah: Macey’s and Lin’s installed DUMAC’s RORCv6 point-of-sale (POS) software system

Syracuse, NY, 2016-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Macey’s and Lin’s, two of Utah’s premiere community grocery stores, recently installed DUMAC’s RORCv6 point-of-sale (POS) software system, which is specifically designed for the independent grocer. Both retailers, which are members of Associated Food Stores, have increased the efficiency and effectiveness of their business operations and customer engagement through this system upgrade.

Although adding the new software meant retraining staff, Ashlee K. Johnstun, manager, Associated Food Stores, said the process was quick, easy and user friendly.

“Training was great and everybody was able to catch on right away,” said Johnstun. “The system’s intuitive design means we spend less time on training for our POS system and more time developing employees in other areas.”

One area where RORCv6 has benefited Macey’s and Lin’s is at checkout. The system enables the stores to go from cashier accountability to lane accountability, making shift changeover quick and efficient, without any disruption to guest service. Cash and sales information are accounted for via the RORCv6 system at each checkout lane. This streamlined approach reduces the time required when changing shifts by 50 percent and virtually eliminates counting errors. Lanes are now counted only once a day, by a trained manager, versus multiple times a day by cashiers. Efficiency and accuracy are further improved because bookkeepers no longer have to enter drawer amounts by hand.

In keeping with their belief in creating a great shopping experience and adjusting to their customers’ needs, Macey’s and Lin’s provide their customers with the option to shop for groceries online. Macey’s and Lin’s integrated Rosie’s eCommerce platform into the RORCv6 system. All retailers using RORCv6 software have access to Rosie’s eCommerce suite, which includes web and mobile shopping apps for consumers, order fulfillment tools, digital marketing services and data analytics.

“Our partnership with the Rosie app from day one has just been awesome,” said Troy Marchant, assistant store director, Lin’s. “The Rosie app truly does make it very simple to offer online shopping and it’s been a perfect fit.”

To further serve their customers, Lin’s and Macey’s recently added a loyalty program. With the RORCv6 system, DUMAC was able to seamlessly integrate the third-party loyalty program, helping to engage customers and encourage customer loyalty.

“The biggest thing we like is that whenever we ask DUMAC for new features and capabilities, they’re easy to add,” noted Johnstun. “Whether our customers are shopping in-store or online, RORCv6 has helped improve the customer experience, both at Macey’s and Lin’s, which keeps our customers coming back.”

According to Phil McCarthy, vice president, DUMAC Business Services, customer service is key to their business. “It’s really important to us that independent grocers have all of the capabilities that big chains have and then some,” said McCarthy. “What makes independent retailers stand out is their creativity, so it’s really important that we listen to their ideas and respond with the features that make them come to life.”

ABOUT DUMAC BUSINESS SYSTEMS
Headquartered in Syracuse, N.Y., since 1952, DUMAC has been in the grocery business for more than 40 years. More than a thousand independently owned supermarkets across the U.S. use POS solutions from DUMAC. DUMAC also sells POS hardware to the hospitality and restaurant markets.

ABOUT MACEY’S
In 1947, Walt Macey and Dale A. Jones started the “Save-A-Nickel-Market” in Rosepark, Utah. Macey’s grew from a small store into a multi-store chain by providing personalized old-fashioned service. Known for their famous doughnuts and Kong Kones, Macey’s grocery stores offer a made-from-scratch in-store bakery, delicatessen, full-service grocery, meat, produce and a non-foods department and above all, friendly service. For more information, visit maceys.com.

ABOUT LIN’S
Lin’s has been a community favorite since 1955 when Lin and Reva Orton opened their first store in Cedar City, Utah. Focused on first-rate customer service and fresh, quality products, Lin’s offers guests a one-stop shopping destination with each of their seven locations in Overton, Nevada, Santa Clara, St. George, Hurricane, Cedar City, Richfield and Price, Utah. Lin’s is locally owned and operated by Associated Food Stores. For more information about Lin’s, visit linsgrocery.com.

Lins Media Contact:
Rachael Wabel
rmwabel@afstores.com
801-978-8913

DUMAC BUSINESS SYSTEMS Media Contact:
Allie Friedman
afriedman@mower.com
(716) 880-1445

Macey’s Media Contact:
Sarah Pettit
scpettit@afstores.com
801-978-8948

Source: AFS

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Payment Infrastructure Market in India Sets for Makeover

Chennai, India, 2016-Sep-09 — /EPR Retail News/ —   Indian point of sale (POS) terminal market has grown up to worth INR 2.15 billion in 2015 and is poised to reach INR 3.86 billion by 2022 aided by unprecedented demand triggered by government’s move to open millions of bank accounts with ATM/debit/credit card facility, according to an analysis by the leading international research firm, Frost & Sullivan.

mposWith government opening up banking sector to rural folks, India’s payment infrastructure is set to witness an explosive growth, and the country, which is presently the 13th largest plastic economy in the world, has a great potential to scale up the ranking as more retail businesses are being introduced to PoS systems.

