2015 Retail Predictions

4. A majority of retailers will upgrade their in-store technologies this year. Retailers will have plenty of reasons to upgrade their systems in 2015, one of which is the EMV transition in the United States. The country is in the process of switching to EMV (aka chip-and-pin), a more secure payment standard for debit and credit cards, and merchants are urged to upgrade their payment terminals so they can support the technology.