What Is Demand Forecasting? How Small Retailers Can Predict and Prepare for Demand
What is Demand forecasting? Demand forecasting helps small retailers predict what customers will buy and when. By using data, you can avoid stockouts, reduce waste, and prepare for seasonal trends. Learn how forecasting tools can optimize your inventory and boost your store’s success.
Boost Margins with Value-Added Services: Smart Strategies for Grocery Retailers
In today’s competitive grocery landscape, small and mid-sized stores must find creative ways to stay profitable without raising prices. One of the most effective strategies is to boost margins with value-added services—enhancements that improve the customer experience and drive loyalty. From smarter POS systems to personalized rewards programs and curbside pickup, these services help stores […]
Introducing CDE Wireless
It’s no secret that in today’s world, businesses and consumers are more mobile than ever before. With this evolution there has been increasing demand for more wireless payment devices and solutions. Providing an ideal mobile point of sale experience requires having reliable network connection that doesn’t cost a fortune. CDE makes it easy. Now payment […]
Don’t Overlook These 5 POS Features Merchants Need
From retail to QSR and every vertical in between, it’s amazing how specialized POS systems have become. As a merchant acquirer, you can find payment products tailored to any type of business. New POS systems may be bursting with features, but bells and whistles are only as good as they are useful. Consider these 5 […]
Is Retail Really Dying?
There’s no doubt about it. From online grocery orders to pop-up Instagram shops, ecommerce is a fabulous vertical for many consumer goods. So where does that leave retail? Is retail doomed?
POS Needs for Large-Scale Events: Help Your Customers Hit the Ground Running
If your clients handle payments for large-scale events such as concerts, sporting events, tradeshows and conventions, you know that POS needs are complex. From ticketing to merchandise sales and inventory management, your merchants need the right POS provisioning to manage a successful event. Let’s consider 3 critical POS needs unique to large volume, short term […]
Combat Complexity in New Merchant Provisioning
As POS payment options grow more complex for merchants, so do initial deployment requirements. New merchant kits might contain anything from wireless terminals and bluetooth printers, to accessories like tablet stands and fingerprint scanners. And considering the rate of change in payments, what we’re deploying today may look completely different from what we’ll be […]
Mobile Payments: Is the Dongle Going Away?
You can’t overestimate the impact of the humble dongle in revolutionizing payments for small merchants. These simple, plug-in card readers have ushered in an entirely new market segment for payments. But as our industry moves toward a software-based focus, is it time to phase out the dongle?
New Payment Opportunities for Your Merchants
Digital Payments: New Opportunities for Your Merchants
PIN on Glass: What’s the Big Deal?
Mobility is the future of payments. More and more, consumers expect the convenience of paying when, where and however they want. For the most part, manufacturers have been quick to respond to this need. But there’s still one glaring fault: mobile PIN entry
New Year, New POS
It’s 2016, and just like any other year, many of us are starting off the year with new goals and new plans to accomplish them.