The study by Frost & Sullivan titled – Analysis of the Indian Point-of-Sale Terminals Market -says that India, with 35% of population presently having bank accounts, will also witness a huge demand for wireless POS terminals owing to less complexity and ease of use.  The wireless PoS terminal market is growing rapidly and will surpass wired terminals by 2022, the study said.

The researchers however felt that India’s payment terminal market though growing at a faster pace than its South East Asian peers, its penetration and usage was much less compared to Western counterparts. This is primarily due to a wide gap between the number of plastic cards issued against the number of installed PoS terminals and reluctant to adopt POS terminals by small and medium business establishments.

“In order to introduce banks to the huge population in India, private and nationalized banks should play a key role in rapidly expanding their operations across all tiers of cities,” felt Aiswarya KG, Frost & Sullivan Electronics and Security Research Analyst, who further added that there should be a concerted effort to create awareness on security of bank accounts and transactions which will change customer sentiment and promote cashless transactions.

In India, PoS terminals are widely used in Tier-1 cities while Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities are catching up gradually. Projects such as Jan Dhan and Micro ATMs are upping the usage of PoS terminals in rural areas.  Also, the recent introduction of chip-plus-pin authentication provides double security advantages for consumers making transactions through cards.

The accelerated growth of cashless transactions using credit/debit cards by e-commerce websites are surely going to make a dent on POS terminal market, the report felt, which further added that though card-on-delivery is gaining momentum across major cities, online transactions have gained the lion’s share in the digital transactions.

Bhaskar Venkatraman, Founder and Director of Millennium Group.

Bhaskar Venkatraman, Founder and Director of Millennium Group.

“Interestingly, more than 80 per cent of retail businesses in India still do not have a PoS terminal as they do transactions through traditional means. With the present government pushing cash-less transactions across the nation, there will be more adaptation for plastic currency, with card issuers, banks and retailers offering value-added services for card holders,” says Bhaskar Venkatraman, Founder and Director of JusTransact.com, a leading e-commerce portal in India for Point of Sale products such as POS terminals, barcode scanners, receipt printers, barcode printers, hand-held terminals, etc.

About JusTransact.com

Justransact.com is an e-commerce venture of Millennium Retech Ventures India Pvt. Ltd promoted by Millennium Group. JusTrasact.com was launched with a sole motive of providing reliable, affordable and scalable POS solutions to the fast growing retail sector in India. POS technology facilitates small, medium and large businesses automate their activities, enhance customer experience and also make them competitive with established players. The portal has made world-class cutting-edge POS Hardware, Software and Knowledge accessible to retailers. Headquartered in Chennai and having branches in major cities in India, Justransact.com offers one-stop solution for all kinds of POS needs to both retail and non-retail business applications. The portal currently sells 1000+ POS products of 15+ categories from 40+ world’s leading brands.

Media Contact:

K Ramanathan

9384612789

ram(at)justransact(dot)com

G-19,2nd Floor, Block-16, 2nd Main Road,

Ambattur Industrial Estate,

Chennai-600 058.

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Zoyo Neighborhood Yogurt adopts NCR Silver Pro Restaurant Edition as its cloud-based POS system

DULUTH, Ga., 2016-Aug-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Looking to gain a competitive edge in the crowded frozen yogurt market, the Zoyo Neighborhood Yogurt team adopted NCR Silver Pro Restaurant Edition as its cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) system.

Before switching to the system, Zoyo’s corporate stores used a cumbersome POS system that required extensive training and expensive software updates. Now, they have a scalable solution that all employees can quickly learn and use.

NCR Silver Restaurant Pro Edition provides advanced options for multi-site food service businesses. Users can split checks, keep up with table availability, and create tabs to make payments more flexible. Zoyo managers use it for integrated customer loyalty, event-based promotions and more.
Zoyo also uses NCR Silver Console, an add-on service that manages employee scheduling, provides up-to-date sales information, and tracks inventory.

