Long a cornerstone of retail success, proper inventory management is becoming increasingly important as retailers face growing competition and strive ever harder to meet the demands of educated consumers who insist on being able to purchase what they want, when they want it. Let’s take a look at why effective inventory management is essential to…
Every retailer and restaurant operator understands the importance of exercising due diligence when choosing a POS system. However, the same care should be taken in selecting a POS system provider. After all, you’ve undoubtedly invested a significant sum of money in your POS technology, and you want to maintain the equipment for a long time…
Data breaches are hitting the retail and hospitality industries in droves. Here are just three of various examples: Late last year, hackers stole credit and debit card information for 40 million customers of Target Stores. In 2014, the Neiman Marcus department store chain experienced a breach of its POS system database that involved theft of…
Why Restaurants Should Use Mobile POS Retailers are not the only ones adopting mobile POS technology in larger numbers. Restaurants, too, are fast moving into mobile POS, yielding them an expanded roster of capabilities and big benefits as a result. With mobile POS, dining establishments can: 1. Service outside seating areas Many restaurateurs are adding…
Preparing for the Shift in Credit Card Fraud Liability in 2015 By now, you’ve no doubt heard about the big change that will affect retailers and restaurant operators in October of 2015. As of that date, liability for credit card fraud will shift to merchants, unless they have replaced their existing technology with POS hardware…
The holiday shopping season is here, and with it, the promise of booming business. But to maximize sales and minimize hassles, retailers need a powerful ally—technology! Now is the time to assess whether your store is ready for the holiday shopping season—and see how various solutions, especially POS solutions, can make it so. Here are…
4 Popular Touch Screen Computer Applications for Casinos Walk into almost any retail or hospitality establishment these days, and you’re more than likely to see at least one touch screen computer in action. Casinos are no exception. In fact, there are multiple popular casino applications for which a touch screen computer is ideal. Let’s take…
In the United States, Mexican culture holds a strong presence. After all, recent Pew Research reports that Spanish is the most common non-English language spoken in U.S. homes – even among non-Hispanics. One could even argue that tacos and burritos are becoming more popular than American classics like burgers and fries. And that isn’t just…
Whether you operate one restaurant or multiple dining establishments, the ability to properly keep tabs on ingredients and ingredient costs will always be a factor in your success. While manual methods for doing so may once have been sufficient, rapid rises in prices, increasingly demanding consumers, and other factors make inventory control solutions a critical…
For most people, the word “redundancy” has a negative connotation, evoking thoughts of monotonous and sometimes needless repetition. But for retailers and restaurant operators, redundancy is a good thing—at least, when it comes to data and POS systems. Exactly what is data redundancy? In a POS environment, data redundancy occurs when identical data is stored…