{"id":9927,"date":"2017-07-17T17:02:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T17:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=9927"},"modified":"2017-07-17T17:02:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T17:02:33","slug":"datatrac-retail-and-foodservice-technology-july-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2017\/07\/datatrac-retail-and-foodservice-technology-july-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: Retail and Foodservice Technology \u2013 July 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Apparel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span><\/strong><strong>Forever 21<\/strong> has partnered with Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions to integrate Toshiba\u2019s TCx 300 which are smaller, energy-efficient POS systems and peripherals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Foodservice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span><\/strong><strong>Papa John\u2019s<\/strong> has enabled customers to place orders through the company\u2019s Facebook page on the Facebook application.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span><\/strong><strong>Shake Shack<\/strong> is growing its mobile ordering application. The application, part of an expanding digital technology strategy from the company, has helped to increase both foot traffic and average order sizes since its inception. Mobile orders now account for roughly 3% of total company sales.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Grocery\/Convenience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span><\/strong><strong>Albertsons<\/strong> is planning to revamp its ecommerce systems during its 2018 fiscal year to run on public and private cloud-based platforms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span><\/strong><strong>Peapod<\/strong> launched hands-free voice ordering with Alexa called \u2018Ask Peapod\u2019. Alexa is the voice enabled component of the Amazon Echo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Discount\/GM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2022 <\/span><\/strong><strong>Walmart<\/strong> is expanding its Pickup Tower \u2013 a large self-service kiosk that lets customers pick up online orders in-store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparel \u2022 Forever 21 has partnered with Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions to integrate Toshiba\u2019s TCx 300 which are smaller, energy-efficient POS systems and peripherals. &nbsp; Foodservice \u2022 Papa John\u2019s has enabled customers to place orders through the company\u2019s Facebook page on the Facebook application. \u2022 Shake Shack is growing its mobile ordering application. 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