“Before NCR Silver, we waited until the end of the week to view sales numbers, then held a meeting to discuss inventory and promotional activities. By the time we acted on it, the data was already old,” said Robert Schiller, president and CEO of Zoyo Neighborhood Yogurt. “Now, we can view sales trends any time, on-site or remote. This helps us make smarter decisions every day.”

Since being founded in 2010, the Phoenix-based business has opened 21 franchise and corporate stores in Arizona, Texas, Indiana, Michigan and Georgia.

To learn more about NCR Silver’s features, visit www.ncrsilver.com, or call 1-877-630-9711. NCR Small Business provides live, 24/7 U.S.-based customer support for NCR Silver users. NCR Silver mobile POS runs in the cloud, uses consumer-friendly technology, works on Apple® devices running the latest iOS, and offers a POS solution catered to franchises as well.

About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, turning everyday interactions with businesses into exceptional experiences. With its software, hardware, and portfolio of services, NCR enables more than 550 million transactions daily across retail, financial, travel, hospitality, telecom and technology, and small business. NCR solutions run the everyday transactions that make your life easier.

NCR is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia with over 30,000 employees and does business in 180 countries. NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries. The company encourages investors to visit its web site which is updated regularly with financial and other important information about NCR.
Website: www.ncr.com; www.ncrsilver.com
Twitter: @NCRCorporation; @NCRSilver

News Media Contact:

Tim Henschel
NCR Public Relations
770 299 5100
tim.henschel@ncr.com

Source: NCR

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Intershop Communications AG releases newest version of its Commerce Suite

  • The Commerce Suite’s new, fully integrated order management functions ensure efficient end-to-end processes for seamless omni-channel commerce
  • New and improved B2B functions open up new markets for growth-oriented companies
  • More efficient processes for creating attractive customer experiences
  • Intershop Commerce Suite will soon be available in the public clouds of Microsoft and Amazon

Jena, Germany, 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Intershop Communications AG is announcing the availability of the newest release of its Commerce Suite today. The leading digital experience platform helps B2C and B2B organizations of all sizes and industries to manage the digital transformation of their business processes, enabling them to offer their customers a genuine omni-channel shopping experience at every point of interaction.

The release contains new and optimized Intershop Commerce Management modules and has, for the first time ever, fully integrated the order management system Intershop Order Management 2.0 into the Commerce Suite. The Intershop Commerce Management is now available as version 7.7. With the platform, companies can select and use the module that best fits their specific business model, company goals and individual user requirements. Furthermore, the risks and investments associated with implementing new solutions are significantly reduced thanks to the Synaptic Commerce® approach, which allows the Intershop Commerce Suite to be easily integrated into various system landscapes.

Intershop Order Management 2.0 Fully Integrated for the First Time

The new order management modules of the Intershop Commerce Suite expand Intershop’s range of market-leading solutions for implementing an integrated omni-channel commerce strategy. This enables companies in many industries to adequately respond to their customers’ needs on and offline at any time. Moreover, through the deep integration of the order management system into the Commerce Suite, the system can now, for the first time, be used to display entire end-to-end processes and to orchestrate each step of a transaction across a company. This in turn facilitates the automation and channel-wide optimization of order, payment and invoice processing.

Additional Sales Paths Thanks to Expanded B2B Features

The new version of Intershop Commerce Suite contains many new and expanded functions that are designed to meet the needs of B2B customers. In addition to being able to more easily manage costs and offers, buyers can now access all of the products they require without switching shopping systems by using the new OCI (open catalog interface) PunchOut function. This new way of purchasing allows companies to more comfortably configure the access to their products.

Shaping the Shopping Experience More Efficiently

The expanded marketing functions of the Intershop Commerce Suite make the customers’ digital experience even more attractive, and content marketing managers can measure the effectiveness of their campaigns by looking at the customers’ perspectives in Design View. Furthermore, content and images are optimized for specific screen sizes and devices so that companies can increase the visibility of their products, thus significantly increasing sales. Intelligent access control allows you to design marketing campaigns in a more comprehensible, quicker and more efficient way.

Intershop Commerce Suite Availability in the Public Cloud

The Intershop Commerce Suite is now also available in the public clouds of Microsoft and Amazon, allowing companies to quickly pay off their investments. The public cloud feature is a flexible, secure and cost-efficient alternative to traditional local implementation and hosting methods, making it especially attractive to mid-tier companies. At the touch of a button, online businesses can now temporarily stock up on inventory when demand is high, or quickly and easily implement a regional roll-out.

