Sintel Systems

Charged with adding value to any transaction, point of sale (POS) resellers see new opportunities in loyalty programs stemming from mobile payments and other commerce applications. As the only full-service POS provider — from software development to franchise incubator to ongoing support — part of Sintel’s commitment to our customers […]

Call it a Tech-tonic Shift. Consumer devices are storming into organizations, causing great disruption and leaving entrepreneurs and corporate executives feeling less in control over what happens within the company’s walls. It’s a big challenge, but one that, if met successfully, will redefine how companies retain employees, engage consumers and […]

Louis Sullivan, the great American architect, coined his famous dictum, «Form ever follows function» — although across time, the word «ever» was dropped. Although Sullivan likely never ate frozen yogurt, the spirit of his phrase lives on in frozen yogurt entrepreneurial ingenuity. Take, for example, the recent story published on […]

Given the broad awareness of certain entrepreneurs’ early success in their late teens or 20s (Gates, Jobs, Ellison, Dell, Zuckerberg, Brin and Page), expectations for entrepreneurial success would seem to skew in favor of the old saw, «Youth must be served.» Lately however, that outdated adage is being tested and […]

Franchise Owners Associations continue to make headway in seeking legislative protections as New Hampshire joins California, Maine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island (already successfully passed) in introducing bills to protect franchised businesses. A blog post at BlueMauMau.org, «New Hampshire to Introduce Franchise Protection Bill,» reports that New Hampshire representative Pat […]

In a recently issued press release, Target has confirmed reports of a major data breach between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15, 2013 that may have affected as many as 40 million cards. The dates included Black Friday, the notoriously busy shopping day following Thanksgiving. Target says the unauthorized access to payment […]

For today’s retailers, taking care of business means enterprise resource planning (ERP); efficient, tightly integrated systems, including accounting, point of sale (POS), inventory control and forecasting. «The Top Five Signs Your Business is Ready for an ERP System,» a recent article on ERP provider NetSuite’s website NetSuite.com, provides a quick […]

The good news is that your merchandise is flying off the shelves. The bad news is, your merchandise is flying off the shelves — thanks to shoplifting. For this blog post, we flip things around and give you the bad news first, followed by some good news about how a […]

What are franchisers to make of the growing movement among low-wage fast-food workers in the U.S., demanding an increase from the current $7.25 an hour minimum wage to a $15 an hour living wage? Just as we share our vast point of sale (POS) experience and expertise with startup owners […]

With many of today’s style-savvy retailers demanding both lower prices and higher aesthetics in their point of sale (POS) solutions, many value added resellers (VARs) recommend an iPad, or some other mobile tablet, in this style-starved market. From our insider perspective, that approach is unsustainable, penny-wise and pound foolish. Given […]