Trends And Takeaways From RetailNOW 2015

Business Solutions Newsletter | August 18, 2015 | View web version here.   In This Issue: Leadership Panel Provides SWOT Analysis At RetailNOW 2015 Mike Seymour Accepts RSPA Chairperson Gavel Former Harley-Davidson Director Of Communications Shares Secrets Of Successful Marketing At RetailNOW 2015 Microsoft Presentation Highlights mPOS Trends, VAR Opportunities At RetailNOW 2015 PowaPOS Demonstrates All-In-One Tablet POS At RetailNOW 2015 Top Trends And Takeaways From RetailNOW Sponsor   Any App Accepted Here PowaPOS believes in the power of the development community to create rich software applications that meet the needs of the marketplace. That's why we've created the first tablet POS to provide universal support for any tablet, any application. All with a single API. Partner with us and experience the PowaPOS T25, the only all-in-one and one-for-all POS platform. Integrate your app today. Leadership Panel Provides SWOT Analysis At RetailNOW 2015 By Bernadette Wilson, associate editor At RetailNOW 2015, Retail Solutions Providers (RSPA) President and CEO Kelly Funk asked a panel of channel executives to offer their views on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the retail IT channel. Featured Articles Mike Seymour Accepts RSPA Chairperson Gavel By Bernadette Wilson, associate editor New Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA) Board Chairperson Mike Seymour accepted the gavel from 2014-15 Chairperson Jim Roddy during a ceremony Tuesday at RetailNOW in Orlando, FL. Former Harley-Davidson Director Of Communications Shares Secrets Of Successful Marketing At RetailNOW 2015 By Bernadette Wilson, associate editor Marketing can be a challenge for retail IT VARs — you may often come to the conclusion your efforts aren’t producing the results you need. At RetailNOW 2015, keynote speaker Ken Schmidt challenged VARs attending the Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA) event to consider getting those results by looking at marketing from a different perspective. Microsoft Presentation Highlights mPOS Trends, VAR Opportunities At RetailNOW 2015 By Bernadette Wilson, associate editor Mobile point of sale (mPOS) trends — and the opportunities they create for VARs, ISVs, and other IT solutions providers — was a focus of education at RetailNOW 2015. There was standing room only (plus a few listeners gathered outside the door) for a presentation on the topic from Bob Kilbride, partner account manager at Microsoft, at the Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA) event held Aug. 2 to 5 in Orlando, FL. PowaPOS Demonstrates All-In-One Tablet POS At RetailNOW 2015 Bob Stone, SVP of product management for PowaPOS, demonstrated the T25, an all-in-one design for tablet point of sale (POS), at Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA) RetaiNOW 2015, held Aug. 2 through 5 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, FL. Top Trends And Takeaways From RetailNOW By Gregg Brunnick The RSPA’s annual RetailNOW event underscored that the consumer experience is rocking retail, and it showcased what the channel is doing about it. Most Popular News • Moneris Collaborates With Lavu To Offer Integrated EMV Processing To Restaurants In The U.S. And Canada • ScanSource Launches "As-A-Service Suite" Program • Panasonic Showcases Retail Mobility And Payment Solutions At RetailNOW 2015 • Mercury Launches 'Security Pays' Initiative To Improve Payments Security • Ingenico Group's Semi-Integrated Payment Solution Helps Merchants And Partners Ease PCI Compliance And EMV Migration • Multi-Award Winning Hybrid Mobile POS At RSPA 2015 • Discover Global Network Partners With Creditcall Corporation To Expand Card Acceptance Worldwide • Heartland Introduces Heartland Out-Of-Scope Solution For pcAmerica's POS Merchants • SYNNEX To Feature Real-Life Point Of Sale Scenarios With Back End Infrastructure Technologies At RetailNOW 2015 • Heartland And ShopKeep Team Up To Offer Integrated Business Solutions To Small Businesses Connect With Business Solutions:       Ensure our newsletter reaches your inbox by following these whitelist instructions. If you need to update your Business Solutions user profile, please visit here. This newsletter is being sent to ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. To cancel your subscription to the Business Solutions newsletter, please opt out here. You may also send an email to newsletter@vertmarkets.com.     © Copyright 2015 Vertmarkets, Inc, 5340 Fryling Rd Suite 300, Erie, PA 16510. All rights reserved. All product names contained herein are the trademarks of their respective holders.