Dr. Jochen Wiechen, CEO at Intershop, adds: “Companies are faced with radical changes in their markets that are driven by the expectations of their customers and the strengths of their competitors. The new release of our Commerce Suite is an absolute must for anyone who has been waiting for efficient and forward-looking technology for digitalizing their business processes. It is the key to increased efficiency, an improved customer experience and the flexibility to tap into this potential.”

You can find detailed information about the new release at www.intershop.com/release-info.

About Intershop

Intershop Communications AG (founded in Germany 1992; Prime Standard: ISH2) is the leading independent provider of omni-channel commerce solutions. Intershop offers high-performance packaged software for internet sales, complemented by all necessary services. Intershop also acts as a business process outsourcing provider, covering all aspects of online retailing up to fulfillment. Around the globe more than 300 enterprise customers, including HP, BMW, Würth, and Deutsche Telekom run Intershop solutions. Intershop is headquartered in Jena, Germany, and has offices in the United States, Europe, Australia, and China. More information about Intershop can be found online at www.intershop.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial and operational performance of Intershop. Actual events or performance may differ materially from those contained or implied in such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that could lead to such difference could include, among other things: Intershop’s limited operating history, the unpredictability of future revenues and expenses and potential fluctuations in revenues and operating results, significant dependence on large single customer deals, consumer trends, the level of competition, seasonality, risks related to electronic security, possible governmental regulation, and general economic conditions.

Contact:

Intershop Public Relations

Heide Rausch
Phone: +49 3641 50-1000
Fax: +49 3641 50-1309
E-Mail

Source: Intershop

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NACS releases the NACS State of the Industry Report of 2015 Data

ALEXANDRIA, VA, 2016-Jun-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — NACS has released the NACS State of the Industry Report of 2015 Data, the convenience and fuel retailing industry’s premier benchmarking tool and most comprehensive collection of data and trends.

Published since 1972, the NACS State of the Industry Report provides valuable information to help industry stakeholders maximize their company’s growth and profitability. This year’s 203-page report examines economic conditions and their potential impact on the industry. The report includes a comprehensive selection of charts and tables that focus on every area of the industry’s 2015 performance, including financials, store operations, merchandising, foodservice, fuels sales and quartile analysis.

According to the report, U.S. convenience stores reached record in-store sales of $225.8 billion in 2015, higher than overall industry sales in 1998. Overall industry sales for 2015 reached $574.8 billion, evidence that the value of convenience continues to resonate with consumers.

“The comprehensive NACS State of the Industry Report of 2015 Data is a compelling testament to retailers’ desire to move the convenience industry forward. Future profitability means using the best tools available and thanks to our retail survey participants, the new and more visual report provides the best possible industry benchmarks and insights. Furthermore, sharing data means that the convenience store industry has the best information available to support our positions legislatively both at the grass roots level and national levels,” said NACS Director of Research and Statistics Bob Swanson. “Only with the deep involvement of retailers sharing their data and other key supplier partnerships is such a report possible. We appreciate all NACS retailers who participated and encourage others to do so in the future.”

Purchasers of the NACS State of the Industry Report of 2015 Data will also receive the Fact Book as a downloadable, self-extracting file. Now in its 29th edition, the Fact Book provides a detailed statistical account of industry data over the past several years — or in some cases, decades — as well as a historical recap of the industry and key definitions and events that have shaped it. The Fact Book will be available in late July.

The NACS State of the Industry Report of 2015 Data (hard copy, with the Fact Book download link) is available for purchase online to NACS member companies (order number 40022077) for $249 ($749 regular price). Additional hard copies of the NACS State of the Industry Report of 2015 Data (order number 40022081) are available for $40 but must be ordered by telephone. The Report/Fact Book package also is available for purchase online in electronic PDF (order number 40222078) to NACS members for $599 ($1,199 regular price) — please note that the PDF version is locked to disable printing and to prevent unlawful duplication. Orders can be placed online at nacsonline.com/soi or by calling NACS Customer Service at (800) 966-6227. Hard copies usually ship next business day, and electronic formats usually fulfill within two business days.

Note to editors: An industry overview excerpted from the NACS State of the Industry Report of 2015 Data is available upon request.

Founded in 1961 as the National Association of Convenience Stores, NACS (nacsonline.com) is the international association for convenience and fuel retailing. The U.S. convenience store industry, with more than 154,000 stores across the country, conducts 160 million transactions a day, sells 80% of the fuel purchased in the country and had total sales of $575 billion in 2015. NACS has 2,100 retail and 1,700 supplier member companies, which do business in nearly 50 countries.

Contact:

For media interviews/comments contact Jeff Lenard.

