Shoppers to Pull Out All the Stops This Valentine’s Day
According to NRF’s 2012 Valentine’s Day Consumer Intentions and Actions survey, conducted by BIGinsight, the average person celebrating the holiday will shell out $126.03, up 8.5 percent over last year’s $116.21 and the highest in the survey’s 10-year history.
NRF Forecasts Retail Industry Sales Growth of 3.4 Percent in 2012
This year, retail industry sales will rise 3.4 percent to $2.53 trillion*, according to the National Retail Federation
Restaurants expected to reach record sales in 2012
Total restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record high of $632 billion in 2012 – a 3.5 percent increase over 2011, marking the second consecutive year that industry sales have topped $600 billion.
Holiday retail sales soar above expectations in 2011
After a season full of peaks and valleys, retailers’ 2011 holiday sales beat expectations, rising 4.1 percent to $471.5 billion
POSitouch 2012 webinar now available online – See what you missed!
This year we dicussed PCI general info, ways a breach occurs, consequences of a breach, PCI-DSS requirements and rTools remote management suite.
POSitouch Webinar 2012
January 10th, 2012
Top 4 Sources of Retail Inventory Shrinkage
The average shrink percentage in the retail industry in 2010 was about 1.5% of sales costing U.S. retailers over $35.28 billion in losses
Your business might be losing thousands of dollars per year! The good news is it can be prevented.
A study by the National Retail Federation showed losses of up to $37.1 billion dollars directly to the retailer as a result of inventory shrinkage. In fact, 43.7 percent ($16.2 billion) of total losses was due to employee theft! Internal theft even accounted for more...
Happy Thanksgiving from DCR!
DCR would like to wish you and your family a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday! We know you have a choice in point of sale providers and are very thankful you chose us. We promise to continue to strive to deliver you the best solutions, service and support...
Revised payment-processing guidelines will go into effect Jan. 1 for restaurateurs accepting credit or debit cards
Excerpt from QSRmagazine.com Author: Barney Wolf Restaurants and other businesses that capture and store credit and debit card data on their computers will be required to meet updated security standards beginning next year. Version 2.0 of the guidelines, developed by...