Technology Grows in Importance for Retailers, Study Finds

Innovations in information technology (IT) continue to transform the retail sector, with digital signage, payment processing, customer engagement and other solutions playing increasingly important functions, according to new research released by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the IT industry. Seventy-two percent of retailers surveyed rated technology as important to their business. That figure is projected to increase to 83 percent by 2014.