Source: NACS

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NCR Corporation released the fastest, most secure version of its transaction processing solution Authentic

New software delivers PA-DSS 3.1 compliance and improved security

DULUTH, Ga., 2016-Jun-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, announced today that it has released the fastest, most secure version of its transaction processing solution, Authentic, which is the first major payments platform to be compliant with the PA-DSS 3.1 standard.

Authentic is an intelligent transaction-processing platform designed for today’s fast-changing payments business, and the new release delivers more than 55 new features and improvements. It has become the next generation payments engine of choice for retail banks, card issuers, acquirers, payment service providers, ISOs and merchants around the world. Authentic is designed to keep customers in control of their payments environments, while giving them functionally rich, secure, resilient and scalable performance across all payment channels.

This release enhances Authentic’s transaction orchestration capability by offering parallel routing to external services. Along with enhancements in the previous releases that enable the fast creation of web service interfaces, these orchestration enhancements are important for financial organizations as they publish APIs for a wide range of banking services and for omni-channel transaction processing.

Authentic’s enhanced security includes the ability to secure and encrypt different types of connections into or out of Authentic; PGP encryption of imports and exports; and the option to enforce TLS 1.2, if required. Authentic also supports SafeNet HSMs and continued support for Thales and Atalla models – increasing choice and flexibility for customers.

The new version expands on the previous card production functionality improvements, now enabling customers to more easily perform account maintenance tasks such as managing the status of an account, handling lost/stolen cards or blocking or closing an account. It can also improve the processing of card applications by enabling batch imports of cards to be processed, as well as supporting card production through easier management and handling of data.

Authentic’s transaction processing capabilities are a key part of NCR’s CxBanking offering, continuing NCR’s commitment to staying at the forefront of its customers’ requirements.

“From its inception, Authentic was built to deliver the ultimate balance of configurability and ease of use. The new release delivers even greater flexibility for users when orchestrating transaction processing, ensuring they have a system that can meet their needs both for today, and for a rapidly changing and uncertain future,” said Steve Nogalo, vice president and general manager of Payments Solutions at NCR. “In addition, the changes we have made to the card production functionality in this version, and our future plans in this area, will make choosing Authentic an even easier decision for financial institutions who need a system that is designed from the ground up to meet the challenges they face every day.”

Authentic supports a full range of payment applications. It can be used as a payment gateway, to power consumer payment service hubs or omni-channel systems, and to drive all major ATM and POS devices, scaling from support of small gateway systems, to global networks. It delivers conventional card-switching services as well as supporting digital banking and eCommerce. Authentic also incorporates issuer authorization and stand-in functionality.

Authentic’s compliance with the PA-DSS 3.1 standard is part of the wider compliance for the NCR Payment Suite, comprising Authentic and Fractals.

Authentic is used by customers around the world, including some of the world’s largest financial institutions, processors and a global card scheme. It is proven to be highly scalable and robust, achieving in excess of ten thousand transactions per second in performance tests. By deploying Authentic as their EFT system, customers can operate a multi-faceted payments business from a single platform. Authentic can accept any type of transaction from any device, source or system, authorize and authenticate it, and route it to any destination.

About NCR Corporation

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, turning everyday interactions with businesses into exceptional experiences. With its software, hardware, and portfolio of services, NCR enables more than 550 million transactions daily across retail, financial, travel, hospitality, telecom and technology, and small business. NCR solutions run the everyday transactions that make your life easier.

NCR is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia with over 30,000 employees and does business in 180 countries. NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Website: www.ncr.com
Twitter: @NCRCorporation
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ncrcorp
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ncr-corporation
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ncrcorporation

Media Contact:

John Buchholz
NCR Corporation
203-948-4550
john.buchholz@ncr.com

Source: NCR

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NCR Corporation leads the world in self-checkout technology according to RBR research

DULUTH, Ga., 2016-Jun-21 — /EPR Retail News/ — NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) leads the world in self-checkout (SCO) technology, according to research published by strategic research and consulting firm RBR. NCR, the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, saw shipment growth in key markets, including North America, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America, and APAC

According to RBR’s “Global EPOS and Self-Checkout 2016” report, NCR also saw an increase in its shipments of electronic point-of-sale (EPOS) technology – including the #1 position for in North America and #2 worldwide.

The retail customer is changing – they expect choice, they’re always connected and they want to define their own shopping journey. Leading retailers are looking to enable digital engagement and offer flexible shopping options, including self-checkout, to meet customer demands and sustain a positive brand value.

