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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Long lines during shopping aren't anything new, but shoppers may have to wait longer this year with the installation of chips in new credit cards. EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) is the new credit-card chip technology that has customers ...
