Retail Trends

Sintel Systems Provides Bakery POS Needs: Bakery Boss Casting Call

Sintel Systems knows Bakery POS. And as a full retail provider of custom tailored Bakery POS, we know that it’s of no question that owning a bakery means having one of the highest profit margins in the food service industry businesses out there. Baked goods are easy to supply for, but real success is determined […]

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2014 Retail Tech Spending Aimed at Customer "Centricity"

Based upon “Retail IT Forecast 2014: It’s All About the Consumer,” a recent article at Business Solutions’ IT Channel-focused website bsminfo.com, retailers proclaiming themselves as “consumer-focused” seem ready to walk the talk. Business Solutions surveyed its over 40,000 newsletter subscribers about their 2014 technology plans over a broad variety of disciplines, including in-store hardware and

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MPOS Taking Care of Business: Cash Registers Have Left The Building

For today’s retailers, taking care of business means mobile point of sale (MPOS). Cash registers have left the building, or are on their way out the door. “The Cash Registers Days Are Numbered,” a recent article citing a Onepoll study on POS industry website PointofSale.com, states that over half of Americans believe the cash register

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Franchising: Insight into the Gift Card Market

Let’s begin with: What is a gift card? According to Wikipedia.com, “A gift card is a restricted monetary equivalent or scrip that is issued by retailers or banks to be used as an alternative to a non-monetary gift. Highly popular, they rank as the second-most given gift by consumers in the United States (2006) and

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Marketing Your Connection with Customers: Gift Cards and Rewards Cards

Gift Cards have many uses besides the usual last minute birthday gift. With the right marketing approach they can be utilized in so many more ways than one first begins to realize. Gift/Loyalty/Points Cards can become a great revenue generating marketing tool if you know how to work it. Rewards and promotions marketing helps to

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855-POS-SALE What is a POS (Point of Sale) System?

Sintel Systems services a wide range of customers, from experienced franchisees which started their franchise with Sintel Systems to new ventures. Many entrepreneurs who are looking at starting a new business call the point of sale (POS) system an automated cash register or computerized cash drawer. Let’s explore what a POS system is in their

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Smartphones Are What's In-Store for Retailers

Report from the front on the ever-changing landscape of retail payment habits. Bricks and mortar retailers, long aware of how their customers have been using their smartphones in stores, are turning the tables and bringing more of their stores into our phones. In the first of a new series, Digiday looks at how Sephora, Sears, Walmart, Target, Ikea, Home Depot and

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The Facebook Graph Search Is Not Just For Your Personal Page

Last month Facebook launched Graph Search . By using information you have already given such as location data and different posts/photos that you have been tagged and compiling it all into a search engine. For retailers, Graph Search gives you the opportunity to locate the customers you do want and even the one’s you may

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Pop-Up Shops

Have you ever shopped in a pop-up shop? Econsultancy.com explains what they are: “Pop-up shops are temporary outlets, which allow brands to have a presence on the high street, or to extend their existing offline presence into new areas for a short time.” Larger brands in the United States have been using pop-up shops since

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