Contributed Editorial

  1. How Top Restaurant Owners Hire The Best 8/18/2022

    The transformation of the restaurant industry is creating opportunities for owners and managers to reevaluate their hiring process, ensuring they attract a strong team that delivers quality service.

  2. Everything You Need To Know About Integration Systems 8/12/2022

    apg is a global manufacturer of cash management solutions and PoS peripherals whose products are utilized by retail and hospitality providers in over 90 countries. As such, apg is an expert source to define and explain the importance of integration systems – offerings designed to offer retailers the ability to maximize space at the point of sale for seamless transactions. Read on to learn how a better understanding of integration systems can help you win and keep retail clients.

  3. Messy Retail Counters Chase Away Customers 6/20/2022

    Counter space is some of the most valuable real estates inside a retail store. An organized, neat counter with accessible Point-of-Purchase items projects care and intention to customers and may even convert them into lifetime shoppers.

  4. Things To Keep In Mind When Setting Up An Online Marketplace 6/17/2022

    Setting up a business that allows people to trade services and goods always comes with a few strings attached. It’s a complicated business field that requires a lot of attention if you want to avoid running into some of the most common problems. Most of these issues boil down to working with the right experts to keep your company covered on all fronts. But, of course, doing your due diligence will always be important just as well.

  5. How Retailers Can Protect Themselves Against Continued Uncertainty 6/2/2022

    Many retailers are facing uncertainty due to the pandemic, lockdowns, and subsequent economic decline in recent times. It can be a scary time for many retailers, and many want to do everything they can to avoid having to close their doors. Below we have listed some of the ways in which retailers can help protect themselves against the uncertainty in today’s climate. Keep reading if you’d like to learn more.

  6. ISVs Share Lead Gen Best Practices – And Headaches 5/24/2022

    The RSPA Niche & Startup ISV Community helps software developer executives meet and network with fellow RSPA ISV members in a vendor-neutral setting. Founded in 2019, the group has grown to nearly 80 members. More software developer organizations continue to engage with the RSPA in person and online. Inspire 2022 attracted a record number of ISV attendees, continuing the momentum created at RetailNOW 2021 where 230+ ISV executives participated. And the RSPA Niche & Startup ISV Community continues to attract high-initiative ISV executives to its bi-monthly conference calls.

  7. VARs Should Offer Broader Solutions To Cannabis Dispensaries 5/24/2022

    The headline you just read was the consensus thinking of the executives attending a recent online meeting of the RSPA Niche & Startup ISV Community. Often times VARs attempting to penetrate this vertical focus only on the point of sale system and related software, and they find little success because of the glut of companies pushing their own POS solution.

  8. ISV Advice: “Marketing Can Do Things For You That A Great Product Cannot” 5/24/2022

    ISVs big and small continue to increase their engagement with the RSPA both in person and online. RetailNOW 2022 is on track to surpass the 230+ software developer executives last year’s show attracted, and nearly 50% of this year’s exhibitors will be software-focused. Additionally, the RSPA Niche & Startup ISV Community continues to attract high-initiative ISV executives to its bi-monthly conference calls.

  9. Retailers Are Prioritizing Innovation In IT Spending 4/29/2022

    Retailers are increasing their IT budgets and allotting a bigger portion of those budgets to innovation. They are investing in cloud-based and automation solutions to replace aging technology to meet customer demand for omnichannel experiences and cope with a severe labor shortage.

  10. Three Post-Pandemic Imperatives For Retailers 3/22/2022

    After two long years, it appears the pandemic may be coming to an end. As retailers devise post-pandemic strategies, they must consider changes in customer behavior. The pandemic accelerated digital transformation in retail and helped reshape customer expectations. There is no going back.