Football season is about halfway over and my favorite team is not doing as bad as they usually do. Maybe there is hope their losing curse/streak is almost over. No I am not going to tell you which team it is, but I will give you a hint. Fans of my team will always be diehard fans no matter how their season turns out and we have undying hope…they will win a Super Bowl, regardless of how many times they have almost won it. To this day, my family refuses to talk about when they ALMOST won…multiple times.
While Forbes predicts that the NFL will make around $9 Billion in revenues this year, the NFL still has some problems that they need to find a solution to. The most prominent issue being the fact that teams have seen a decline and are having difficulty filling seats in stadiums because fans wish to stay at home to watch the game. To help mitigate this issue, the NFL has implemented various elements to draw customers back into stadiums, such as HD jumbo screens and utilizing social media outlets to pump up fans. However, while this has helped increase filled seats, there is still one facet that is holding fans back to attend games: those long lines in the pro shops. Fans like to and are willing to buy their favorite team’s paraphernalia. However, they will walk right out of a store if waiting in line is interfering with valuable game watching time. So here are the questions that much be answered: is there a solution available that can help the NFL:
- Decrease the amount of wait time for customers shopping in the pro shops
- Allow fans to buy paraphernalia more conveniently
- Increase the amount of fans coming to watch the games at the stadium
The answer to all those questions is yes and the solution is made available through Honeywell Scanning and Mobility. Honeywell offers retailers, amongst other industries, point of sale mobile solutions with their Captuvo SL22, which can be used with an Apple iOS operating system. What are the benefits of incorporating the Captuvo SL22 into an organization’s sales process?
- Increased efficiency and productivity
- Decreased wait time in lines
- Easy inventory management and price checking
- Greater customer satisfaction
One success story, in correlation with mobile point of sale and the NFL, is with the Seattle Seahawks. After making adjustments and upgrades to their pro shop, the Seattle Seahawks implemented mobile point of sale and have seen positive results from it. Fans now have a more open mind about attending games because they do not have to wait in those long lines. To read more about the Seattle Seahawks success story you can visit here.
If the Captuvo SL22 is something that interests you, whether you are associated with NFL retail or a completely different industry, feel free to visit our website or call us toll free at 1-800-830-9523 with any questions. Scanning and mobility solutions are the way of future-why not take advantage of this great technology?
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