“NCR’s Retail technology helps retailers transform their business and redefine the customer experience,” said Michael Bayer, president, NCR Retail Solutions. “Through our store transformation solutions we help retailers reimagine the store as the hub of the shopping experience and deliver rich, frictionless and personalized services across every channel.”

RBR expects ePOS and SCO shipments to grow through 2021. NCR holds the top position in SCO shipments in all major regions.

The study is based on in-depth primary research with retail technology vendors throughout 53 countries, and it was complemented with extensive secondary research.

About NCR Corporation

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, turning everyday interactions with businesses into exceptional experiences. With its software, hardware, and portfolio of services, NCR enables more than 550 million transactions daily across retail, financial, travel, hospitality, telecom and technology, and small business. NCR solutions run the everyday transactions that make your life easier.

NCR is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia with over 30,000 employees and does business in 180 countries. NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Website: www.ncr.com
Twitter: @NCRCorporation
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ncrcorp
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ncr-corporation
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ncrcorporation

News Media Contact

Tim Henschel
NCR Public Relations
770 299 5100
tim.henschel@ncr.com

Source: NCR

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FDI in Indian E-commerce will stop price wars and streamline operations: Bhaskar Venkatraman

Chennai, India, 2016-Mar-30 — /EPR Retail News/ —  The Indian government’s move to open up E-commerce market place to Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) will, apart from bring in more foreign investments and improve economy, also streamline and regulate the market while arresting the unethical price competitions, says Bhaskar Venkatraman, Founder and Director of JusTransact.com, an exclusive e-commerce market place for Point Of Sale (POS) products and consumables, for both retail and non-retail applications.

Bhaskar Venkatraman, Director, JusTransact.com

Bhaskar Venkatraman, Director, JusTransact.com

Reacting the government move to allow 100% FDI in India’s e-commerce sector, Bhaskar, who is one of the pioneers in introducing POS technology to Indian retail market, says,  “This is a good step with a long term vision and a step towards bring in regulations and healthy competition among e-commerce companies. The move will arrest un-ethical price competitions vis-à-vis brick-and-mortar counterparts which will ultimately benefit end users. This will also change consumers’ perspective towards online shopping as they give more weightage to convenience rather than the price factors.”

On the flip side, the entry of international biggies into Indian e-commerce sector will lead to realignments of local companies, which is unavoidable in the present scenario. This will trigger healthy competition and improve products’ standards in the market, a win-win situation for consumers.

About JusTransact.com

Justransact.com is an e-commerce venture of Millennium Retech Ventures India Pvt. Ltd promoted by Millennium Group. JusTrasact.com was launched with a sole motive of providing reliable, affordable and scalable POS solutions to the fast growing retail sector in India. POS technology facilitates small, medium and large businesses automate their activities, enhance customer experience and also make them competitive with established players. The portal has made world-class cutting-edge POS Hardware, Software and Knowledge accessible to retailers. Headquartered in Chennai and having branches in major cities in India, Justransact.com offers one-stop solution for all kinds of POS needs to both retail and non-retail business applications. The portal currently sells 1000+ POS products of 15+ categories from 40+ world’s leading brands.

Media contact: 

K Ramanathan,

ram(at)justransact(dot)com

G-19,2nd Floor, Block-16, 2nd Main Road,

Ambattur Industrial Estate,

Chennai-600 058.

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Now invisible barcodes to dodge counterfeits at Point of Sale

Chennai, India, 2016-01-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Barcodes came into existence half a century ago to speed up the check out process at retail outlets, enhance customer experience and promote businesses. But the booming retail sector, ever increasing demand for faster check-out alternatives and increasing incidents of counterfeit items despite barcoding them, have forced technologists to strive for a fool-proof, reliable and still faster mode of dispatching goods at Point of Sale (POS) counters.

If the new technology unveiled recently by Beaverton-based Digimarc Corp goes viral, the black and white stripes will become extinct in another few years, to be replaced by a new concept called “invisible barcodes”, which are not only reliable and reduce the chances of malpractices, but also help faster checkouts.

The new technology will avoid POS counter staff to look for barcodes printed on items which consumes a second or two to locate the barcodes before running them across the scanner.

The Digimarc barcodes, not visible to human eyes, can be embedded with details of retail items and can be scanned by special barcode scanners.

To try this new path-breaking technology, grocery chain New Seasons in upscale Portland has signed up with Digimarc to use their technology at their retail outlets.  Accordingly, all the packed items on shelves were printed with barcodes that were invisible to human eyes. But, scanners equipped with new technology were able to scan them right away.

