In a busy restaurant, retail store or small business, point of sale equipment is heavily relied on for day to day operations. So, when a piece of POS hardware malfunctions or breaks, it can cause a major disruption for customers, employees, and the business as a whole. Retail Tech’s POS system …
7 Benefits of Point of Sale Systems
Today’s point of sale systems are highly functional, with capabilities far beyond processing orders and taking payments. POS systems collect, organize and present information that helps retailers and restaurant owners save time, money and effort. In short, point of sale makes business operations …
How to Avert Supply Chain Challenges Using Point of Sale
By now, most U.S. retailers and consumers have felt the effects of the supply chain issues that have plagued much of the world for the last several months. As the holiday shopping season approaches, brands and retailers are working overtime to secure the products they need to sell in order to meet …
10 Reasons to Use a Point of Sale System
Today’s point of sale systems do much more than take payments and make change. They can collect and track customer data, manage store inventory and employee schedules, facilitate digital and physical marketing efforts, and much more. If your retail store or restaurant is still using a cash register …
Get Ready for Holiday Shopping with a Register Health Check
At Retail Tech, retail is our business. Over the past several months, we’ve heard from our customers about the significant challenges and severe impacts that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on their businesses in 2020. Retail Tech wants to help retail stores end the year strong. As retailers prepare …
Save Time and Boost Efficiency with Point of Sale
A point of sale system is a retailer’s best friend. Not only can it perform the basic function of a retail store or restaurant – processing payment – but it can streamline processes, improve efficiency, and ultimately save a significant amount of time and money. Here are a few ways a point of …
Are Your Customers Advocates?
Your retail store has loyal customers. But does it have advocates? The difference between loyal customers and advocates is small, but important. Customers may shop frequently, take advantage of promotions and make large purchases. But an advocate has a relationship with a retail store or brand that …
Use Your POS Data to Improve Product Performance
Retail analytics and performance metrics can be powerful tools for understanding customer behavior, seasonal trends, inventory issues and all other facets of retail management and operations. One benefit of using these tools is that they are already available to store owners and managers – in your …
What Should You Consider When Choosing a POS System?
For restaurants and retail stores, a point of sale (POS) system can be a powerful tool to increase efficiency, customer service and sales. But the benefits of a POS system are only fully realized if the system is tailored to the business and its needs. This is why choosing a POS system is so …
Focus on Inventory and Pricing to Maximize Sales
Shoppers tend to have heightened expectations when shopping at a brick and mortar retail store. This can be both good and bad for retailers who are looking to maximize sales. On the positive side, a happy shopper who had previously only shopped online, but who has a positive in-store experience, is …
Using Retail Analytics to Drive Sales
Analytics are a key indicator in any type of business, but they’re especially important when sales and customer satisfaction are key to success. We’ve previously written a blog post on the importance of evaluating restaurant analytics, but, of course, restaurants and retail stores can be quite …
Essential Considerations for Food Truck POS Systems
Food trucks are a great way for aspiring and up-and-coming restaurateurs to break into the restaurant business. In addition, established restaurants often start food trucks in order to reach new customers and add revenue streams. To maximize the potential of these popular restaurants on wheels, …
Cut Costs and Save Money with a POS System
Not only can a POS system do more than a traditional cash register, but it could also improve the efficiency, organization and overall function of a retail store or restaurant. This, in turn, could improve business operations, saving a significant amount of time, effort and money. But how, …
Evaluating Restaurant Performance Metrics
The restaurant industry is notoriously difficult. Long-term restaurant success and profitability can be hard to achieve, making it vital to be aware of the day-to-day performance of the business. To make that easier, PointofSale.com recently published an article highlighting seven key restaurant …
Consumer Trends Call for New Retail Strategies
Reinventing Retail for 2020 Shopping is a large part of every culture. Whether it is getting the basics or going for the new and fun items, retail has been around for over 100 years. Shopping has evolved from the “mom and pop” shops to giant global corporations that offer just about anything. Now …
Why Your Chip Card is Still Not Accepted Everywhere
Slow Transition for a Big Change to Chip Card Processing Most companies now have chip card readers, but some have been slow to implement the new technology. The United States began accepting chips on credit cards on October 1st, 2015. This also made merchants responsible for fraudulent charges made …
Top 10 Benefits of Using a Point of Sale (POS) System
Cash Registers Vs. POS Systems For many years, cash registers were the only way to go when completing sales in a store, shop, or restaurant. But with the advent of technology, the options have expanded to a variety of systems that work best for your business. Point of Sale systems have many …
What’s Happening in POS Trends for 2016?
In the midst of the technological age, changes occur at a rapid rate. It is nearly impossible to keep up with the changes, but it is possible to be adept at the changes that occur. Keeping ahead of the POS trends is one way to stay updated on what technological changes will be occurring soon. Cash …
5 Ways to Prevent POS Security Breaches
Use These Tips to Prevent Theft and Fraud With an increase of mobile technology and online banking, security breaches and stolen identity have become more common in retail businesses. Even large companies have been breached, and the consumer information has been released. To prevent theft and …
EPSON Introduces TM-H2000 Compact Multifunction Printer
For Retailers Requiring High Speed Receipt Printing and Check Processing NRF 101st Annual Convention & Expo:Epson America, Inc. NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Annual Convention and Expo, Epson America, Inc., a leading supplier of value-added point …
Think Local, Act Local. What About the POS?
A retailers strategy is anything but stagnant. Operators are continuously looking for new ways to change and improve their processes. Especially right now, organizations are asking themselves a number of questions regarding the POS environment. Do we allocate our entire budget toward mobile …
Retail Tech and RTC Team Up for NRF 2012
Retail Tech and RTC have done it again. After a successful Duane Reade Medagate implementation and POS rollout in 2010, the two companies are coming together again to offer a joint solution for StoreMobile software on the Motorola ET1 Tablet solution. Debuting in Q1 2012, the ET1 tablet is a …
Is it the Point of Sale?
Written by: Samantha Noble, Marketing Manager Point of sale, Point of purchase, POS, cash register, checkout, till, cash wrap - the names are endless. All these are surely synonyms, but do they really mean the same thing? I would argue that each of these names have a slightly different …
POS Repair “Breaking it Down” TechTOPICKS Point of Sale Blog
While I started the discussion on POS repair in the post Tired of Onsite Point of Sale Maintenance Costs, I think my main points were a bit diluted. This time around, I am going to simplify the facts for you. Top 10 Reasons to Choose Retail Tech for POS Repair: Provide whole terminal …
Point of Sale Blog: Addressing Point of Sale Mobility
A couple weeks ago, I discussed change management. I addressed the question, how do you perceive your managerial style? Are you an innovator, adaptor, traditionalist, or a maintainer? Or, do you find yourself changing your viewpoint depending on the decision at hand? I would say most people fall in …
Save POS Costs now, or Later? : TechTOPICKS Blog
Purchasing a point of sale system is not the end game for retailers. In fact, it is only the beginning of a long relationship with your point of sale platform. According to retailers, the main concern for operators, regardless of industry, is reducing costs in any way possible (this should not come …
The Building of a Brand: 2.9.11
"If you build it, he will come." Movie literate readers may be asking, what does Field of Dreams and branding have in common? Quite honestly, it doesn't matter. The quote from this movie goes far beyond the context of the words. Brands need to be constructed from the ground up in order for …
