January 8, 2013
The mobile revolution represents a major challenge for retailers worldwide. Leveraging a consumer’s own smart phone to deliver content and services to consumer smartphones anywhere has brought comparison shopping and showrooming Continue reading
POS Then and Now
December 5, 2011
I remember my first day as a retail clerk in A&P. I was trained on the “new” cash registers with a whopping nine department keys. Items were rung by me reading an ink stamped price off the item itself and entering it into the register. The whirl of the machine was amazing back then. Continue reading
Questioning Mobile Security
December 2, 2011
I like questions. I like asking them and answering them. So I thought I would throw out a bunch of questions I’ve received over the last several months about mobile security, give my own opinionated answers, and maybe even raise some new questions to discuss. Continue reading
The Allure and Reality of iPads as Mobile POS. The Tail Wagging the Dog?
December 1, 2011
I have been in mobile technology for the last 10 years and never have I had a customer say “I bought a bunch of devices and I don't know what I should do with them – I don’t have an app”. Continue reading
Part 3: How To Ensure a Successful Mobile POS Pilot & Roll-out
November 29, 2011
Deploying any store-level technology on multifunctional devices placed in the hands of your store associates requires some special considerations.
To insure a successful mobile POS pilot or roll-out, retailers must Continue reading
Emerging Payments and PCI
November 15, 2011
Last week I presented the “The Never Ending Story of PCI” at the TekServe POS user conference. PCI presentations are tough because they typically rank right behind root canals on the list of things people want to do on any given day. Continue reading
Part 2: How To Ensure a Successful Mobile POS Pilot & Roll-out
November 11, 2011
Deploying any store-level technology on multifunctional devices placed in the hands of your store associates requires some special considerations.
To insure a successful mobile POS pilot or roll-out, retailers must: Continue reading
Mobile Commerce & Mobile POS will drive the Anywhere Retailer
November 3, 2011
When retailers first offered web storefronts and web shopping, they had to create and use e-commerce systems as the data requirements and customer expectations could not be met with the software they were using to run their stores. Continue reading
Part 1: How To Ensure a Successful Mobile POS Pilot & Roll-out
November 1, 2011
The amount of recent press and research dedicated to the adoption of mobility in retail is dizzying, in part because there are so many multidisciplinary applications for mobile technology, and in part because so many of those applications are putting up big returns for early adopters. Continue reading
Mobile POS & Cloud Computing: The Future of Retail Systems
November 1, 2011
A few weeks ago I was at the opening of the first C-Wonder store, the new brand from Tory Burch co-founder, Christopher Burch and its there I saw the future of retail systems. I remember in the good old days (well at least a couple of weeks ago..) when opening a new store required a large hardware investment and was a major store systems project. Continue reading


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