{"id":2624,"date":"2013-02-12T11:38:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T16:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2013-02-12T11:38:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T16:38:43","slug":"pos-manufacturers-retain-top-market-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2013\/02\/pos-manufacturers-retain-top-market-share\/","title":{"rendered":"POS Manufacturers Retain Top Market Share"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\">Chain Store Guide<\/a> has just published the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/c-115-retail-technology.aspx\"><strong><em>2013 Databases of Retail and Foodservice Technology<\/em> <\/strong><\/a>and each year we take a look at the results of our research and highlight the market share leaders in three Point of Sale areas: Hardware, Software, and Printers. All of the leading manufacturers retain their top spots for the fourth year in a row since CSG has been reporting these rankings.<\/p>\n<p>In the Retail industry IBM\u2019s 20% share secures their top spot in the POS Hardware category edging out second place Dell by 1%. IBM places second in POS Software behind frontrunner Verifone.<\/p>\n<p>In the foodservice industry MICROS retains the lead in POS Hardware while Radiant Systems holds a commanding lead in POS Software. EPSON continues to dominate the POS Printer category in both retail and foodservice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"500\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Retail Market Share Leaders<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Category<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Leading Manufacturer\/Vendor<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Market Share <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>POS Hardware<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IBM<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">20%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>POS Printer<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>EPSON<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">26%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>POS Software<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>VERIFONE<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">8%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"500\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Foodservice Market Share Leaders<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Category<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Leading\u00a0 Manufacturer\/Vendor<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Market Share <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>POS Hardware<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>MICROS SYSTEMS<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">16%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>POS Printer<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>EPSON<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">44%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>POS Software<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>RADIANT SYSTEMS<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">22%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chain Store Guide\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/c-115-retail-technology.aspx\"><em>Databases of Retail and Foodservice Technology <\/em><\/a><\/strong>also contain detailed data on other key technologies including Software Systems, RFID, Wi-Fi, Payment Systems, and even IT Spending plans. The databases are updated daily and contain retail and foodservice companies that operate 25 or more locations throughout the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chain Store Guide has just published the 2013 Databases of Retail and Foodservice Technology and each year we take a look at the results of our research and highlight the market share leaders in three Point of Sale areas: Hardware, Software, and Printers. All of the leading manufacturers retain their top spots for the fourth&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2013\/02\/pos-manufacturers-retain-top-market-share\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">POS Manufacturers Retain Top Market Share<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-2624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail-technology","tag-insight","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}