City Sports and Things Remembered deploy Global Bay’s iPad Kiosk

New York City -- Global Bay Mobile Technologies, a provider of next-generation mobile retail software, announced that City Sports and Things Remembered are the first retailers to deploy the Global Bay iPad Kiosk solution, a module that leverages the Apple iPad into an in-store kiosk.



Built upon Global Bay’s mobile platform to synchronize and manage data, the kiosk product provides retailers with an entirely new in-store channel to deliver content to the customer in an Apple-intuitive, efficient and sophisticated way. This application approach provides a rich and responsive user interface that enhances a retailer’s brand image and the overall customer experience.



City Sports’ new concept store in Washington, D.C., is using the product to route customers to product related information such as the City Sports website, product and informational videos and news, and local specific content such as running clubs and other events.



“Global Bay’s Kiosk module is an extremely cost-effective option to enhance the City Sports customer experience that also happens to be a solution our customers already know how to use,” said Dylan Bruntil, director of information technology, City Sports. “From day one our customers can take advantage of this intuitive device and enjoy the benefits immediately.”



Things Remembered, which specializes in personalized gifts, is using the Global Bay technology in select stores to streamline a previously paper-based, in-store ordering process by offering customers an easy-to-use, interactive gift and personalization process on the iPad Kiosks.



“This innovative technology streamlines our order process and inspires our customers by prompting them with thousands of possible engraving messages,” said Amy Myers, VP creative services at Things Remembered. “This not only puts more personalization options at our customers’ fingertips, but also reduces their overall transaction time. Ultimately, it allows us to showcase what we do best -- personalized, thoughtful gifts -- using the technology today’s consumers enjoy and embrace.”