Grocery retailers need store technology that can support more connected operations, faster decisions, and new AI-enabled capabilities.
In the report, IDC covers the evolution of POS systems from transaction terminals to comprehensive commerce hubs, along with the movement toward cloud-native, API-first, microservices architectures that support retailer extension, configuration, and self-enablement.
The report also covers the shift of AI and computer vision from roadmap items to delivered capabilities in areas including loss prevention, produce recognition, and agentic workflow automation.

Supplier market share is represented by the size of the icons.
Download the excerpt to learn what IDC says about the future of grocery POS and why Toshiba was named a Leader.
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