Three Must-Have Features for Your Grocery Store POS
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on December 16, 2016
Whether you’re a national chain or a family-owned market, investing in the right POS system for your grocery store is critical to the success of your business. From tracking inventory to managing vendors, point of sale systems allow you to ea...
Did Apple Alienate Mobile POS Providers?
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on September 30, 2016
Square, Intuit, and PayPal are just some of the popular mobile POS systems that utilize magnetic stripe card readers. These readers work simply by plugging straight into the iPhone’s headphone jack. As of this month, Apple decided to officially re...
How to Ensure a Strong Start for Your Business
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on September 15, 2016
At POS Nation, about 50 percent of our customers are new businesses. The first year is the most important, and nerve-racking, year for new business owners. Starting f...
Ways to Get to Know Your Customers Better
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on July 22, 2016
You want to understand your customers, right? Of course, you do. But in a world changing and growing quicker every day, it can be hard to truly know and understand who your customers are. For this reason, we thought it would be helpful to sha...
Big Changes for the Vapor Industry
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on July 15, 2016
Officially established in 2007, the vapor industry has grown at a historic rate. Reaching an astonishing $3.5 billion at the end of 2015, the vapor industry seemed unstoppable, rivaling their competitors in the tobacco industry. But in states...
The Top 3 Point of Sale Industry Trends
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on July 08, 2016
As the famous Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr once said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” So from this cautionary note; I thought we could pause and reflect on the emerging trends for the digitization o...
iPad POS vs. Traditional POS: Which One is the Best Fit for You?
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on May 12, 2016
When you’re buying your next POS platform, you have a world of choices these days. Perhaps the biggest question you’re facing is whether to stick with traditional POS or go for an iPad POS platform. The question of iPad POS vs. traditional POS giv...
How an Intuitive POS System Cuts Cost and Training Time
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on May 05, 2016
A POS system that’s easy to use is not just a no-brainer for fast-paced restaurant and retail environments. It’s also an important way to save you money and keep employee training time at a minimum. Discover why easy POS makes sense for your busin...
EMV Chargeback Fraud: How To Detect And Avoid It
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on April 21, 2016
Since the Oct. 1, 2015, liability shift, retailers are financially on the hook for some fraudulent transactions conducted on POS terminals that don’t comply with the new Europay, MasterCard, Visa card security standard. Since that time, some merch...
3 Ways Your POS Helps Identify Employee Theft
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on March 03, 2016
Employee theft is an unfortunate reality of the bar and restaurant industry, but you can use your point of sale (POS) system to combat this form of shrinkage — which by some accounts is responsible for a 4 percent loss of annual sales. Get serious...