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NCR, Silver and Staples – the good and bad

NCR’s decision to sell their limited feature POS system Silver in Staples is not necessarily all bad for their Var channel. My first reaction was that they were directly competing with their resellers and poaching some of the market share....

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Money Ball, the Presidential Election and Retail!

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What a relief to be rid of the incessant political ads and return to the normal drivel on TV. Almost as upsetting as the negativity of the ads were the pundits who kept interpreting for us what we just saw...

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We’re not always in control!

We all like to believe we have a certain amount of control over our lives. If we’ve learned one thing this week its how little control over events and subsequently our lives we actually have. Disasters always bring out the best...

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Go where the readers are!

After eighty some odd years Newsweek announced recently that it will longer publish a print version of the magazine. Starting in January 2013 it will only be available as a digital publication. Tina Brown the editor in chief explained “we...

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It’s time for an attitude change!

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I’m an unabashed Ney York Yankee fan. If you’re a baseball fan you saw the dismal effort they put forth in the ACLS. From top to bottom the whole lineup went into a collective funk. The major topic of sport...

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Effectively SKU management is not a one solution model

Sku rationalization and inventory optimization are two of the new buzz terms in retail. The power of computers and the sophistication of software have moved retail to a more data driven business model. The ability to slice and dice data...

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The questions you should ask yourself before investing in a new POS system

I frequently get calls from potential clients who are considering replacing their POS system. My initial reaction is to determine their motivation for wanting to make the change. These are the questions I typically ask and can be used as...

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There’s Getting in the Giving!

I had the opportunity to speak last week at a software user’s conference. I approach these opportunities with the thought what can I learn? The concept is simple I know what I know but may not know what you know....

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