The Retail Equation partners with retail industry leaders. These partners provide hardware, software, or services that support and complement The Retail Equation’s solutions.
Retail Hardware and Peripherals
Motorola Solutions
The Retail Equation and Motorola Solutions collaborate with 2D bar code scanners (formerly Symbol brand) to capture customer ID during the return process.
Motorola’s bar code scanners and scan engines are the foundation of mobile enterprises, providing seamless integration with other networks and information systems, and delivering superior performance.
VeriFone
The Retail Equation and VeriFone partner to deliver stand-alone terminal devices to process return authorization services.
VeriFone has a variety of countertop payment solutions to meet the needs of merchants worldwide. From payment to advanced EMV and multi-application devices, all of our devices are designed with the merchant in mind—they are compact, easy to install and easy to use. And because they're from VeriFone, the leader in payment security, you can serve your customers with confidence and comply with the latest mandates.
E-Seek
The Retail Equation and E-Seek partner with innovative devices to capture customer ID during the return process. E-Seek Inc. is a developer and marketer of unique two dimensional (2D) and 1D barcode readers specifically for government issued Drivers Licenses and ID cards.
Honeywell
The Retail Equation and Honeywell work together on 2D bar code scanners (formerly Metrologic brand) to capture customer ID during the return process.
Honeywell Scanning & Mobility is a leading manufacturer of high-performance image- and laser-based data collection hardware, including rugged mobile computers and bar code scanners. Honeywell’s product portfolio is one of the broadest in the AIDC industry, providing you with solutions for vertical markets such as retail; healthcare; and transportation and logistics.
Software and Services
MICROS-Retail
The Retail Equation and MICROS-Retail work to integrate return optimization services into point-of-sale and business intelligence applications.
MICROS-Retail is a leading developer of award-winning retail software solutions that offer cross-channel functionality to retailers and direct marketers - small and large - seeking to optimize transactions from all points of service.
Industry Associations
National Retail Federation
As the world's largest retail trade association and the voice of retail worldwide, the National Retail Federation's global membership includes retailers of all sizes, formats and channels of distribution as well as chain restaurants and industry partners from the U.S. and more than 45 countries abroad. In the U.S., NRF represents the breadth and diversity of an industry with more than 1.6 million American companies that employ nearly 25 million workers and generated 2009 sales of $2.3 trillion
Retail Industry Leaders Association
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) is best defined by the companies we represent: America’s leading retailers.
RILA proudly counts nine of the top 10 U.S. retailers as members. RILA members also hold the top spot among key retail segments including: apparel, consumer electronics, department stores, home improvement, large format and small format, demonstrating that RILA is truly the association for ‘retail leaders.’ In fact, no trade association represents more top retailers than RILA.
Retail Council of Canada
Retail Council of Canada (RCC) has been the Voice of Retail in Canada since 1963. We speak for an industry that touches the daily lives of Canadians in every corner of the country — by providing jobs, career opportunities, and by investing in the communities we serve.
RCC is a not-for-profit, industry-funded association representing more than 40,000 store fronts of all retail formats across Canada, including department, specialty, discount, and independent stores, and online merchants.
Loss Prevention Research Council
The Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) uses fact-based research to develop crime and loss control solutions that improve the performance of its members and the retail industry. Our research involves industry publications, research literature, our members, innovative suppliers, academia, and in-house data. We evaluate a wide arrange of ideas and select those with the highest payoff potential as initiatives for field assessment. The LPRC explores, develops, and measures the loss reduction and financial impact of these initiatives using scientific methods.
TechAmerica
TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry, the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United States and the foundation of the global innovation economy.
TechAmerica was formed by the merger of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the Government Electronics & Information Technology Association (GEIA).
