Feb 25, 2021

The move to mobile for associates is the single fastest adopting trend the analyst has seen since the rush to get stores Internet-enabled. This research looks specifically at those mobile devices being used for POS functions. How big is this market? How fast is it growing? Which vendors are winning? What screen format should you write the software for? This research will tell you. This product provides shipments and installed base on a quarterly and annual basis for vendors such as Apple, zebra, Samsung, HP, Lenovo, Dell, HTC, Motion Computing, NEC and many others for use of mobile devices for POS, an area that is exploding in retail. It includes data on screen size formats and operating platforms. The analyst distinguishes between retail hardened devices and consumer grade devices. This is a very data intensive product and can go as deep as shipments by segment by region by operating system or screen size. Or the data can be purchased simply in aggregate by vendor worldwide/region. It includes historical data and projections forward for the next 6 quarters by vendor. This is very data intensive research and can go as deep as shipments by segment by region by operating system or processor-type. The data can also be purchased simply in aggregate by vendor worldwide or by individual region. Included are historical data back 2 years and projections forward for the next 6 quarters by vendor. These data are meant to be used in conjunction with the Mobile POS Study which provides the qualitative background of the trends. It is in this study where the analyst discusses trends, barriers to entry, and growth assumptions. The data here is purely quantitative in nature. Highlights For each segment the analyst provides data for the top 10-20 vendors per the following retail segments: Food/Grocery (Kroger, Safeway, Trader Joe's, Wakerfern, Tesco,) Drug Stores (Walgreens, CVS) Mass Merchants (Target, Meijer Stores) Department Stores (JC Penney, Sears, Kohls, Kaufaf, Marks and Spencer) Specialty Hard Goods (Home Depot, Lowes, Best Buy, Rooms to Go, Canadian Tire) Specialty Soft Goods (H&M, Abercrombie, Zara) Convenience/Gas/Forecourt (Chevron, Exxon,) Bar/Restaurant (Applebees, Buffalo Wild Wings, Chipotle) Lodging (Marriott, Sheraton, Hilton)