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What is Omnichannel Anyway?

Time to Reflect At first glance, Omnichannel appears to require a lot of costly, labor-intensive infrastructure work spanning your payment systems, retail network, loyalty program, etc. However, the hardest part is building something that customers will use and be attracted to. In order to make omnichannel less ominous, let’s take some time to walk through…

June 13, 2017 DIGITAL+, RETAILSYSTEMS+
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Moving Forward With Payment Technology

The following has been re-posted from C-Store Decisions. The original article can be found here. As EMV implementation wraps up, retailers must consider where mobile payment solutions are headed. By Ed Collupy The baseball season is in full swing and I’m reminded as I continue to think about card payments in the petro/convenience store industry…

June 5, 2017 PAYMENTS+, PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+
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EMV Hopes - An Implementation Update

The following has been re-posted from C-Store Decisions. The original article can be found here. As retailers struggle with compliance, chargebacks from the liability shift have been larger than anyone in the industry anticipated. By Ed Collupy The implementation of EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) chip card acceptance should be history for inside payment transactions…

May 9, 2017 PAYMENTS+, PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+
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Where Do Fraudsters Go?

There are undoubtedly hundreds of cybersecurity and fraudulent attacks being committed at this very moment. While merchants have invested time, resources, technology, and hundreds of millions of dollars to protect sensitive company and customer data, fraud continues to rise at an exponential rate. Fraud is Migrating While the U.S. continues enabling EMV technology to combat…

April 20, 2017 PAYMENTS+, RETAILSYSTEMS+
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EMV: Stalled at the Pump

The convenience and fuel retailing industry is buzzing about the announcements from VISA, Mastercard, and American Express that they will delay most of the liability shift for automated fuel dispenser (AFD EMV chip card transactions by 3 years. Convenience store operators and gasoline retailers were preparing to meet the October 1, 2017 deadline, and were…

December 5, 2016 PAYMENTS+, PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+
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Follow Your Own Technical Compass

The following article has been reposted from C-Store Decisions. No matter where you choose to operate your c-store chain, technological opportunities exist throughout the U.S. By Ed Collupy Compasses have been sailors’ companions for years helping them navigate unfamiliar waters. This election year we’ve certainly heard of the moral compass candidates follow. In business, I’ve…

October 13, 2016 PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+
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An Engaged Think Tank

The following is re-posted from NACS Online. The objective was simple: Bring together a few IT leaders from the convenience retailing industry and let attendees at the Conexxus Annual Conference in May hear what was on their minds. The aptly named “Think Tank” came together, and quite surprisingly, the three panel members brought forth people-…

August 8, 2016 PAYMENTS+, RETAILSYSTEMS+
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Controlling Your Most Controllable Expense

  Arguably, employees are the most important asset for a business – also the most expensive. Employee wages represent a major liability on a company’s balance sheet. Any business owner (large or small) worth their salt understands the importance that monitoring and controlling wage spend has on their bottom line. Through work with our clients,…

July 25, 2016 RETAILSYSTEMS+
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W. Capra Launches Rubix Services

W. Capra launches Rubix Services to expand its commitment to the Petroleum C-Store Industry W. Capra Consulting Group, the leading retail technology, payments and security consultancy to the Petroleum Convenience Store industry, is broadening its commitment to the industry by launching Rubix Services.  Rubix is a payment processing and technology solutions company focused on delivering…

July 8, 2016 PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+
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Gears That Keep Technology Moving

In his latest post to CStoreDecisions, Ed Collupy reflects on how industry standards improve profitability by reducing costs and improving competitiveness: Standards, in my early days of retailing, were always there to set expectations, something to work by, and measure compliance success with. Then I learned about technical standards. NAXML, EDI, ISO, ARTS, PCI—and the…

June 27, 2016 PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+
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Capitalizing on the Cloud: How Migrating can Benefit Retailers

A growing number of companies are moving data and business applications to the cloud with the potential of increased flexibility and decreased costs through diminished need for infrastructure, staff and software. The benefits are clear – moving from capital based expenditures (Capex) to a fully-loaded, usage based (Opex) model provides predictability and scalability for budgeting…

April 19, 2016 RETAILSYSTEMS+
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Innovative Shopping Mall: A Selling & Buying Experience

The following article is reposted from CStore Decisions and features commentary by Ed Collupy, executive consultant, W. Capra Consulting Group. The Journey to REC There was a long line when I ordered my coffee at the airport, but it moved pretty well. I placed my order, paid cash and proceeded to the pickup area. The baristas prepared…

March 23, 2016 RETAILSYSTEMS+
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