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Why Holiday Shopping 2020 Will Be a Season Like No Other

Holiday shopping 2020 will include increases in e-commerce, omnichannel shopping, gift card purchases, self-service and social distancing.

What You Need to Know About Providing Your Clients With Cross-Border Payment Solutions

For over more than a decade, software developers and their VAR channels have helped retailers expand their reach through digital channels. The solutions you provide help them serve a wider audience of consumers who only have to visit a website to make a purchase, rather than drive to a store. Now, retailers are demanding solutions […]

E-Commerce Solutions Keep Businesses Open During the Coronavirus Pandemic

When 2020 began, many merchants took stock of how well their e-commerce solutions stood up to demand during the 2019 holiday season — or maybe how much better their businesses could have performed if they had an e-commerce solution. But a few weeks later, they realized an e-commerce solution was no longer just a tool […]

How Businesses Shut Down by Coronavirus Can Handle Online Order Management

For some businesses, online order management has suddenly become the biggest part of the day. With little warning, the COVID-19 coronavirus swept around the world, and, without treatments or vaccines, the only way to stop the contagious virus is to keep people apart. Every level of government urged — and in some cases required — […]

Fact or Fiction? The Truth About the “Retail Store Apocalypse”

We’ve all heard the rumors: In-store retail is over. Online shopping is king. eCommerce spells the end for retail stores. Despite what you may have read in the media, retail is thriving. Physical stores currently account for almost 90 percent of all retail sales in North America, and that number is still predicted to be […]

7 Reasons Salons and Spas Need Industry-Specific Salon Point of Sale Systems

Salons, spas, and other service businesses in the beauty industry are getting their own makeovers. The consumers’ changing behaviors and expectations that are driving changes in retail, grocery, quick service restaurants are also impacting this industry where delightful customer experiences have always been essential to success. One significant change occurring in the beauty industry is […]

A Profile of Holiday Omnichannel Shopping

Creating customer experiences that delight shoppers is ordinarily an objective for retailers, but it reaches the status of “mission-critical” during the holiday shopping season. From November through early January, shoppers are out in force, looking for the merchandise they need for gift-giving and holiday events. To capture their share of this market, retailers offer specials […]

2019 Holiday Shopping Outlook

A late Thanksgiving is bound to make the 2019 holiday shopping season interesting. The last time the span from Black Friday to Christmas was this short was 2013, when retailers opened stores on Thanksgiving for the first time, extended Black Friday deals online, and kept their doors open for 24 hours during the weekend before […]