GUEST CONTRIBUTORS

• Understanding The Main Street Lending Program

  The Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) has been launched. The MSLP provides loans to small to midsized businesses that were in good financial condition before COVID-19 but that are now seeking financial support because of the pandemic.

• Maintaining The Minute Book: Best Practices In Corporate Record Keeping

  A familiar sight in any office is that bookcase filled with minute books. It is a monument to how most companies have managed their corporate record keeping for years. But in today’s virtual working environment, many companies are reviewing how they track their information and update physical books they may no longer have access to.

• Developing A Lien Search Strategy For Legal Due Diligence

  When performing legal due diligence, one of your primary goals is to uncover hidden legal liabilities, historical and pending, that come with the deal. However, your plan of attack can be dramatically influenced by several factors, including the type and size of the deal, the industry, time constraints, and more.

• Branch Office Vs. Subsidiary? It’s A Critical Choice When Expanding Your Business Globally

  It’s time to expand your business overseas. Before you open your doors, you must make a critical choice — one whose impact is often underappreciated: branch office vs a subsidiary?

• A Long Recovery: Restaurants Coping With The Impact COVID-19

  Restaurants are reopening in states that were hit hard with COVID-19 restrictions. Social-distancing policies are not allowing restaurants to return to pre-pandemic operation levels, in most cases they are being forced to function at no more than 50% capacity.

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• Sharpening Omnichannel Inventory Management To A Razor’s Edge

  Inventory is your company’s largest capital investment. It is why customers make purchases in your stores and online. It is the source of your company’s revenue and the bedrock of your brand. Naturally, it makes sense that fine tuning inventory management is a key to achieving financial success.

• The AI-Driven Supply Chain: Seamlessly Meeting Complex Demand

  Retail supply chains have become overwhelmingly complex. In order to meet constantly shifting consumer demand and ensure product is where it needs to be, when it needs to be there, savvy retailers are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to help power their next-gen supply chains. 

• Bot And ATO Attacks: How They’re Related And What You Can Do

  There are faceless armies of robots arrayed against you. They are legion, they are tireless and, if they overwhelm your defenses, they can be lethal—to your business. Bots are not the minions of an evil super-intelligence in a science fiction film bent on dominion over mankind. They are simply tools that can be used by anyone who picks them up. And, the people picking them up these days often are criminals employing them to take over or create online accounts.

• Cash Transactions In The Mobile World

  For two decades, the PC has reigned supreme over all POS solutions, operating as point of sale terminals that sit on counters and control various peripherals. However, the need for PC-centric solutions is waning as a more flexible POS model emerges Leveraging cloud and mobile technologies, this model supports thin client and IP-enabled components such as cash drawers and printers.

• Protect Yourself: 8 Security Best Practices For Retailers
• Retail Cash Loss: Addressing The Problem With Intelligent Technology
• Omnichannel And The Future Of Stores