Aptos named leader in IDC MarketScape for mobile POS in fashion retail

Aptos, a leader in unified commerce solutions, today announced its placement in the “Leaders” Category in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Mobile Point-of-Sale Software Platforms for Fashion Retail 2025 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US52037824, June 2025). The IDC MarketScape report offers a comprehensive evaluation of mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) software platform vendors, assessing their current capabilities and future strategies. The IDC MarketScape noted, “Aptos ONE POS is a cloud-native, mobile-first retail solution built on a microservices architecture, designed to support unified commerce capabilities.” With Aptos ONE, store associates have at their fingertips everything they need to effectively and efficiently serve customers, including real-time inventory and shopper insights. With the ability to unite transactions across channels through advanced omnichannel selling and fulfillment capabilities, Aptos ONE helps retailers optimise every customer interaction. Key strengths noted in the report that position Aptos as a Leader include: Data and AI strategy: Aptos’ partnership with Snowflake and Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) aims to create a unified data warehouse that integrates transaction, customer and inventory information. This should help create consistent analytics and AI-driven insights that address critical retail data challenges. Focus on fashion: The platform’s specialised features address unique fashion retail challenges, including color/size complexity and inventory constraints, with an intuitive, graphically appealing UI designed specifically for fashion-focused store associates. Mobile flexibility: Aptos ONE offers exceptional device versatility with support for iOS and Android, various peripheral connection options and robust offline functionality through cloud synchronisation, all without requiring in-store servers. “We are incredibly proud to be named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Mobile Point-of-Sale Software Platforms for Fashion Retail,” said Jeremy Grunzweig, Aptos General Manager. “We believe this recognition validates our focus on delivering innovative solutions that empower fashion retailers to meet dynamic customer expectations, enhance associate experiences and drive sustainable growth in an increasingly competitive market.” According to IDC Retail Insights analysts Margot Juros, Filippo Battaini and Vijay Sarathi Gollapalli, “Fashion retailers are looking to mobile POS solutions that are configurable and enable seamless integrations and omnichannel applications and that leverage unified data and AI to provide the agility needed to meet rapidly changing business and customer needs and ensure competitive differentiation.” To download a complimentary excerpt of the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Mobile Point-of-Sale Software Platforms for Fashion Retail 2025 Vendor Assessment, click here. If you’re interested in learning more about Aptos ONE and the retailers that have adopted it, visit the Aptos ONE resource center. Source: IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Mobile Point-of-Sale Software Platforms for Fashion Retail 2025 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US52037824, June 2025). About IDC MarketScape IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors. About Aptos Aptos is the global leader in unified commerce solutions for retailers. Our modern, cloud-native POS and advanced enterprise technologies are trusted by hundreds of retail brands around the world. For over 40 years, Aptos has delivered software solutions that help retailers inspire loyalty, maximize revenue and reduce costs. To learn more, visit www.aptos.com and follow us on LinkedIn. Aptos is a registered trademark of Aptos, LLC. All other company and product names may be Trademarks, Registered Trademarks or Service Marks of the companies with which they are associated. Contact: Kristen Miller Aptos, LLC kmiller@aptos.com