Merchant Mobility: Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow
RSR has talked a lot about mobile payments, usually in the context of consumer mobility. Most recently we discussed the news that Apple would offer NFC-based payment capabilities on next the iPhone...
View ArticlePayments: Redefining the “Moment of Truth”
For retailers, the moment of truth comes at that exact second in time when the customer gives the clerk money in exchange for merchandise. Retailers know that tendering the transaction is the last...
View ArticleA Surefire Indicator of Recovery?
First things first: there is no such thing as a sure-fire predictor of anything except heat in the summer and rain in the winter (in California at least). And when it comes to the...
View ArticlePayments and Security: Complexity Breeds More Complexity
Retail payment systems are in the throes of a revolution. Alternative forms of payment are emerging, offering new flexibility to consumers both inside the store and in new shopping channels, and...
View ArticleARTS Standards & Next-gen Payments: Chickens and Pigs
The ARTS (Association of Retail Technology Standards) has been an influential offshoot of the National Retail Federation for over a decade. In fact, it was an idea hatched before the NRF’s involvement...
View ArticleSQUARE: Next-Gen Payment Tech in Entrepreneurs’ Hands
Last March, we mentioned in a Retail Paradox Weekly article that Twitter creator Jack Dorsey had formed a new startup, Square, to offer a little square credit card swipe device for the iPhone,...
View ArticleA Sci-Fi Retail Future Thought Up by Bankers
I attended two conferences last week – the CARTES North America conference and the Digital Signage Expo, both in Las Vegas. CARTES is not the kind of conference that a lot of retailers attend. This is...
View ArticleThe Future of Payments is Red Hot
Omni-channel retailing and customer centricity have been sweeping their way through the customer-facing side of the retail industry for at least the last five years. But one area that has languished in...
View ArticlePayments: Ground Zero for Omni-Channel Impact?
The landscape of payments is like quicksand beneath retailers’ feet these days. No sooner has a group announced a coalition designed to bring clarity to payments’ future than a technology company or...
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