Retail

News, trends, stats, reviews, how-to, apps and accessories to help you use iPad and other tablets in shops and retail outlets and chains.

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More than 20 speakers in fields such as biotech, education, retail, healthcare, and sales eagerly shared their experiences with our audience at TabTimes TABLET STRATEGY West.

Yankee Group has some bold predictions on what will happen in enterprise mobility in 2013, including forecasts related to bring-your-own-device (BYOD), tablets and EMM vendors.

Trade shows can be an exciting place for companies who want to engage as many customers as possible. But for Bully Dog Technologies, keeping up with the crowds meant salespeople were overwhelmed with questions from start to finish and that wasn't always the most effective use of their time.

Forget the iPad as a point-of-sale (POS) device, Boston start-up Leaf thinks SMBs and retailers would be better off using its homemade Android tablet.

Apple’s iPad mini, released in November 2012, is apparently the new star on the tablet playground, and as a companion tool for business.

The iPad explosion is providing fresh challenges and opportunities for retailers.

Retailer Benetton's largest store uses the iPad to photo and barcode every item it stocks to help sell fashion to customers more efficiently and track sales for inventory control.

Tablets have caught the eye in education, healthcare and the enterprise where continued growth is almost certain, but as TabTimes discovers, models like the iPad could have a future in digital signage as well.

The aging but agile retailer can fight back against showrooming and price comparison attacks.

The iPad has found its way into airplane cockpits, restaurants, hospitals and a host of other locations where the portability and easy touch interface of Apple’s popular computing device has proven to be an asset.