When thieves stole the PIN pads at a cash register in one of his company’s stores, Daniel Marcotte was amazed. Not that they’d done it–such thefts can happen once a week during the holiday season. But ...

The point-of-sale (POS) system has always been the one truly indispensable technology for any merchant, large or small. The centrality of the POS has led both retailers and solution providers to ...

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Restaurant POS systems — or point-of-sale systems — are the hardware and software restaurants use to manage inventory, take customer orders, accept payments and more. Restaurants can also use these ...

Aged point-of-sale systems are limiting retailers’ ability to offer new features such as product lookups and personalized promotions – they’re also costing retailers precious opportunities to improve ...

From receiving payments to managing inventory and providing sales reports, the right point of sale (POS) system can be vital for success. POS systems are platforms that allow merchants to process ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

When it comes to the latest debate about restaurant costs and fees, I’m reminded of the old adage: Don’t step over a dollar to pick up a dime. Although in the case of point-of-sale systems, that ...

IHOP has completed its systemwide rollout of a new point-of-sale system after a roughly two-year migration process. The company’s objective with the update was to enable a cloud-native platform that ...

In days gone by, a common retail hack used by some of the less honorable of our peers was the price tag switcheroo. You’d find some item that you wanted from a store but couldn’t afford, search around ...