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  1. The Top 3 Takeaways From Gerber's RetailNOW 2015 Presentation 8/4/2015

    Michael Gerber spoke at the general session on day one of Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA) RetailNOW 2015 in Orlando, FL. Gerber is the author of best-seller The E-Myth Revisited and five other E-Myth books on the topic of small business and entrepreneurship.

  2. How Geofencing Can Help Your Merchant IT Clients Win Sales 7/30/2015

    An SMS geofencing campaign can be used in local marketing to attract customers to a brick-and-mortar store with close proximity tracking.

  3. RetailNOW 2015 Sneak Peek: Time-Tested Rules For Hiring & Retaining Salespeople 7/21/2015

    I can’t promise the channel executives who attend my RSPA RetailNOW 2015 presentation — titled “8 Time-Tested Rules For Hiring & Retaining Salespeople (Rule 6 Almost Started A Fistfight)” — will achieve perfection in their sales team-building activities. Even Hall of Fame hiring managers don’t bat 1.000, especially in sales.

  4. RetailNOW 2015 To Feature KLA Group's Kendra Lee In Sales Training Sessions 7/17/2015

    RetailNOW 2015, the Retail Solution Providers Association (RSPA) trade show event for the retail technology and point of sale industry, has announced Kendra Lee, founder and president of KLA Group will be leading sales training sessions on Wednesday, August 5.

  5. RSPA Announces RetailNOW 2015 W2W, Canadian, And Entrepreneur Community Events 7/17/2015

    RetailNOW 2015, the Retail Solution Providers Association (RSPA) trade show event for the retail technology and point of sale industry, announced three events hosted by the association’s Canadian, W2W, and Entrepreneur Communities.

  6. Point Of Sale, Payment Processing And Data Collection News From June 2015 7/14/2015

    Each month, Business Solutions reports news on business in the channel. This month in point of sale, payment processing and data collection news, TSYS and PAX Technology launch a semi-integrated solution, NCC offers an EMV-enabled interface with Reflection POS, Zebra introduces a managed services platform and new support services, and ScanSource collaborates with Star Micronics. In other news, Pivotal Payments launches a point-to-point encryption solution, Datacap releases an EVM toolkit for ISVs, Auto-Star announced PA-DSS 3.0 certification, and Janam releases a new handheld RFID reader.

  7. Retail Shrink Tops $44 Billion In 2014 7/9/2015

    Retailers lost $44 billion as a result of shoplifting, employee and vendor theft, and administrative error (collectively called inventory shrink) in 2014, totaling 1.38 percent of total sales.

  8. Study Finds Disconnect Between IT And Loss Prevention 7/7/2015

    New research from the IHL Group examines industry perspectives on loss prevention technologies in retail and the very different ways business groups including IT, loss prevention (LP), and the C-suite valuate and allocate investment and staffing in those technologies based on their individual roles and priorities.

  9. How Adding Digital Signage Increases Opportunities For VARs 7/2/2015

    While digital signage may be prominent in areas like New York’s Times Square, it’s also used in markets and niches including education, hospitality, shopping malls and retail stores, hospitals, gyms and spas, houses of worship, and financial institutions. 

  10. What The Status Of EMV And Payment Fraud Probably Will Be On October 2 6/30/2015

    There are about three months until the liability for fraudulent payment card transactions will shift from issuing banks to the party with technology least compliant with EMV. As an IT solutions provider working with merchants, you are probably helping your clients transition to the new technology or maybe, still, even just explaining what it is. EMV payment technology uses chip cards that create a unique transaction code, hindering criminals from duplicating payment cards from stolen data. You are probably aware there is a lot of misinformation circulating that could be contributing to some confusion regarding EMV.