Maximize Category Margins – Part 1: Overcoming Challenges Amid Rising Costs
The flood of escalating costs has been an ongoing challenge for retailers. Though balancing the protection of category margins while […]
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Food Innovation Within A Chassiss – CSP Foodservice Forum
Innovation Can Reduce Waste And Increase Foodservice Profitability Chuck Ulie, foodservice editor for CSP Daily News, shared the following overview of […]
What does the new Taco Bell Defy concept mean for Convenience?
This new Taco Bell concept should not be seen merely as a signal to other fast-food operators and Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) that change is coming; this is a sign to all who strive to offer quick, convenient, access to high quality food and drink that adaptation is required. As a company, you don’t get to define what convenience means. The broader market and consumers are defining that for you, and expectations are being redefined every day.
Is 2022 Finally the Year for Electronic Shelf Labels?
Supply chain disruptions, new shopping patterns, and a labor shortage may collectively become the final catalyst for ESLs Electronic shelf […]
How Your Competitors Inform Your Program Strategy
While too strong of a focus on the competition will not lead you closer to a winning program strategy, collecting competitive insights with purpose as part of your broader program strategy can enable new insights to help you serve your consumer base. These insights can solidify your understanding of table stakes, barriers to entry, and opportunities to differentiate within your market, but there are best practices that W. Capra recommends to employ this effectively.
Now May Be the Time for a Resale Platform
Beyond the financial benefits, there are plenty of benefits associated with the RaaS model. From a branding perspective, when the merchant stamps the resale, it signals to the world that the product holds up through time and use. There’s also an ecological and reputational advantage to RaaS in that resale is both sustainable and eco-friendly.
Is a Payment Orchestration Layer right for your business?
If your business is looking to reduce friction for consumers at checkout, increase payment acceptance, optimize transaction routing, and innovate your payment architecture quickly as you add geographies, currencies, and additions to your payment flow, then a Payment Orchestration Layer is an obvious and necessary addition.
How and when to forge boldly ahead with an autonomous checkout solution?
Consumer expectations around reduced friction at checkout, not waiting in long lines and burgeoning labor shortages have made self-checkout solutions more imperative than ever before.
Is PINLess Debit Routing a fit for your payment ecosystem?
Utilizing PINLess debit to decrease cost of acceptance is certainly very enticing, but it also can be a very daunting undertaking. For some merchants, PINLess debit may mean a full-scale change to POS, reconciliation, and acquirer/gateway message specification and configurations to support this transaction routing.
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