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Using Labels to Define an Industry and a Company

In the simplest of terms, a label is something that describes the contents within a package, container, box, or bottle. A label can be much more than that, however. It can be used to warn, brand, instruct, promote and define something. There’s one company out there using labels to help customers differentiate their products and […]

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Use Receipt Printers To Make Money and Promote Your Business

Part one – Building your “brand” with POS receipts:   Since most businesses are handing out POS receipts (about 250 billion of them a year, according to Receipt.com), why not make the most of it?   There are ways to communicate on a receipt that are better than others – some receipts can amuse, some receipts […]

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Future POS Attends RSPA Inspire 2015

Business leaders from all over the country, including Hospitality and Retail Point of Sale, Credit Card Processors and Hardware Vendors, embarked on a long journey to Maui, Hawaii for the annual winter conference sponsored by the Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA). The Retail Solutions Providers Association is the only association dedicated to the retail technology […]

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Barcode 101: Where Did Barcode Technology Come From?

Like most innovations, barcode technology started with a problem looking for a solution. Unlike a lot of solutions, barcode technology wasn’t possible without the existence of a solution that had not yet found a problem it could solve. That solution was the laser—but I’m getting ahead of myself. Prototype of Woodland barcode The nearest thing […]

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Future POS Installed in Gordon Ramsay’s Heddon Street Kitchen

Future POS has been installed in restaurants worldwide, but more recently, hopped across the pond, to the Heddon Street Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay’s newest restaurant. Gordon Ramsay’s newest restaurant, The Heddon Street Kitchen, recently opened its doors for business in London’s Mayfair. The restaurant serves a wide array of diners and palates with entrees and a […]

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Label Features to Solve Common Retail Problems

Most people don’t realize how many choices there are when it comes to designing a label or tag. Even the simplest of features can be cost-effective and can make a big impact in improving the overall retail store environment from back-office to customer experience.This white paper focuses on several features that can reduce shrink and […]

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QR Codes – Everything You Always Wanted to Know

In 2002, a group of Japanese network carriers, handset makers and service providers began collaborating to create innovative uses for the new cameras in mobile phones. Their favorite idea was to turn a camera phone into a scanner to deliver encoded information, including URLs, directly to the mobile Internet. As a result of that collaboration, […]

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5 Reasons Why Running A Small Business Beats Working For Big Companies

Being your own boss has some obvious perks, but some advantages of entrepreneurship are less evident. Spotcap, the fastest online credit platform, reveals the five best reasons for running your own business instead of working for a big company. 1. An entrepreneurial mind is a happy mind Research has found that an entrepreneurial mind is […]

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The New Goldmine: Point of Sale Data

Proximity marketing is catching on with retailers because it’s a highly effective way to drive sales. With a well-designed proximity marketing strategy, companies can use an antenna – often integrated with digital signage – that detects the mobile devices passersby are carrying and transmits a message. But the real goldmine isn’t the revenue generated by […]

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SMARTRAC presents world’s thinnest UHF tag for difficult surfaces

SMARTRAC’s ON METAL TAG is intended for tagging metal objects and surfaces, as well as challenging non-metal objects. The tag’s thin, soft and flexible structure ideally suits curved and flat surfaces, and provides converters with huge opportunities to create appealing solutions for end-users. This printable ON METAL TAG enables applications that were not possible earlier […]

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