Digimarc has been working on digital watermarking for close to two decades with less success. “We have been slow but persistent,” says chief executive Bruce Davis.

In addition to easy checkouts, Digimarc feels that the new technology will help prevent frauds by stopping retailers from pasting one barcode over another and enable more attractive packaging.

Retailers are steadily upgrading their barcode scanners at check-outs from laser-based to optical imaging technology that works like a digital camera, and also compatible to Digimarc’s new technology.

If the visible barcodes got replaced in another few years, New Seasons, a relatively small grocery chain, will make history for being the first to adopt the invisible barcode technology in the world.

So, are we going to witness a slow and steady extinct of barcodes which can be seen on everything from soap packs to water bottles?

Not for a decade or more, feels Bhaskar Venkatraman, founder and director of JusTransact.com, an e-commerce marketplace selling exclusive POS products like barcode scanners, printers and POS peripherals.

Bhaskar Venkatraman, founder and director of JusTransct.com

Bhaskar Venkatraman, founder and director of JusTransact.com

 

“But, over a period of time, the barcode may become obsolete. As far as India is concerned, if the technology succeeds, we can expect the change in another ten years. Till then, 1D/2D barcodes will rule the retail points of sale,” he further added.

Media contacts

K Ramanathan,

JusTransact.com
G-19,2nd Floor, Block-16, 2nd Main Road
Ambattur Industrial Estate,Chennai-600 058
t : 91-44-43551366 | e : ram@justransact.com
m: 91-9384612789 | w: www.justransact.com

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Let Customers Know You’re Backing Britain, UKPOS Tells Firms

Businesses in the UK which offer locally-produced goods for sale should shout about the fact, according a leading point of sale product manufacturer.

Now that a double-dip recession has become a reality, consumers want to support British businesses more than ever, says Stockport-based UK Point of Sale. The firm, which has more than 25 years’ experience of helping companies successfully market their goods and services using quality point of sale solutions such as window displays and pavements signs, believes they should be doing everything possible in the current climate to drive business.

Research commissioned by UKPOS found that more than half (55 per cent) of consumers in the UK and the Republic of Ireland would be more likely to go into a shop which displayed a sign saying it sold goods ‘Made in Britain’ in the window. As a result, it has recommended that companies take note of the patriotic mood of consumers and make sure that they are sufficiently promoting the fact that they stock British products.

The survey of more than 2,200 people also found that older consumers tend to be more patriotic than younger shoppers. More than two-thirds of respondents aged 65 and over said they would be more inclined to enter a shop after seeing a ‘Made in Britain’ sign in the window, compared to just under half of 18 to 24 year-olds. Pro-British sentiment was high in Birmingham, Manchester, Norwich and Liverpool, where 60 per cent of respondents said they would support shops backing British businesses.

Debra Jamieson, Sales and Marketing Director at UKPOS, said: “One of our aims in supporting the Made in Britain campaign is to offer expert advice to retailers who want to support companies that manufacture in Britain. These findings clearly indicate that ‘Made in Britain’ isn’t just a catchy slogan, but a genuine consumer influencer.

“We realise that, in the current climate, retailers are having to be more creative in the tactics they use to drive footfall into their stores and this research has shown that supporting Made in Britain has the potential to boost sales by enticing people into shops.”All retailers know that the shop window is their main way of promoting what they sell, but these findings should get the creative juices flowing and encourage retailers to try something new with their window space.”

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Point Of Sale To Show Off Your Products This Spring

With spring nearly here, we Brits are starting to think about how to make our gardens look beautiful for summer, so UK Point of Sale is helping retailers endorse their latest seasonal products and offers through its wide range of showcard stands.

UK POS is always aiming to provide retailers with innovative and flexible solutions when promoting seasonal products and spring provides the perfect opportunity to encourage customers to buy products for their gardens.

The upcoming bank holidays and Easter break also provides DIY enthusiasts with the perfect opportunity to crack on with work around the house, offering retailers the chance to promote special offers on DIY products using a range of point of sale materials.

Debra Jamieson, Sales and Marketing Director of UK POS, commented: “Our showcard stands are an essential part of a retailers’ point of sale kit, and are ideal for promoting in-store demonstrations and offers. The stands are adjustable in height meaning that products can be showcased around them, and are therefore great for promoting impulse purchases around the stores’ entrances and exits. In addition, a display holder is ideal for endorsing seasonally focused products, with spring seeing an increased interest in DIY and gardening.”

