Within the area of Retail and Ecommerce, Progressive Web App (PWA) has been talk-of-the-town. It is the convergence of two digital platform: a regular website and a mobile app. Just imagine that it looks like a web, acts like a consumer app but does not require customers to download any extra app.  Today, we are glad to announce that PWA technology is fully integrated in our ConnectPOS system. Let’s go through this article and find out the main features of ConnectPOS... Read More

Before we continue, make sure you have checked the Part 1 to get the first 11 retail trends predicted to shape 2019 industry. At Part 1, we went through the necessary and transitory trends which all have high industry adoption. Let’s continue with experimental and threatening trends. Experimental trends Although spurring the media interest and proof-of-concepts, experimental trends are relatively conceptual at early-stage, and are mainly applied to few functional products insteads of broad industry adoption. #12 Micro-fulfillment New micro-fulfillment startups... Read More

Robin founded Dampfi when he struggled himself to find the quality e-cigarettes in Switzerland. Used to be a heavy smoker (he once smoked more than 2 packs of cigarettes per day), he wanted to quit smoking due to health concerns, but his efforts kept falling short because he was disappointed with e-cigarettes. He had to order the products from abroad like Germany, and finally, when he got a good set of e-cigarettes kit, he could manage to stop smoking. With... Read More

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2019 has already knocked our front door. Now it’s time to put on the prognosticator head and forecast the retail trends that will shape the industry in the brand new year. There are a lot of articles talking about the retail trends 2019, but this one is different. By using  the NExTT framework by CB Insights, we will look at industry adoption and market strength to categorize emerging retail trends as necessary, experimental, threatening, or transitory. This is to make... Read More

Though already commonly used in brick-and-mortar stores, current dual screen/ dual monitor POS systems usually pose a lot of unexpected problems to retailers. They require too many connecting wires, have to be at a fixed place and difficult to move around. Especially, it costs retailers “a pretty penny” to buy specific hardware and scale up, while the POS customer monitor still provides only the total amount to pay, no advertisement, or no touchpoint interaction for customers. That is why ConnectPOS... Read More

By Lakewood, N.J. (January 21st, 2019) ConnectPOS, a leading omnichannel POS system that seamlessly syncs with the Magento e-commerce platform, today announced its new integration with the Cardknox payment gateway. This cutting-edge partnership equips ConnectPOS’ retail clientele with built-in payment processing to support a customer-friendly checkout process in-store and online. ConnectPOS is an innovative point-of-sale solution that’s designed to bridge the gap between offline and online retail in order to create an omnichannel checkout model that customers increasingly prefer. Accessible... Read More

2019 has already knocked our front door. Now it’s time to put on the prognosticator head and forecast the retail trends that will shape the industry in the brand new year. There are a lot of articles talking about the retail trends 2019, but this one is different. By using  the NExTT framework by CB Insights, we will look at industry adoption and market strength to categorize emerging retail trends as necessary, experimental, threatening, or transitory. This is to make... Read More

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