Daily Dose of iQ: Young Shoppers Avoid Salespeople; Prefer Self-Service...
At iQmetrix, we've been hard at work building products to help retailers enhance the in-store customer experience. Our RQ Retail Management solution streamlines the POS and back-of-house operations,...
View ArticleAnne Weiler of iQmetrix demos the XQ Interactive Retail solution
Link to original posting. Published in: Cohen On Content Date: March 27, 2012
View ArticleDaily Dose of iQ: Not All In-Store Phone Behaviors Are Created Equal
Consumers are definitely using their smartphones at an increasing rate to assist their in-store shopping. However, a new study from Nielsen indicates the shopping functions they're using on their...
View ArticleDaily Dose of iQ: Leap Motion's Gesture-Based Controls are Highly Responsive
It's one thing to enjoy fast, responsive touchscreen control on a monitor, tablet or smartphone. It's entirely another to enjoy that same type of control from a distance, using gestures. But that type...
View ArticleDaily Dose of iQ: "Retailers Need to Care About Kinect"
"(Microsoft Kinect) may just be the most significant game-changer for retail this decade, one that promises a new channel just as viable as the Web browser," wrote Chris Andrasick, CEO and co-founder...
View ArticleDaily Dose of iQ: Highlights from Day 1 and 2 of Microsoft WPC in Toronto
-- iQmetrix VP of Marketing Anne Weiler shares her impressions of WPC, taking place this week in Toronto -- It's Day 2 of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). 16,000 people have converged...
View ArticleiQmetrix: Let your fingers do the shopping
Link to original article. Date: August 2, 2012 Published on: ITinCanada.ca By: Rachel Levy Sarfin The next time you fly to Philadelphia, take a look around the shops in the airport. Even if you are not...
View ArticleDaily Dose of iQ: "The Car is the Latest Smart Device"
Jason Mick of DailyTech.com today wrote about Detroit automakers' current demand for app developers in what's being called an "infotainment arms race." We've blogged about M2M tech in the past but when...
View ArticleDaily Dose of iQ: You're More Likely to Buy Something When Shopping On Your iPad
New research from has found that the "endowment effect" (where people increase the value of something when they take ownership of it) can happen via a touch interface – and especially when using an...
View ArticleDaily Dose of iQ: Apple Announces CarPlay for iOS In-Dash Control
TechCrunch reported today that Apple announced its new CarPlay system for iOS in-car controls at the Geneva Motor Show. "(The move) could massively expand the Apple mobile ecosystem – by turning cars...
View ArticlePlanar partners with iQmetrix for mobile reseller digital signage
Link to the original article.Published by: DigitalSignageToday.comDate: 9/22/11 Specialty display technology firm Planar Systems Inc. and iQmetrix, a provider of retail management software for the...
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iQmetrix-Planar Partnership Announced in Times Square
This announcement (photo above) was displayed in Times Square in New York City at 8:55 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011.You can also read the official press release for the iQmetrix-Planar partnership on...
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Bringing Interactive Digital Signage into Reach
By Cris Derr, Product Marketing Director, Touch & Interactive, Planar SystemsWe live in a time of low-hanging fruit. Not actual fruit on the bottom branches of trees, rather the metaphorically...
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Say Goodbye to No-Touch Retail Displays
By Cris Derr, Product Marketing Director, Touch & Interactive, Planar SystemsYou gotta love the way reporter Dan Yates of the Canadian newspaper Leader-Post recently described the new, interactive...
View ArticleDaily Dose of iQ: Starbucks' Interactive Storefront is Delightful but not...
In an effort to promote its new "My Starbucks Rewards" program, Starbucks unveiled four interactive storefronts in Toronto and Vancouver last week.The storefront experience, developed by BBDO, Blast...
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Post-Summit blog entry: Don’t Forget Your Employees
By Cris Derr, Product Marketing Director, Touch & Interactive, Planar SystemsHere’s my Deliver WOW! moment of the day from the iQmetrix Wireless Summit in Miami: Knowledgeable, motivated employees...
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FEATURE: Retail Tips - The Store of the Future
Link to the original article. Ted Kritsonis, marketnews Published: 10/24/2011 08:30:02 AM EST in FeaturesThe retail experience as we know it has undergone a fairly radical change in the early 21st...
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Daily Dose of iQ: Microsoft Predicts Future Technology (with video)
Microsoft released a new conceptual video (embedded below) showing its ideas on how people will use future technology in work and in their everyday lives.The video incorporates a lot of touchscreen and...
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Kiosks Drive Service, Traffic, And Sales
Link to the original article.By Matt Pillar RetailSolutionsOnline.com -- November 2011After store redesigns with interactive kiosks at the centerpiece, SaskTel saw increases in store traffic and sales...
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iQmetrix Utilizes Integration and Implementation Services from Avnet Embedded...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia and PHOENIX, Nov. 1, 2011 -- iQmetrix, the leading provider of retail management software for the North American wireless industry has partnered with Avnet Embedded, a...
View ArticleiQmetrix in Pact with Avnet Embedded to Bring Interactive Retail Solutions to...
By Rajani Baburajan, TMCnet November 02, 2011iQmetrix, a provider of retail management software for the North American wireless industry, announced partnership with Avnet Embedded, a division of Avnet...
View ArticleDaily Dose of iQ: A Breakdown of the Nokia GEM Concept Phone
Earlier today, my colleagues and I watched Nokia's video for its latest concept phone, the GEM (below). The company is calling the phone a "21st century mobile jewel," because its entire surface (like...
View ArticleiQmetrix Reveals the Future of Interactive Retail at Retail’s BIG Show 2012
NEW YORK – Jan. 11, 2012 – iQmetrix, a leading provider of retail management software for North American retailers, will showcase XQ Interactive Retail at the National Retail Federation’s (NRF)...
View ArticleiQmetrix Delivers XQ Interactive Retail: Changing the Way People Shop
-- XQ Interactive Retail Transforms the In-Store Experience with Applications that Engage, Educate and Guide Shoppers through the Buying Process --VANCOUVER, BC - Jan. 18, 2012 - iQmetrix, a leading...
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XQ Interactive Retail Transforms the In-Store Experience with Applications...
Link to the original article.Published in: Digital Signage ConnectionDate: January 19, 2012iQmetrix recently announced the successful launch of XQ Interactive Retail, now featured on more than 540...
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Daily Dose of iQ: A Look at RBC's 'Retail Store' concept
It came to our attention that RBC has launched a new concept branch in Burlington, Ontario that features interactive "advice areas," touchscreen technology and increased open space for customers, as...
View ArticleiQmetrix Launches XQ Interactive Retail
Link to the original article.Published in: infoTECH SpotlightDate: January 23, 2012Jan 23, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- iQmetrix, a provider of retail management software, announced the launch...
View ArticleDaily Dose of iQ: Microsoft Kinect in the Workplace
Microsoft is looking to extend the reach (pun intended) of its gesture-based Kinect video game technology to the workplace, wrote Dave Copeland of ReadWriteWeb.com (Feb. 9)."The company plans to...
View ArticleHow to Serve Gen Y Customers In-Store
We've blogged in the past about hiring and training Gen Y employees, who make up a large part of the in-store wireless retail workforce. But a new blog post on MediaPost.com takes a look at the other...
View ArticleiQmetrix, Planar Systems partner on solution for mobile retailers
Link to the original article.Published by: RetailCustomerExperience.com Date: 9/21/11iQmetrix, a Vancouver, BC-based provider of retail management software for the North American wireless industry, and...
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