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Taking the POS Plunge: Merchants Tell Their Success Stories

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

Only about two-thirds of stores had a website in 2020, when the pandemic closed many of them. Isn’t it time for a business website?

Self-service is the new normal for many consumers. Retail kiosks can satisfy that need and improve any store’s shopping experience.

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

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

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. 

For decades, technology has been streamlining retail processes. Today’s labor shortage highlights their importance.

As the world tries to regain some normalcy from the pandemic, how and where people shop has changed making customer outreach very important.

People are focused like never before on buying local. So a little local marketing will help your business go a long way right now.

The National Retail Federation says retail industry sales nearly doubled its early 2020 estimate and it expects that to continue this year.

Hybrid cloud computing combines the best features of onsite and cloud data storage with complete access and security.

Business as usual is history. Retail trends that emerged during the pandemic will continue in 2021. Stores need to adapt to the new future of retail.