Is It Time to Add Mobile Technology to Your POS System? A large percentage of consumers have smartphones or other mobile devices, and the numbers will continue to rise as the price of devices continues to decrease. With the advent of online banking and mobile payments, businesses have taken to …
Read, Read, Read: TechTOPICKS Point of Sale Blog
"Kellogg's customers click with videos triggered by QR, text codes" Have you read these articles yet? If not, you should! As a successful operator, most likely you are keeping tabs on your competitors and fellow retailers. Industry research is vital to the success of your business and it …
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 …
Point of Sale Blog: “The Best of Both Worlds”
Point of Sale: TechTOPICKS BLOG -- How many times have you heard the cliché, "You can't have your cake and eat it too!?" While this often resonates with many of life's decisions, it doesn't have to be true when you select your point of sale hardware! Conversely, when it comes to buying point of …
Are you the Change you wish to see?: Point of Sale Blog
For those who attended the IBM Retail User Group Conference in May, you listened to Dr. James Canton speak on Managing Extreme Change. He prefaced his talk by asking how many in the crowd "live for change." Not surprisingly, very few retailers responded. In fact, most let out an uncomfortable …
The Time War: TechTOPICKS point of sale Blog
Whether it is romantic, plutonic, sibling, co-worker, or parent, all of these words have a commonality. They are all relationships. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a relationship is: "…a state of affairs existing between those having relations or dealings" Ultimately, time is the sole …
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 …
