Editor's Notebook
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Top Quotes From RetailNOW 2012: BlueStar’s Steve Cuntz
9/14/2012
Steve Cuntz, the Chairman/CEO of BlueStar, was one of the members of the Industry Vision Panel at RetailNOW 2012, which took place July 29-Aug. 1 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The panel was divided into two segments, a hardware-focused group and software-focused group, and was moderated by Jim Roddy, president of Jameson Publishing and Business Solutions magazine. As part of the hardware-focused group, Cuntz shares his thoughts below on many of the different topics impacting the POS industry today that were discussed at the panel.
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Top Quotes From RetailNOW 2012: IBM's Ted Clark
9/14/2012
Ted Clark, global business partner channel leader, IBM Retail Store Solutions division (now part of Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions), was one of the members of the Industry Vision Panel at RetailNOW 2012, which took place July 29-Aug. 1 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The panel was divided into two segments, a hardware-focused group and software-focused group, and was moderated by Jim Roddy, president of Jameson Publishing and Business Solutions magazine. As part of the hardware-focused group, Clark shares his thoughts below on many of the different topics impacting the POS industry today that were discussed at the panel.
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Top Quotes From RetailNOW 2012: ScanSource's Paul Constantine
9/14/2012
Paul Constantine, president, ScanSource POS/Barcoding, was one of the members of the Industry Vision Panel at RetailNOW 2012, which took place July 29-Aug. 1 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The panel was divided into two segments, a hardware-focused group and software-focused group, and was moderated by Jim Roddy, president of Jameson Publishing and Business Solutions magazine. As part of the hardware-focused group, Constantine shares his thoughts below on many of the different topics impacting the POS industry today that were discussed at the panel.
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Photos: Reseller Rush At RetailNOW
8/1/2012
RetailNOW set an attendance record on July 31, drawing approximately 1,800 retail IT professionals to Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. When the doors opened at 12:30 PT, BSM was there to capture the rush of resellers to the show floor.
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Top Tweets From RetailNOW 2012 – July 31 Edition
8/1/2012
RetailNOW enjoyed its biggest day in show history on July 31, attracting approximately 1,800 retail IT professionals to Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Following are the most intriguing insights and comments shared via Twitter on that historic day. By Jim Roddy, president, Business Solutions magazine & Jameson Publishing
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Top Tweets from RetailNOW 2012 – July 30 Edition
7/31/2012
The Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA) is hosting RetailNOW at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas this week. Here are some of the most intriguing insights and comments shared via Twitter on the first full day of RetailNOW (July 30). I included a couple of my own Tweets, so let me apologize in advance for the self-promotion. I'd rather be accused of that than not share some key info from the event with you...
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RetailNOW Education Preview: Hire Like You Just Beat Cancer
7/29/2012
Why title my RetailNOW presentation “Hire Like You Just Beat Cancer”? Here’s the short version of my story... By Jim Roddy, president, Business Solutions magazine & Jameson Publishing
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Top Tweets From 2012 Ingram Micro Partner Invite
5/17/2012
My original plan for this article was to share with you the top 10 or 20 Tweets from the event, but there were so many valuable nuggets of information, I’m not going to put a cap on the number. To help you navigate through the Tweets, I’ve organized them by category. By Jim Roddy, president, Business Solutions magazine
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Lessons Learned at RSPA Inspire 2012: Video Blog
2/3/2012
There wasn’t any snow in Costa Rica this week – it was a gorgeous 80 degrees all week – but there was an avalanche of information exchanged at the annual Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA) Inspire Thought Leadership Summit. By Jim Roddy, president, Business Solutions magazine
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RSPA Inspire Day 2: Editor's Video Blog
2/3/2012
During day 2 of RSPA (Retail Solutions Providers Association) Inspire 2012 in Costa Rica, Brett Harward, speaker, consultant, and author led a discussion regarding key performance indicators (KPIs) put together by an RSPA committee. The committee polled 10 RSPA members and compiled detailed information on those businesses. Information included average revenue, averages spent on marketing, sales salaries, and more. Additionally, the data also showed how the average numbers compared with the numbers of the highest performing VARs in the group. With this data, those in attendance could compare there businesses with the averages of 10 other businesses as well as with the top performing businesses polled. The RSPA plans on expanding this initiative to the entire industry to get more detailed accurate information. The following video blog by Business Solutions magazine's editor-in-chief Mike Monocello recaps the session in a little more detail.