Convenience retailer 7-Eleven has selected NEC's point-of-sale (POS) solution to support its 8,600 stores across the US and Canada.
NEC will provide the TWINPOS G5100 POS with customer display to carry out promotions and share information, enabling a personalised customer shopping experience.
7-Eleven chief information officer and senior vice-president Raj Kapoor said: “We wanted to reach tech-savvy customers with a POS system that would streamline operations and improve customer engagement.
“Providing an engaging digital in-store experience is something we are investing in for the long-term, and NEC has the best POS hardware and software to take us there.”
NEC will additionally provide full service desk and maintenance support for the next five years.
It is expected that the fully integrated development and support service will enable the retailer to offer an engaging experience while offering a lower total cost of its POS systems.
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By GlobalDataNEC chief executive officer Shin Takahashi said that the retail POS systems combine NEC technology, reliability and durability to support any store environment for retailers of all types.
NEC is a provider and integrator of advanced IT, communications, networking, retail and biometric solutions.
Based in the US, 7-Eleven operates, franchises and licenses more than 61,000 stores across 17 countries, as well as provides services such as bill payments and self-service lockers.
Image: Side view of NEC's new POS TWINPOS 5100. Photo: courtesy of 7-Eleven.