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Report Cites Growth in the Integrated POS Market, but Tablets Pose Threat

Mercator Advisory Group by Mercator Advisory Group
March 1, 2011
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Retail research and advisory service firm IHL Group has released in its annual Worldwide Retail POS Terminal Market Study, citing 5.7% growth in shipments of POS terminals in the North American region. Among threats to entrenched players in the space, higher fuel prices and tablet devices could spike costs or displace hardware from traditional players, according to the report.

“It was a strong year overall, but several threats appear on the horizon for this market,” said Greg Buzek, president of IHL Group. “New mobile devices, inspired by the Apple iPad price point of $500, are a significant threat to the traditional POS market, particularly for specialty stores and hospitality establishments. Our recent research studies found that upwards of 50% of specialty retailers are looking to deploy handheld POS devices to replace many of their standard POS systems.”

“In addition, increasing oil prices due to unrest in the Middle East will sap consumer’s wallets, which will challenge retail sales in other segments beyond fuel,” added Buzek. “Every penny of sustained increase in fuel prices takes $1.6 billion annually out of the pockets of consumers in the U.S. alone. If we go to a sustained $4.00 a gallon price point for a year, that is over $100 billion lost from the retail economy within the next year. That’s the equivalent of Macy’s, Staples, McDonald’s, Publix, and Pizza Hut being removed from the U.S. economy. Worldwide, the impact could be far greater, all putting a drag on retail and ultimately POS spending.”

Other key findings of the research include the following:

• The shipshare of POS units with embedded operating systems from Microsoft increased to 34.1% worldwide.

• Overall, 87.4% of POS Terminals shipped were on DOS or Microsoft Windows platforms.

• The shipshare of Linux terminals dropped from 10.1% in 2009 to 8.4% in 2010 worldwide but remains a popular choice in China, Russia, and several other countries around the world.

IHL’s 2011 North American Retail POS Terminal Study reviews the shipments and installed base of POS terminals sold into retailers in North America. The study includes market shipment and installed base figures, market value, situation analysis for 10 retail market segments, overall trends affecting the POS market, and forecasts through 2013.

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