In-Store Systems White Papers

1. Retailers Take A New Approach To Addressing Out-of-Stocks
   5/16/2013

   Retailing has always been a tough business, marked by demanding consumers, tight profit margins and intense competition. Retailers – even the most successful ones – also have had to confront and overcome various operational challenges such as managing inventories, controlling shrink, representing their brands in an innovative and attractive manner and maximizing every square foot of selling space, while improving shoppers’ experience.

2. Weights And Measures Laws: Can Using A Price Checking Device Provide An Exemption To The Law?
   4/25/2013

   Today, when the average consumer walks into a grocery store to buy a pound of beef, there is little doubt that what he is buying is exactly one pound of beef. Yet, a century ago, the story was much different.

3. The Benefits And Challenges Of Self-Help Kiosks
   4/25/2013

   This paper will outline the benefits along with the challenges of the self-help kiosk for businesses, as well as highlight the most cost-effective and enterprise-efficient options for utilizing the self-help kiosk to its greatest potential.

4. The Benefits And Challenges Of Operating Pop-Up Stores
   4/25/2013

   For those in the retail industry, in which consumer confidence is critical, a recession can drive revenue plummeting. Consumers struggling with fears of job loss, depleted income, increased debt, or other financial concerns, will spend less in stores on luxury and non-priority items. The longer the recession, the tighter consumers cinch their belts. For retailers, effective response to these circumstances is critical.

5. The Mobile Commerce Revolution
   12/3/2012

   This article discusses retail point-of-sale (POS) estates and how the emergence of mobile commerce will require retailers to utilize their POS infrastructure to reach consumers in store, allowing them to influence behavior favorably for a purchase.

6. Ice Cream And Convenience Store Chain Keeps POS Systems Cool With Bit9 Parity
   8/20/2012

   Stewart’s Shops, formerly Stewart’s Ice CreamCompany, is a popular chain of convenience stores selling frozen treats, gas, groceries, and food to go throughout upstate NewYork and Vermont.

7. Go Wireless With Mobile Printing
   6/20/2012

   Shopko generates $100,000 savings and cuts equipment downtime 75% with a new label printing solution.

8. Southern States Co-op Selects UTC Retail And Epson To Successfully Update Their POS system.
   6/20/2012

   Southern States had been operating its stores with outdated hardware and antiquated terminals and lacked the ability to integrate credit card processing and check acceptance. The time had come to move to new technology.

9. Omni-Channel Retailing: The Brick, Click And Mobile Revolution
   4/12/2012
   The profound changes the retail industry is currently undergoing is comparable to the rise of hypermarkets in the 1960s.
10. Retail Analytics: The Perfect Business Enhancement
    4/9/2012
    Retailers and wholesalers are serving customers with disjointed and diverse spending habits. Expectations on shopping floor are soaring requiring transparency across product and relationship value chains.