RegardingID Archive | Canadian retailer chooses ITR for biometric employee management

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

La Vie En Rose, a leading Canadian retailer for upscale lingerie and swimwear, has tapped biometrics developer ITR to implement a biometric based employee time and attendance system in their 150 stores. TimeZone is a web-based system that is capable of time clock functionality as well as a number of human resources and administrative functions.

Over the past few years, La Vie En Rose has experienced rapid growth which required a larger work force. As the administrative needs for each store grew as a result from their growing work force, executives at La Vie En Rose found ITR’s solution which they have reported seems to fit perfectly with the needs of a retail operation.

Retail Pro and M2SYS partner for enhanced solution

Retail Pro International, a developer of retail industry management software solutions, has announced a partnership with biometric technology developer M2SYS.

The new partnership will see Retail Pro’s RightPOS solution, a point-of-sale-based solution for authenticating users of a register as they process transactions and for employee time and attendance, integrated with M2SYS’s Hybrid Biometric Platform. The partnership will enable any client using RightPOS to do away with employee passwords or PINs for authentication purposes.

New survey shows over half of retailers rely on passwords for POS logins

Authentication and access provider DigitalPersona released the results of a survey that found more than half of retailers rely on passwords for point-of-sale system login in, even though they also have great concerns over passwords being shared and misused.

Biometric POS systems fight employee theft

Retail operations are finding biometric point-of-sale systems that are used for both tracking employee actions as well as for time and attendance are a great tool in fighting inventory shrink and labor fraud, according to a Point of Sale News article.

Coles moves forward on contactless rollout for 2012

Sticking to its plan for a contactless rollout in 2012, Australian retailer Coles has selected Ingenico to provide its Ingenico iPP350 contactless payment terminals.

According to finextra.com, the Aussie retailer first piloted the technology in September 2011, and has since decided to expand. All business groups will deploy the new iPP350 across 24,000 lanes within the next few months, making the retailer one of the first in Australia to offer the contactless payment option.

ZapTap offers NFC-based shopping experience

Canadian start-up ZapTap has developed a new in-store solution that uses NFC tags to share product information with customers, according to Techvibes.

The ZapTap 360 platform enables merchants to put NFC tags containing information about given products on store shelves, enabling NFC phone users with a ZapTap app to receive product information, coupons and customer reviews with a simple tap.

UK to start using biometric residence permits

The UK Border Agency has announced intentions to require applicants applying for six-month stays from outside the European Economic Area to use biometric residency permits starting at the end of February 2012, according to an HR Magazine article.

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