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Best Practices For Securing The Point Of Sale

As news about retail point of sale (POS) breaches continues unabated, information about how to better protect customers, and reputations, becomes paramount. The information technology channel observer Business Solutions Magazine (BSMinfo.com) ran a recent guest column by Andrew Bagrin, Founder and CEO, My Digital Shield is on topic in this regard, but his focus is […]

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As Cybersecurity Becomes A Market Differentiator, Retailers Seek Validation

Particularly for the retail industry, the staggering amount of payment card theft at the point of sale is a hallmark of 2014. As such, in terms of consumer confidence and loyalty, validated cybersecurity is becoming a market differentiator. In a post by Tara McGraw Swaminatha and Aravind Swaminathan, both with the DLA Piper law firm,

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Breaking Point Of Sale

As news about point of sale data breaches continues unabated, it is perhaps worthwhile to consider the issue from the criminal’s point of view. One such example is a slideshow prepared by Russ Spitler, vice president of product management at the security management firm AlienVault, and part of a post on the website ITBusinessEdge.com, “From a

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Amazon Gets Physical

The nation’s business press is taking note of Amazon’s efforts to create tools and services for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. “The recent launch of Amazon’s in-store credit card reader and checkout software was one of Jeff Bezos’s most deliberate acts to date to grab a slice of the 85 percent to 90 percent of total purchases that still happen in the physical

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Growth Investors Likely To Get In Line For Shake Shack IPO

The nation’s pivot toward better-burger restaurants continues to gain momentum as rumors surface that Danny Meyer’s Shake Shack is considering an IPO this year. In her online post, “Shake Shack Considering An IPO,” Nation’s Restaurant News editor and restaurant finance expert Lisa Jennings says, “The news follows an earlier rumor that the parent to the

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These Sliding Franchises Must Get Back To The Basics

What lessons may be learned from the problems plaguing Sbarro, RadioShack and Quiznos? In their recent post, ” Why These Once Thriving Franchises Have Fallen on Hard Times,” Entrepreneur.com looks at how the once-thriving franchises are facing bankruptcies, store closures, disgruntled franchisees and nightmarish marketing scenarios. “There are many aspects of franchising that have nothing

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