Is Your Business Ready for Holiday Sales?
U.S. holiday retail sales topped $1 trillion for the first time in 2025, and November and December represent nearly 20% of annual retail revenue for most stores. The businesses that captured the most of that growth weren’t just busy. They were prepared. Here’s the checklist to make sure you are too.
POS Inventory Management: How Retail Stores Stop Losing Money on Dead Stock
Most retailers know dead stock is a problem—but few realize how much it actually costs them. Industry estimates suggest that 20–30% of inventory held by retailers qualifies as dead or slow-moving stock at any given time. Here’s what causes it, what it’s really costing you, and how a connected POS platform helps you stop it.
Restaurant Labor Costs Are Rising —Here’s How Your POS Can Help You Manage Them
For restaurant owners, labor has become one of the most difficult expenses to control. Wages continue to rise. Finding and retaining qualified employees remains challenging. Overtime costs can quickly spiral during busy periods.
5 Signs Your Retail Inventory Shrinkage Is Above Normal
Most retailers don’t realize inventory shrinkage is becoming a serious problem until it starts eating into their profits. Here are five warning signs your losses may be above normal—and how a connected POS platform helps you identify and reduce them before they grow.
Is Your POS System Holding Your Business Back?
Your point-of-sale system should make running your business easier — not harder. But as restaurants and retailers grow, many find their old systems can’t keep up. From peak-hour crashes to disconnected tools and missing payment options, here are five clear signs your POS is holding you back, and what to do about it.
VELAONE and Valor PayTech join forces
VELAONE and Valor PayTech Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Integrated Payment and Commerce Solutions Share this article Instagram Facebook Linkedin Twitter United States, June 2026 — VELAONE, a unified commerce and business management platform serving retail, restaurant, and service businesses, today announced a strategic partnership with Valor PayTech, a payment technology company known for its […]
How Cross-Border Payment Processing Works
As global commerce expands, more businesses are accepting payments from customers around the world. Whether you run a restaurant, a boutique retail shop, or a multi-location operation, understanding cross-border payment processing isn’t just useful — it’s becoming essential.
Best Enterprise POS Systems for Multi-Location Restaurants and Retailers
For restaurant groups, retail chains, and franchise operators, the moment of growth often reveals the shortcomings of basic systems.
A Merchant’s Complete Guide to Reducing Payment Processing Fees in 2026
This guide explains everything: where your money is going, what’s pushing costs higher, and what steps you can take to lower fees—whether you run a restaurant, retail store, bar, convenience store, or pop-up shop.
How to Expand Your Business to the US Market
Most international businesses spend months planning their US entry — real estate, hiring, legal setup, branding. Then they choose a point of sale system in a weekend.
That mismatch is one of the most expensive mistakes in cross-border expansion.