Electronics Boutique Installs Symbol Mobile Point Of Sale System To Help Consumers Avoid Holiday Crowds And Get Out Of
MLA style: “Electronics Boutique Installs Symbol Mobile Point Of Sale System To Help Consumers Avoid Holiday Crowds And Get Out Of The Store Faster.” The Free Library. 1999 Business Wire 29 Jul. (2014). The handheld solution was developed by Symbol Technologies (NYSE:
The wireless cash register is a Symbol SPT 1740 handheld computer which integrates a tiny bar code laser scanner, Symbol’s Spectrum 24 radio frequency technology and Kyrus pointofsale software for scanning products, completing credit card transactions, recording sales and checking inventory with the store’s server. Kyrus’ software emulates the store’s pointofsale system and when connected to the Symbol SPT 1740, acts like a mobile cash register. A small Comtec II printer, also attached to the employee’s belt, prints receipts and labels.
The system allows Electronics Boutique (EB) to simply empower employees to check out customers with credit card purchases during peak sales times, such as the upcoming holidays.
Electronics Boutique sells video and computer games, video game hardware, PC productivity software accessories in 1,000 square ft. stores, with two or three cash registers each. Due to the popularity of the Electronics Boutique stores, customers sometimes experience long lines. Symbol’s professional services team performed an analysis of Electronics Boutique’s needs, examining the volume of credit card transactions its stores totaled each day, as well as the number of customers who entered the facilities.
“There are days during the
“Portable point of sale systems based on our handheld computing platform are an ideal way for retailers to costeffectively augment their traditional checkout systems,” said Tomo Razmilovic, president and chief operating officer, Symbol Technologies.
“Retailers have been looking for costeffective, lightweight, linebusting applications for years,” said Kyrus spokesperson Ed Conklin. “The Symbol/Kyrus solution weighs less than 12 ounces. On the financial side, you can justify your return on investment very quickly.”Electronics Boutique (EB) is a leading specialty retailer of video and computer games and also sells video game hardware, PC productivity software and accessories. In 1999, the company introduced EB Kids, which sells educational software, children’s video games, and toys. The company currently operates 568 stores in 45 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia and South Korea, primarily under the names Electronics Boutique and Stop N Save Software. The company has been serving the retail marketplace since 1974 and has
Symbol’s wireless LAN solutions are installed at more than 45,000 customer locations, and more than seven million Symbol scanners and applicationspecific scannerintegrated mobile computer systems are in use worldwide. Symbol and its global network of business partners provide solutions for retailing, transportation and distribution logistics, parcel and postal delivery, healthcare, education, manufacturing and other industries. Information is available from Symbol at 18007973892 or 7708500115, ext.
Cash Register Store