NRF Wrap 2025 by Tom McCole After surviving a treacherous “Georgia blizzard” with snowfall reaching a frightening 1.5 inches, I made my way safely to the Atlanta airport. Destination: The National Retail Federation convocation in New York City. This is my 25th year of attending this event and I can declare emphatically my favorite so…
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Wonderful Wearables by Tom McCole One of the amazing things about retail payment technology is the rapid rate of change and development of new products and business models. In the not-so-distant past, we have migrated from carrying cash for purchases to paying with plastic cards. We evolved from knuckle-busting imprinters and manual lookup of bad…
PAXCON 2024 by Tom McCole Despite my domestic tranquility administrator’s objections, I willingly took a break this week from my annual deciduous tree refuse relocation tasks to attend my third Pax Conference in Orlando. I can state with certainty that it was well worth putting the leaf blower back on the shelf and heading…
Maintaining Data Security in E-Commerce Goes Far Beyond PCI Compliance By Glenn Goldberg E-commerce merchants are understandably giddy as the Holiday season approaches. According to estimates published by Deloitte, online sales are projected to reach a staggering $259 billion between September 2024 and January 2025, up a healthy nine percent over the previous year. Unfortunately,…
Retail Scantastic by Tom McCole Retail and grocery shopping technology has advanced dramatically in the past few years. Retailers are embracing new in-store technologies throughout their operations to reduce labor costs and streamline the shopping experience. Since the COVID pandemic, online ordering and self-checkout systems have led to the replacement of nearly a third…