by Judd Farmer | Jan 8, 2019 | Grocery, Hospitality, Retail
Congrats! Your business just had one of its best quarters for revenue ever. But after you’re done paying all your suppliers, the success brings you back down to earth. If you’d like to improve your cash flow, consider negotiating the terms from your...
by Judd Farmer | Jan 3, 2019 | Retail
Is 2019 finally the year when artificial intelligence becomes commonplace in retail? Will you be greeted in the weeks and months ahead by a robot at your neighborhood coffee shop? Probably not. Perhaps that prediction will come true in the more futuristic sounding,...
by Judd Farmer | Nov 29, 2018 | Retail
You know how to market your business using social media. And you’ve mastered the 3 rules of email marketing success. Another way to promote your business is with social ads. Social ads are when you pay a social media platform such as Facebook to display your...
by Judd Farmer | Nov 15, 2018 | Hospitality, Point Of Sale, Retail
Does your store’s payment-processing hardware have a handwritten sign sticking out of the chip-card reader insert that says, “Chip coming soon?” Chip cards, the most recent development in secure payment-processing technology, make it harder for...
by Judd Farmer | Nov 14, 2018 | Grocery, Hospitality, Point Of Sale, Retail, Security
Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday, oh my! That’s a lot of emails and promotions directed at your customers. Say you’re a small business owner with a brick and mortar shop or eatery. You don’t sell anything online. Perhaps...
by Judd Farmer | Nov 8, 2018 | Grocery, Hospitality, News, Retail, Security
Is your small business hiring? Consider hiring a veteran? Sure, you may have heard that the the veteran unemployment rate mirrors the current national trend of low unemployment. That’s the good news. The bad news, however, is labor statistics don’t always...
by Judd Farmer | Nov 6, 2018 | Grocery, Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, Point Of Sale, Retail
Suppose your small business earned $500,000 in revenue this year, compared to $300,000 last year. That’s great news, right? Not necessarily. A business that does $300,000 in sales may profit handsomely, say, to the tune of $200,000, whereas a $500,000 business...
by Judd Farmer | Oct 26, 2018 | Hospitality, Point Of Sale, Retail
Are small businesses that don’t accept credit cards as rare as a northern White Rhino? Believe it or not, businesses that are cash-only are far from an endangered species. In fact, according to the National Federation of Independent Business, more small businesses...
by Judd Farmer | Oct 18, 2018 | F&B, Grocery, Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, News, Retail
When you think of major holidays, Halloween probably doesn’t make the cut. But does that mean that the seemingly frivolous child-centric holiday can’t help lead to more sales for your business? If statistics revealed by the National Retail Federation (NRF) mean...
by Judd Farmer | Oct 17, 2018 | Grocery, Hospitality, Hotels and Resorts, Retail
The economic impact of Hurricanes Florence and Michael will exceed $100 billion. Obviously, the biggest tragedy of catastrophic weather events are loss of life. Small businesses also fail to survive extreme weather events. In fact, according to statistics by the...
