Allied Telesis Targets Retail Downtime Costs of $4,700/Minute at NRF Europe
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Paris – September 17, 2026 -- Allied Telesis will present its Unified Management Platform at NRF Europe 2026, targeting a retail sector where point-of-sale downtime costs the average merchant $4,700 per minute.
Network failures drive 53% of retail POS outages, according to industry data cited by Allied Telesis
The company said network infrastructure failures are the root cause of 53 percent of all point-of-sale system downtime. On Black Friday, that outage cost climbs to $9,000 per minute, raising the stakes for retailers running AI-powered fitting rooms, cloud applications and connected in-store devices.