As smartphones and tablets like the iPad, Galaxy, note and even kindle grow in popularity among consumers, will retailers adapt to this new market to make it integral to their own profits?
PayPal among others are keen on developing their contactless payment system in many shops, cementing themselves in the physical as well as virtual world. Credit and Debit card companies have already adapted the contactless card that retailers and business owners are beginning to provide for. We have already noticed increased demand and use in tablets in retailers, for example fashion or clothes stores are prompting customers with “walking tills” with a member of staff carrying the EPOS system around the shop with them, a similar system is being used in bars and restaurants, meaning customers can enjoy their meal and leave with the minimal fuss and hassle.
Supermarkets however seem to be the trend setters in this regard. The first to update from Legacy systems they now are implementing all kinds of innovations to their EPOS systems such as self-checkout, RFID scanners at the doors and of course tablets.
The future of EPOS systems in many shops look to be making the system simpler, allowing customers to make use of the system and having to provide minimal training to staff. An early example of this is the QR barcodes, while some phone and tablet manufacturers are considering implementing barcode scanning applications or devices with their devices.
Much of the technology is in place or exists and the future of EPOS may actually be in the present, in the following years it is likely to become the norm that old legacy systems may be done away with and increasingly efficient, modern and superior systems put in place to replace them.
About Opus Retail Solutions
Opus Retail Solutions specialise in providing Retail, Wholesale, & Integrated e-Commerce Solutions through its Software suite Opus Retail Manager. The entire EPOS operation is managed from Opus’s Headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, along with regional development and support offices in the UK. Opus has been developing software for over 30 years and was one of the first Windows based EPOS systems in 1997. Opus Retail Manager is hardware independent and we offer hardware depending on client requirements, policy or budget.
The key to Opus’s success lies with its ongoing investment in Research and Development and Training to keep our Software products and services and staff world class. Services range from specifying client requirements to providing custom modifications, system implementation, training with a special emphasis on after-sales support so our customers can get the most from their system. The Company invests c £100k pa in R&D to ensure it’s software remains world-class.
The entire Opus operation is managed from Opus’s Headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, along with regional development and support offices in the UK and Russia. Opus has partners all over the world and currently ships the software in five languages. Please contact us if you would like to discuss a partnership.
Although our Retail Manager Software and services procedures have evolved over the years from DOS through Windows enabling us to stay ahead of the curve, our core objective is still to provide innovative, best in breed, easy to use and robust EPoS solutions, no matter what the industry, the size or the individual need.
