Transforming the Store Experience with Cisco Retail Solutions

whitePaper | July 21, 2022

The Request for Proposal (RFP) process for a new e-commerce platform can easily require 1,000 hours and can take months to complete. Wow! you might be thinking, that’s a lot of time and energy. And it is, but it’s necessary as the stakes are high; organizations that fail to conduct a thorough and well thought out RFP process can suffer the consequences for a long time thereafter.

whitePaper | January 7, 2020

In 20 years, how will people look back on today’s wholesale industry? Will they view it as a business model from a bygone era, long since superseded by more modern alternatives? Absolutely not. Instead, what they will see is the precise moment when the wholesale industry set a bold new course for the future. Our current era will be remembered as a time of change and upheaval, driven by the wider digitalization of society. A period with fundamental implications for our personal lives, for how we collaborate at work, and for the way companies interact with each other.

whitePaper | May 9, 2022

Let’s face it, robust profits in the restaurant industry have never been a given. In 2019, just prior to the pandemic, profit margins for single location full-service restaurants averaged 6.2 percent, according to an . Over the last two years, amidst a growing array of COVID considerations—from sporadic restaurant closures and labor shortages, to increased food and supply costs paired with a sluggish supply chain—slim restaurant profit margins have shrunk even more.

whitePaper | April 30, 2022

According to PayPal’s Borderless Commerce Report, worldwide e-commerce is expected togrow 14.3% in 2021, with a 28% increase in new online shoppers. 1 Based on Visa’s latest Global Merchant E-commerce Study, 66% of e-commerce companies are selling products across borders, with cross-border sales accountingfor around one-third (31%) of their revenue on average. 2 Even though 87% of merchants believe their biggest growth potential lies with international online sales expansion, owners of small businesses expressed their reluctance to take actions to expand into new markets 3 Lacking interoperable payment solutions suitable for international trade is preventing merchants, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), from tapping into international markets:

whitePaper | December 29, 2022

Research shows that legacy ERP 1.0 systems were not designed for usability and insight. More than three quarters of business leaders say their current ERP system doesn’t meet their requirements, let alone future plans.1 These systems lack modern best-practice capabilities needed to compete and grow. To enable today’s data-driven organization, the very foundation from which you are operating needs to be re-established; it needs to be “modernized”

whitePaper | May 26, 2021

The spending limit for contactless card payments has increased from £30 to £45 this week in the UK, with the continuing Covid-19 coronavirus crisis accelerating a move that was already in the planning. Learn about the benefits and implications of this increase in this expert guide.