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This week in POS and retail: news round-up Friday 27 January

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Here are some of the articles we have read this week from the latest news from our industry -

New store openings: 

• Being local in the state ourselves, we noted that Sears now have several concept planned openings in Texas, as reported by Chain Store Age.

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If, like me, you are keen on golf, then there may be increasing opportunities to compliment your passion with visits to new Golfsmith stores. Again reported in Chain Store Age, the sport retailer is planning 10 new stores and 4 relocations this fiscal year. New premises are planned for Cleveland, Washingston D.C, Chattanooga, Tenn. and Atlanta. All new locations will feature driving ranges or simulators to allow customers to test drive clubs and compliment Golfsmith's free custom-fitting services based on computerized swing analysis systems.

• Others in my household may be more interested to learn that The Disney Store has store opening plans for 2012, including 13 new and remodelled premises for the US, along with its first launch in China. The North American premises will debut Disney's new interactive store format. Again, Chain Store Age told us this news.

New technology:

• Guess are trialling iPads, reports Storefrontbacktalk.com.Twenty-five stores will have them accessible in their departments, and also in dressing rooms. They are being implemented to replicate a kiosk as a tool to display demos, provide fitting guides, locate merchandise, check inventory, host training and access secure CRM functionality.

• At Home Depot, Digital Transactions sent out news this week of an expanding in-store pilot whereby PayPal exists as a payment option. Now in 51 locations, users can either pay with a PayPal card or by entering their mobile phone number plus a PIN. The site also reports that PayPal has created deals with terminal maker Ingenico and POS middleware vendor AJB Software Design to help streamline the payment option.