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A Tablet-Based POS App for Restaurants

The following features could make a nice solution for your mobile hospitality needs: Set up the customizable point of sale system according to your needs. Receive free updates and free support. Customize your reports with important details. Save and store your sales data on your mobile device, with free backup on Dropbox. View, print, email, […]

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Starbucks Customers Bring POS Hardware to Retail

In a twist on BYOD , (Bring Your Own Device) for Point of Sale, customers have been bringing their own device to Starbucks for years now. Since I use the app at least 15 times a month, and sometimes 30x a month, it seemed natural to discuss the other side of the retail counter for […]

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The Point of Sale Breached! Customer Data and Security

  Shortly after Target announced that customer data had been stolen from their system last year, my husband received a new credit card in the mail. Accompanying the card was a letter that effectively said, “just in case.” While the credit card company didn’t explicitly mention Target’s security breach, the timing and phrasing of the […]

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How the Point of Sale (POS) Industry Works

If you are researching point of sale (POS) solutions for your business, or just want to understand more about the POS industry, here is a brief summary of how the point of sale industry works. Point of sale solutions are about as diverse as the businesses they serve. This stands to reason, since businesses vary […]

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Forgotten System Features of Cash Drawer Within

Restaurant point of sale systems have loads of features that POS salespeople love to talk. Some are glamorous, others are flashy and some are unique to their product. When showing these new features fantasies too often these sellers forget the basics and why cash registers were invented in the first place. Prevent theft. This is […]

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The Power of Your Point of Sale

Home POS systems is extremely useful and vital for you and your company a lot more than you probably will. A system point of sale pos software integrates that can be installed on multiple computers and other devices such as a PDA handheld devices and can save you time and money in your business . […]

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POS Point of Sale System For Retailers

First, the retail sector is the biggest user of POS terminals. A point of sale system that is specifically designed for use in a retail environment typically includes a computer, cash drawer, receipt printer, customer display, and the barcode reader. These long lists of ingredients are all essential systems. As the capabilities of the technology […]

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Top Ten Point of Sale Stories of 2013

10. Merchandise Planning to Help Your Business “Win @ Retail.” How can merchandise planning affect your business? And how do you go about choosing the right merchandise planner? Learn this and more by reading this article. 9. Dealing with Data: The POS Way. Create targeted campaigns and increase sales by utilizing your customer data correctly. Learn the […]

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Digital Receipts Save Money, Trees, and Time

Environmentally conscious retailers, banks, hospitality and customer directed are diverting to digital receipts for POS (point of sale) verification of transactions. Released by Celerant Technologies notes these impressive – and alarming – statistics: In the U.S. alone, retailers consume 640,000 tons of thermal receipt paper per year, requiring 9.6 million trees for their manufacture. It […]

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How The “Selling Points” POS Systems Different From A Cash Register?

POS systems is a technology for financial transactions in retail establishments. For example, in a supermarket a POS system includes the hardware and software used for checkouts, or the computer equivalent age of a cash register. The most important difference between POS systems and cash register is communication. When a client is processing a transaction at the […]

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