We all agree that one of the main criteria for retail is retail. Chains spend a lot of money and time analyzing data on where to locate store new stores. The independent retailer has fewer resources and has to base the...
Read MoreThis article was written by David French and posted on The Retail Big Blog from the NRF.In the wake of some major data thefts in the past few months, the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer...
Read MoreInstall and maintain a firewallDo not use vendor supplied passwordsEncrypt the transmission of credit card dataUpgrade your anti-virus software on a regular basisAsk your merchant bank for their PCI validation requirementsDevelop a policy manual that defines information security for all...
Read MoreI received an email from a POS vendor after being informed his system was not selected by my client. There was one line in the email that bears repeating, “We were probably not the best solution for your client based...
Read MoreI just got off a conference call with a client discussing a vendor we are evaluating to do a complete PCI compliance audit. The whole process will entail everything from policies and procedures, vulnerability scanning, server and network security controls...
Read MoreEvery day the gazelle wakes up and realizes he must run faster than the fastest lion to survive. When the lion wakes up he know to survive he must faster than the slowest gazelle. This is the same dilemma the...
Read MoreThe National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show was in New York City last week. It was bigger, better and more well attended that any previous NRF. The show covered the entire Javitts Center with an array of companies from the...
Read MoreThe New York Times Sunday Magazine of January 5th had an interesting article raging the real cost of raising the wages of retail workers. The premise of the article was based on the following:Big Retailers classify workers as a “cost”But...
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