After two years, society has shifted to better navigate new COVID-strains, flexing social distancing rules and everchanging "new normals". Now with a clearer path to the future, retailers should optimistically devise post-pandemic strategies that account for changes in customer behavior....
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New Year, New Name: Why apg® Chose to Rebrand
The coming New Year will be rife with change, including a new name for one long-standing point of sale company. Effective January 2022, APG Cash Drawer will officially drop “Cash Drawer” from its name and introduce a new tagline to...
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Retailers Plan Significant Post-Pandemic Investments
Despite consumers' growing dependence on digital shopping channels, nearly 92% of all sales in 2021 will be fulfilled through local brick and mortar stores, according to IHL research. Meanwhile, local stores are changing, as retailers rush to accommodate new shopping...
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Resetting Marketing Priorities for POS Resellers During a Pandemic
Developing a marketing plan for POS software developers and channel partners is challenging in normal times, a pandemic can make it downright stressful. What do you do when you can't meet customers face to face and everyone is worried about...
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A Long Recovery: Restaurants Coping with the Impact COVID-19
Restaurants are reopening in states that were hit hard with COVID-19 restrictions. Social-distancing policies are not allowing restaurants to return to pre-pandemic operation levels, in most cases they are being forced to function at no more than 50% capacity. Restaurants...
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Coin Shortage Pinches Convenience, Grocery and Retail Merchants
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a number of temporary shortages, including toilet paper, disinfectants and even meat. But one shortage most people likely haven't noticed is affecting retail segments like convenience stores, gas stations and dollar stores. The U.S. coin...
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Retail and Hospitality Trends to Watch After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Robert Banker, Director of smarttill® and Partner Sales at apg®, is a retail technology veteran with extensive experience in solution sales of retail technologies. Robert discusses the impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the retail and hospitality industries, as...
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Understanding Responsible Manufacturing and Environmental Responsibilities
Manufacturing and the Environment As a worldwide supplier of cash drawers, we have a responsibility to ensure that our products meet the requirements of our customers, markets and communities we serve. To help accomplish this, the APG team takes an...
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Retailers’ Post-Pandemic Investments to Focus on Omnichannel
In the blink of an eye, the COVID-19 outbreak caused massive upheaval in the retail industry. As retailers look beyond the lockdowns and stay-at-home directives necessitated by the pandemic, some of the technology changes and investments implemented in a hurry...
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Sight and Sound Help Your Point of Sale Business Go Round
We're all storytellers. It's ingrained in us from birth. Stories are used to teach, comfort, and entertain. Aside from being in person, video is one of the best mediums of communication we have. Using sight and sound, video has been...
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