New blog: Vietnamese Visit

2016 was truly a year of great change for all of us here at ECR and we are looking forward to launching into 2017 with even more exciting announcements. January 2016 signalled both a new year and a new home with a move to our fabulous new offices in Kings Langley. Clients and staff enjoy state of the art equipment in each of three meeting

The efficiency, interactivity, and flexibility provided by mobile point-of-sale systems are making them an essential part of today’s shopping experience.

It was reported recently by the FT that passenger numbers on Britain’s railways have increased sharply in the past six months. According to research by the Rail Delivery Group, the UK experienced the highest growth in demand across the continent compared to other European countries.

It’s a sad truth that every retail business has its busy seasons and its slow seasons. Even mighty multinational behemoths like Amazon report a dip in sales in mid-June and early August.

Following a successful pilot project ECR Retail Systems – the London-based mobile point of sale (MPoS) specialists – have deployed their real-time mobile payment solution across the entire SNCF fleet of trains, France’s largest rail operator. This development follows the award of a three-year contract.

With the advent of retail self-scan machines, and onboard smartcard readers for public transport, today’s customers and passengers are increasing being afforded the liberty they have demanded to manage their own purchasing and payment experience. And mobile ticketing and EPoS systems are no exception.

As with all things rooted in technology, Point of Sale trends are continually changing and evolving as developments arise

Everyone at our Kings Langley office is pleased to offer a very warm welcome to our Vietnamese development partners Ha Nguyen Hai, Hanh Tran Ngoc and Huy Le of Janeto, this week.

Our teams have established a great partnership already, with the successful self scan solution and mobile app, launched earlier this year and we are excited to continue working closely together on some fantastic new development projects.

Time to get personal!
Is it time for Airports and Airlines to get personal?

Personalising ancillary sales all the way through to mPOS
Personalisation and passenger experience are key. Here’s our analysis as to whether the ancillary payment processes in place are fit for purpose…

Mobile POS systems offer several key benefits to businesses who want to increase their sales and are particularly useful in the retail, leisure and hospitality, in-flight, restaurant and ticketing industries where the ability to move around to interact directly with the customer is a huge advantage.

Adoption of NFC (Near-Field Communication) mobile payment systems is definitely growing, but so far adoption has been slower than expected. So, is it worth your business investing in the capability right now?