With an elegant and transparent design, the showcard stand’s frame and T-piece are made of virtually unbreakable plastic and an amendable aluminium tube, with the frame size varying from A5 to A3, available in a variety of colours, with the intention of providing consumers with clear product specifications in an accessible manner.

UK POS has been manufacturing point of sale products for nearly 25 years and is continually adapting to changing market trends when it comes to working with retailers to market their offers. Best selling products include acrylic free-standing poster and display holders and snap frames. For more information on UK POS please visit www.ukpos.com or speak to a member of the experienced customer services team on 0161 431 4400. Follow UK POS on Twitter at http://twitter.com/UKPOSGroup and join the company on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/UKPOS.

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Point of Sale for retailers to fall in love with this Valentine’s Day

As seasonal trends become increasingly important, UK Point of Sale (UK POS) is suggesting that retailers fall in love with its stylish acrylic free-standing poster holder range, which is the perfect Valentine’s Day accessory.

In the run up to February 14th it is important for retailers to maximise any opportunity to increase visibility of in-store promotions, especially in an
environment where it is becoming increasingly difficult to generate sales. With UK POS’s poster holders available in a number of sizes they are perfect for a variety of different stores, including jewellers, card shops and florists to publicise promotions and special offers.

The versatile acrylic free standing poster holders are easy to update, offering flexibility throughout the year as well as at peak times. The simple, sleek and stylish design offers stores the opportunity to personalise the displays with their own brand, making it an essential item.

Debra Jamieson, Sales and Marketing Director at UK Point of Sale said: “Choosing a product such as the acrylic free standing poster holders is essential at times of the year when promotions are key to increasing footfall and boosting sales.

“The simple design ensures point of sale looks clean and professional while being easily customised for any retailer to specific ticket sizes. The acrylic poster holders are an essential part of any retailer’s point of sale kit, particularly at Valentine’s Day, and allow stores to be creative with their point of sale marketing at a time when sales can significantly increase.”

The Acrylic Freestanding Poster Holder is manufactured in 2mm and 3mm clear acrylic with polished edges, and is available in A3, A4, A5, 1/3 A4, A6, A7 and A8.

UK POS has been manufacturing point of sale products for nearly 25 years and is continually adapting to changing market trends when it comes to working with retailers to market their offers.

Best selling products include acrylic free-standing poster holders and snap frames. For more information on UK POS please visit www.ukpos.com or speak to a member of the experienced customer services team on 0161 431 4400. Follow UK POS on Twitter at http://twitter.com/UKPOSGroup and join the company on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/UKPOS.

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UK POS makes branding a breeze for Bolton Wanderers

The right signage can make or break an event and high specification visual merchandise adds that professional element. UK Point of Sale (UK POS) has made branding a breeze for Bolton Wanderers Football Club, by supplying portable flags for use in its Reebok Stadium.

UK POS’ air and breeze flags have been designed with versatility in mind and are specially engineered to be lightweight and portable, meaning they are the perfect event accessories. The flags are eye-catching and ideally suited for both indoor and outdoor use, meaning they were the right solution to guide supporters around Bolton’s home ground, the Reebok Stadium.

Mike Needham, Head of Marketing at Bolton Wanderers Football Club, commented: “We recently used UK POS for the procurement of a number of highly visible and high profile flags to allow supporters to identify customer service staff around the Reebok Stadium.

“Despite giving UK POS a very tight deadline for the turnaround of production and delivery, they managed to get the flags to us before the deadline, which was much appreciated. I would have no hesitation in recommending UK POS to any other company or organisation that needs good quality point-of-sale materials.”

Debra Jamieson, Sales and Marketing Director at UK Point of Sale said: “Our flags are versatile, make great use of space and are durable, remove – (with the ability to withstand winds of 13-18mph) making them perfect for outdoor use. We were able to provide Bolton Wanders with fantastic imagery, which was essential to make sure they would guide supporters around the grounds.”

She continued: “UK POS prides itself on expert knowledge in the marketplace and exceeding the expectations of its customers with exceptional service and value. Air and breeze flags are no exception as demonstrated by a focus on creative design and practical convenience.”

UK POS has been manufacturing point of sale products for nearly 25 years and is continually adapting to changing market trends when it comes to working with retailers to market their offers. Best selling products include acrylic free-standing poster holders, banner stands and snap frames. For more information on UK POS please visit www.ukpos.com or speak to a member of the experienced customer services team on 0161 431 4400. Follow UK POS on Twitter at http://twitter.com/UKPOSGroup and join the company on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/UKPOS.

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