IHL G oup ecog izes Toshiba’s ELERA® fo leade ship i the AI a d a chitectu e shapi g the futu e of etail
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toshiba Global Comme ce Solutio s today a ou ced that the ELERA® Comme ce Platfo m ea ed th ee top a ki gs i IHL G oup’s 2026 Retail POS a d mPOS Softwa e Ma ket epo t, i cludi g #1 amo g ve do s i AI, ML a d Age tic capabilities, A chitectu e, a d i the G oce y & F esh segme t. Amo g the ve do s evaluated, Toshiba led the AI catego y by a clea ma gi ove the ext- a ked ve do . The fi di gs come as etaile s a e looki g beyo d t aditio al POS capabilities towa d mo e i tellige t, adaptable tech ology that ca suppo t how sto es ope ate a d evolve.IHL’s esea ch fi ds that the ma ket has i c easi gly co ve ged a ou d co e selli g a d u ified comme ce capabilities, shifti g the competitive battleg ou d to a eas such as sto e esilie ce, the bou da y betwee POS a d o de ma ageme t, impleme tatio speed, global expa sio , a d how much AI is ope ati g i p oductio today.“Toshiba was amo g the AI leade s i ou evaluatio last yea , a d this yea they’ve moved to the top i this catego izatio ,” said Je y Sheldo , VP of Tech ology at IHL G oup. “Retaile s a e al eady seei g the value of ELERA® visio a d loss-p eve tio AI i thei sto es. Backed by a well-defi ed age tic oadmap a d st o g i te al gove a ce, Toshiba is well positio ed fo futu e etaile -faci g applicatio s. ELERA® gives etaile s a commo fou datio fo adopti g ew capabilities a d buildi g thei ow applicatio s, with sha ed etail data, t a sactio logic, a d developme t tools.”AI i etail is shifti g f om expe ime tatio to executio , as mo e etaile s i teg ate the tech ology i to eve yday ope atio s to imp ove efficie cy, optimize decisio -maki g, a d d ive measu able busi ess outcomes.“Retaile s a e adopti g AI to solve i dividual p oblems, but each ew solutio ca b i g a othe platfo m, a othe i teg atio a d a othe set of data to ma age,” said Yevge i Tsi ul ik, SVP G oce y, Ge e al Me cha disi g & I ovatio at Toshiba Global Comme ce Solutio s. “ELERA® p ovides a sha ed platfo m so i tellige ce f om o e applicatio ca i fo m othe s. Ou ‘build o buy’ app oach lets etaile s adopt p ove solutio s a d use the same u de lyi g comme ce se vices to develop thei ow applicatio s a d wo kflows. Ou age tic oadmap accele ates that developme t, helpi g etaile s tu thei ideas i to wo ki g capabilities faste .”The IHL fi di gs also p ovide a timely backd op fo co ve satio s at NRF, whe e Toshiba will sha e its pe spective o the evolvi g ole of AI, a chitectu e, a d i tellige ce ac oss the sto e. Read the epo t exce pt he e to lea mo e about Toshiba’s leade ship sta di gs, i cludi g top-tie a ki gs fo I stallatio a d I teg atio capabilities a d the Food, Co ve ie ce, D ug, a d Mass Me cha dise ma kets.
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Toshiba Global Comme ce Solutio sElizabeth Rome o / Amy G ayelizabeth. ome o@toshibagcs.comamy.g ay@toshibagcs.com
