point of sale system

Only IT Can Prevent Inventory Shrinkage

As the only full-service POS provider — from software development to franchise incubator to ongoing support — part of Sintel’s commitment to our customers and industry is to share information on how to achieve success. Whether you’re a first-time franchise hopeful, a small business owner or an established chain, it’s always smart to stay on […]

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Retailers Likely to Triple Mobile POS Social Media Sales by 2018

An article posted on ConsumerElectronicsNet.com entitled “Survey: Retailers Using Mobile POS Expected to Triple By 2018,” perfectly illustrates just how quickly new technology can spread throughout the retail sector of our economy. The article points to a recent report issued by Infogroup Targeting Solutions (ITS) entitled “Breaking Through Customer Engagement Barriers with Innovative Marketing and

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How to Define a Strategy for Superior Customer Service

Too often, owners puts the focus on numbers instead of customers’ needs, not realizing that if they paid attention and did everything in their power to fill those needs, the numbers would materialize. In a blog post entitled “Customer Service Plan: Superior Customer Service Requires a Strategy,” Franchising.com urges owners to shift perspective, and outlines

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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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FroYo-A-GoGo

In an article posted on their website, “Why Everyone Is Rushing To Open Frozen Yogurt Stores,” BusinessInsider (BI) looks into how the frozen yogurt (froyo) market sector is once again booming. Given the strong presence Sintel Systems has in the frozen yogurt segment of the restaurant POS marketplace, we share these findings with our customers and

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Point of Sale: The Time, and Place, for Customer Satisfaction Surveys

They say there’s a time and place for everything. And with retail customer surveys, that time and place is at the point of sale. Gartner, the information technology research company, says retailers who survey customers at the point of sale receive 40% more accurate feedback than if the data is gathered one day later. A

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Dexter's Bytes Bite South African Restaurants

In a recent post, “‘Dexter’ Malware Infects South African Restaurants, Costs Banks Millions,” the tech news site ArsTechnica.com is reporting that hundreds of thousands of people have probably been affected by the fraud. The malware uploaded contents of the POS terminal’s memory, including customers’ payment cards’ Track 1 and Track 2 data, to servers controlled

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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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