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Improve customer service and associate productivity. Use POS to your advantage.

IBM has been providing dependable point-of-sale (POS) solutions to the retail industry for over 30 years. We have shipped over 3 million units and have installed 1.9 million systems in more than 100,000 stores globally.

To help you quickly build a durable POS environment that is easy to manage and scales to handle future needs, we:
  • Are committed to the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS).
  • Provide Ready for IBM Retail Store Innovations—a validation program for vendor products, solutions or devices to ensure integration with our POS systems and kiosks.
  • Support Wake on LAN®, and the Wired for Management initiative, allowing for centralized systems management.

A new level of flexibility
The retail marketplace is changing rapidly, servicing a new breed of consumers who are increasingly knowledgeable and savvy. These consumers expect to access information and perform transactions quickly, easily and in more ways than ever before.

To satisfy these tech-savvy consumers, IBM offers new and exciting solutions with the power to offer new levels of service, more personalized experiences and enhanced options.

Attract customers in a variety of innovative ways. Deliver compelling information. Enable positive interactions. And do it all virtually anywhere.


Improve your bottom line with best-of-breed kiosk and self-service solutions. Learn more.

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The right system
The point-of-sale (POS) solution from IBM provides a range of options designed to fit the needs of your store:
IBM Anyplace Kiosk
New more powerful ultra-compact family of kiosks delivers a compelling customer experience virtually anyplace.
IBM AnyPlace Checkout
Innovative self-service checkout kiosks take checkout to more places than ever before.
IBM AnyPlace POS
New point-of-sale system offers flexibility with AnyPlace POS Hub and AnyPlace Kiosk.
IBM Self Checkout solution
Groundbreaking new software and a wide variety of cash and cashless models offer innovative consumer transaction options.
IBM SurePOS™ 700 Series
Choice of speed, slots, bays and peripherals with multimedia options can help you run conventional, high-performance or digital video.
IBM SurePOS 500 Series
Integrated touch screen display with small footprint and sleek design provides ease of use and flexibility.
IBM SurePOS 300
Thin- or thick-client configurations enable powerful processing.
IBM SurePOS 100 Express
A powerful, integrated point-of-sale solution offers convenient entry-level system for retailers.
SureMark™ printers:
  • Offer fast, reliable, high-quality thermal receipt printing.
  • Support Electronic Check Conversion through check imaging and high-accuracy Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) reading.
  • Enable multi-national retailers to use versions of a single base printer to address worldwide requirements.
Graphical user interface enables an intuitive customer experience.
4690 GUI ASTRA
SurePoint™ high resolution displays

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