Is Black Friday the best indicator of holiday retail sales?
Some economists say that Black Friday sales are actually not the best indication of future retail performance. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Why your business needs inventory tracking software
Tracking inventory is a crucial, but often time-consuming, part of owning your own business. Continue reading
Local stores increase holiday hiring
Local retailers are optimistic about this holiday season, and to prepare for the influx of customers they’re hiring a whole slew of temporary workers. Continue reading
Black Friday forecast: More retailers decide to close on Thanksgiving
More businesses are responding to public criticism by staying closed on Thanksgiving. Continue reading
Amazon plans to extend cloud-based services
At a tech conference last week, Amazon officials announced that it would be extending its services to offer cloud computing processes to customers. Continue reading
October retail sales jumped in the U.S.
Broad-based consumer spending in October jumped by .3 percent due to lower gas prices and an improving job market. Continue reading
Retail trend predictions for 2015
Here are some of the retail trends expected to take over in 2015. Continue reading
Executives admit that only one third of U.S. data is secure
According to a new survey from NTT Com Security, a global information security and risk management company, only about a third of U.S. data is currently secure. Continue reading
The Target security breach one year later
It’s been almost a year since Target’s Black Friday data breach, which resulted in the theft of names, credit card numbers, email addresses, phone numbers and home addresses of 70 million of its customers. Continue reading
7 more holiday retail trends and tips
Here are the trends and tips you need to know in order to have a successful holiday season. Continue reading
Home Depot breach has wide-reaching effects
The Home Depot data breach is still effecting both the company and consumers. Continue reading
7 reasons to upgrade your company’s point of sale system
Here are some reasons for making the move and updating your POS system Continue reading
Home Depot announces that 53 million email addresses were stolen in breach
Home Depot announced yesterday that in addition to the 56 million credit card accounts that were compromised, hackers gained access to about 53 million customer email addresses in its April breach. Continue reading
Wearable tech is retail’s next big trend
Retail professionals are predicting that wearable technology will be the hottest selling product of the next few years. Continue reading
Retailers are opening earlier on Thanksgiving
Retailers are hustling to take advantage of high Black Friday sales numbers by opening earlier than ever. Continue reading
The benefits of using the cloud as a security function for your data
Here are some of the benefits of using cloud-based technology in business. Continue reading
Things you need to know about holiday retail
Here are some holiday retail tips for your company. Continue reading
Top holiday retail trends and themes
Here are some of this year’s biggest retail trends, themes and tips. Continue reading
Retailers hope for a secure holiday season
As the most important shopping season of the year approaches, retailers are hoping for a smooth few months but are preparing for the worst. Continue reading
Home Depot breach costs credit card unions $60 million
Credit Union National Association (CUNA) recently released a new survey of credit unions that revealed the Home Depot data breach cost credit unions $60 million. Continue reading