Sainsburys hit by amex credit card scam

Posted on October 22, 2010 by admin

Sainsbury’s supermarket has recently been hit by a American Express (AMEX) scam . Amex is a bit of weird part of the credit card market, and I’m not surprised by this problem Continue reading →

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what happens when chip and pin system fail?

Posted on October 21, 2010 by admin

Technical problems on Saturday 2nd October 2010 meant that hundreds of Sainsbury’s stores were without chip and pin at about 2pm on a saturday afternoon. Continue reading →

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Always buy Epson TM-88 printers

Posted on October 20, 2010 by admin

The various revisions of the Epos TM-88 thermal receipt printer is probably the most common receipt printer available to retailers as part of an EPOS system. Rightly so. It is virtually indestructible and good value, however, there are many copies. Simple advice: Do not buy the copies. Continue reading →

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Latest value option from Cybertill EPOS systems

Posted on October 19, 2010 by admin

Cybertill are finally realising that a good EPOS software package needs to be complimented by decent retail hardware. Continue reading →

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Customer till display screens on EPOS systems

Posted on October 18, 2010 by admin

Customer facing screens on tills are becoming a popular part of EPOS systems, especially in the grocery market. Although these customer facing displays look nice, I’m not entirely sure they are worth the money. Continue reading →

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Christmas EPOS retail high street sales predictions for 2010

Posted on October 18, 2010 by admin

Small retailers are now seriously thinking about their ordering for the Christmas period. For a lot of UK retailers, Christmas is a do-or-die period for retail sales. What can we expect this year? Continue reading →

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How quickly can an EPOS system pay for itself?

Posted on October 18, 2010 by admin

Many retailers are forgivably nervous about the significant investment of time and money required for a successful EPOS software solution implementation. How quickly can you really recoup the cost of a new EPOS system, and how is this done?

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Product descriptions and duplicate content on ecommerce sites

Posted on October 16, 2010 by admin

Search engines like Google heavily penalise websites for duplicating the content found on other websites. One of the best ways of boosting the search engine results position (SERPs) for your ecommerce website is making sure it is stuffed full of nice unique content for the search engines to work on. One of the most important areas for consideration is product descriptions. Continue reading →

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Card fraud falls in UK – but worldwide increases!

Posted on October 15, 2010 by admin

There have been a lot of news reports lately about the fall in card fraud in the UK. Card fraud was estimated at around £180 million pounds in the first 6 months of this year in the UK, down 20% on last year.

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Does your ecommerce site have fast hosting?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by admin

A lot of retailers don’t really think much about the speed of their website hosting. If it works, then fine, if it doesn’t, then complain. And by and large, up till now, they have been right. However this is all changing now that Google is using site speed as a metric for estimating the quality of the site and hence the search results ranking. Continue reading →

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