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Golem5

  1. Canada is getting rid of their penny. @APGCashDrawer is the extra drawer space going to be used for cheese curds? :) natpo.st/HmBB1a
  2. #Groupon is getting into the credit card processing business. Wise move to maximize their feet-on-the-street or epic fail?
  3. The #POS of tomorrow (credit card perspective) - good brief chat about #mobile, #NFC, #EMV payments bit.ly/M2Hdjv
  4. Bring your change to #Coinstar, charge up your #PayPal account. via @GregBuzek bit.ly/JhYP9m bit.ly/JhYP9mGreat
  5. Thx for the mention :) RT @InsideRSPA Sun. issue of NY Times has more info than the avg 19th cent. citizen accessed in entire life. @Golem5
  6. The dirty side of social. Has your business been held hostage by a consumer on #Yelp? #social bit.ly/KFRDOL
  7. Kudos to Nordstrom. #MobilePOS terminals to exceed fixed by 2013, plus add capability to sell online items inside store bit.ly/JuUoEs
  8. Does your marketing picture look like this? Pretty intimidating if you're figuring out how to market your brand read.bi/KovRkd
  9. Is Twitter useful for retailers and #POS Vars? Check out my article in Connect Mag from @InsideRSPA bit.ly/J5sPVw
  10. Jumping on the bandwagon, Facebook now allows people\businesses to pay to promote status updates. bit.ly/Lxk3xB
  11. GroupOn Rewards is rolling out. Spend enough at a business, get a free GroupOn at that business. Simple but slick bit.ly/JCanTg
  12. Could #Amex really own local check-ins? bit.ly/JfPNop
  13. ShopMox tries to create a multi-store shopping experience "mall" in an app. I like the favorites feed-Yawn on the rest tcrn.ch/KFmamq
  14. Facebook now lets retailers and e-tailers post coupons, promote them in peoples feeds. Will this be too spammy? tcrn.ch/ISy7U6
  15. “The future of the convenience store industry will depend on foodservice,” bit.ly/KKynQr #NRAShow
  16. Amtrak goes digital. Tickets will be scanned with an iPhone instead of being torn. Phones to have other great uses too vrge.co/LwNLVP
  17. The 1st customer #loyalty program is traced to 1793-A retailer in Sudbury, NH gave copper tokens to customers-redeemable for merchandise.
  18. @WallyMlynarski @golem5 #node.js does look pretty lightweight...now you have me reading up on it! thanks!
  19. This article recommends building a mobile-optimized web site instead of an app. Anyone agree or disagree? bit.ly/JiXURR