Toshiba Tec Showcased Its Solutions for the Apparel Business at Decoded Fashion in Japan

Toshiba Tec Corporation (TOKYO:6588), a leading provider of technology solutions in the retail industry announces that its solutions were showcased at Decoded Fashion held in Japan on 9th July, 2015.

Decoded Fashion is a top global event connecting decision-makers in the fashion, beauty and retail industries with emerging and established technology companies. During this event, Toshiba Tec exhibited solutions for the apparel business by using its latest technologies such as the Recommend system, Digital Receipt system, and RFID.

Toshiba Tec has been providing devices and solutions for Point of Sales (POS) systems, Multi Function Peripherals (MFP), and Barcode Printers (BCP). However, to move on to the next stage, Toshiba Tec has started to offer innovative solutions, created by the synergy between each field of business and its own information devices.

Toshiba Tec believes its technologies and know-how accumulated in multiple areas will be useful for the apparel business and help make the user’s working environment more convenient. Recently, the popularity of e-commerce is increasing and apparel enterprises are embracing this trend. Toshiba Tec will offer several solutions that will maximize the synergy effect for real stores and e-commerce sites.

For example, solutions showcased at Decoded Fashion will support apparel companies by following usages. The Recommend system is included in Toshiba Tec’s Personalized Recommendation Brochure (PRB), and this solution can analyze a customer’s purchase history at the store in addition to his or her preferences at the e-commerce site. Based on the results obtained, PRB will offer optimized recommendations to individual customers, and can print out a brochure while the staff is packing the purchased items. This solution will lead shoppers to visit the store repeatedly, and furthermore it will encourage them to visit the retailer’s e-commerce site. PRB will support apparel companies to deal with omni-channels effectively, and is expected to increase sales at both real stores and e-commerce sites. Another solution that will promote sales uses the technology of Digital Receipt system expanded for the apparel business. This solution saves data of purchased items, and displays the clothes in the user’s smart phone as a virtual closet. It will show the recommended items which can be coordinated with items that customers already have, and this will also help store staff give good advice to their customers. RFID will enable customers to just place their purchases on the check-out counter for an easy shopping experience. This will save staff’s time, and improve the efficiency of their work.

Toshiba Tec will continue promoting its business to satisfy the user’s requirements with valuable solutions.

About Toshiba Tec Corporation
Toshiba Tec Corporation is a Toshiba Group company, a leading provider of technology solutions, operating across multiple industries – ranging from retail, logistics, manufacturing, and education, to hospitality.
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Media Contact
Toshiba Tec Corporation
Toshihiko "Tommy" Minato, +81-(0)50-3681-5528
Marketing Department
Products, Marketing & Service Division
Printing Solutions Business Group
Toshihiko_Minato@toshibatec.co.jp