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Shopping Trends of 2021 Likely to Continue

Consumer shopping behaviors developed during the pandemic are likely to continue in 2022. They are expected to drive modest retail growth.

Merchants who modernize their stores with point-of-sale (POS) systems do so for a variety of reasons. Here are some of their stories.

Learning how to fully optimize the capabilities of your current business technology is an easy way to ensure a store’s future success.

How a store handles its retail returns is a reflection of its customer service. A friendly policy means happy customers and more business.

Holiday shopping is back in stores this year. The second part of this series looks at what items are hot and how merchants can hit it big. 

Holiday shopping is back in stores this year. It will look different than last year, but it will have some of the same trends and challenges.

This is the second part of our series on identifying e-commerce fraud and cybercrime and protecting your store against it.

The pandemic spurred e-commerce growth like nothing before. E-commerce fraud grew just as fast and retail stores need to take notice.

Disasters come in all sizes – from frozen pipes to hurricanes. This summer of calamities shows it’s a good idea to have a disaster plan.

If you’re not selling to other businesses directly – B2B – your store is missing a huge opportunity to improve its performance.

Use of mobile point of sale and digital wallets gained a lot of traction during the pandemic. Stores should cash in on that popularity.

Shoppers are returning to the stores and, with them, so is impulse buying. It’s time to capitalize on your store’s prime display locations.