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3 Advantages of Online Food Ordering for Customers
Online ordering has been around in the restaurant industry for quite some time – in fact, the first online food ordered was placed in 1994! However...
CloudPRNT: The Best Google Cloud Print Alternative
Are you a Google Cloud Print user? If so, you are probably aware that Google Cloud Print is no longer supported, as of January 1, 2021. Migrating t...
Restaurant Guide: How to Offer Curbside Pickup
Curbside pickup is here, and it is here to stay. In fact, according to Technomic’s 2020 Delivery and Takeout Consumer Trend Report, 66% of consumer...
5 Reasons Why Shoppers Still Prefer Brick-and-Mortar
The constant evolution of e-commerce provides a hybrid of digital and physical purchasing possibilities to customers. While the appeal of an online...
5 Reasons Why Your Restaurant Needs an Online Ordering System
We recently posted an article about how our smart phones are replacing other devices in our lives such as cameras, computers, iPods, etc. They are...
Solutions for Printing from Web Browser-Based Applications: WebPRNT
Receipt technology has advanced dramatically in the last several years. Previously, in every transaction, a customer would pay for their purchases at...
WebPRNT vs. CloudPRNT: What’s the Difference?
When designing a software product, whether it be a point of sale (POS), online ordering, or reservation system (or more), deciding which...
Solutions for Printing from Web Browser-Based Applications: PassPRNT
Receipt technology has advanced dramatically in the last several years. Previously, in every transaction, a customer would pay for their purchases...
3 Critical Payment Trends to Watch This Year
The past few years have brought rapid evolution and change to the payments industry, with the same growth expected in 2017. Retailers must remain...
How to Choose the Right POS Scale for Your Application and Industry
If you’re in the market for a new POS scale, consider these points to help you make a smart choice for your business.POS scales are used in differe...
Buyers Guide: 5 Things to Consider When Purchasing a Scale
Any retail, restaurant, or hospitality venue that sells items by weight needs a scale to protect their customers and business. Point of sale (POS) sca...
Star Software Update: mC-Print Firmware Update (v2.4)
Welcome to the Star Software Update, the regular series of blog updates where Star’s Integration Team informs you about the latest important Star M...
5 “Must-Haves” for Stadium Point of Sale
When visiting a large sports stadium or entertainment arena, you often find long lines for food and merchandise during half-time or intermissions...
Top 5 Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, over 50% of small businesses fail in the first year and 95% fail within the first five years. For...
Star Micronics and Cova Software Join Forces to Streamline Cannabis Retail Point of Sale
Together, Cova’s retail software and Star Micronics’ printing solutions simplify complex dispensary POS operations Somerset, NJ – August 15, 2019 – S...
3 Ways to Set Up a Successful Kiosk Implementation in 2020
So, you’re looking to take advantage of self-service kiosk technology. You know that self-service solutions can boost profits, increase order accur...
Why Self-Service Kiosk Integration is Crucial for Restaurateurs
In recent years, one can’t help but notice how many self-service kiosks are popping up in businesses of all kinds. Arguably, the most no...
Back-of-the-House vs. Front-of-the-House Receipt Printers for Restaurants
Restaurants are busy work environments where mistakes can quickly snowball into kitchen backups and long wait times for tables. A restaurant POS syste...
3 Reasons why ISOs Must Become More than Merchant Service Providers
Independent sales organizations (ISOs) and member service providers (MSPs) are companies that have developed partnerships with certain financial in...
Why Contactless Solutions will Be Indispensable for Retailers in 2021
If you could summarize the hottest retail technology trends from 2020, contactless solutions would undoubtedly make the list. Between the fact that...
TallySoft and Star Equip Specialty Retailers to Enhance Customer Experience
Specialty retailers are facing more competition from big box retailers and e-commerce businesses than ever before, and they are exploring technology o...
Receipt Marketing: How to Unleash the Power of Your Receipt
This is the third part of “Keep the Receipt,” a five-part blog series about the various advantages paper receipts offer to businesses and...
How to Plan for an Effortless POS Deployment
These days, while the state of business and the world at large comes with a lot of uncertainty, one thing that is sure to be a constant in the futu...
Sunglass Menagerie Finds Their Shine with Vend and Star Micronics’ mPOP™
Sunglass Menagerie has proudly served the New Jersey beach community for the past 38 years offering a variety of sunglass options for every type o...
Millennials’ Eating Habits: How They’re Changing the Food Industry
If there’s one generation that makes headlines, it’s millennials. According to the 2015 U.S. Census, there are 75.4 million millennials living in the...