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Say hello to “Pay with Watch”!

With the launch of Apple Watch, customers can now use their watches to pay for their purchases. According to Business Insider, Apple sold more watches in the first day of pre-orders than Google sold in the entire year of 2014. It is estimated that Apple sold three million watches before any watches had even shipped. One…

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Is your restaurant ready? Google Wallet is coming to all Android phones!

When Apple introduced Passbook — its native digital wallet app – in June of 2012, it was clear that restaurants and retailers would soon realize that the future of mobile lies in native digital wallets, not their own apps. It took Google two years to catch up with Apple, and now Google Wallet offers the…

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How an Organic, Healthy QSR is Built

By Bijan Shahrokhi in Quick Service, Retail, Uncategorized

Poppos Taqueria is a Quick Service Restaurant that is the brain child of the Coleman brothers, and Rowen Beals, who started it on the idyllic little Anna Maria Island. THAT is not what makes it unique; it’s position on the leading edge of the food movement (organic, GMO free and locally sourced). AND it’s competing…

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QSR & Retail: Branded Apps vs Digital Wallets. Who will win the Customer Mindshare?

Less than 5 years ago, mobile apps were all the rage. Everyone and their brother dove into the business churning out gaming apps, utility apps, social apps – you name it! The impetus has been the rise of the smart phone which now has over 1.6 billion users globally, effectively surpassing desktop usage. What’s more,…

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Healthy QSR Food Trends

By Bijan Shahrokhi in Quick Service

If you’re reading this post, heck, if you have a pulse, I’m sure that you also have a friend who follows a gluten free diet. Something that was practically unheard of 30 years ago, gluten free products, are now a fast growing section of the grocery aisle. And of course, the request for gluten free…

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Are You Choosing the Right Mobile Payments Solution? 10 Things You Need to Consider if You’re in Restaurant or Retail

As you’ve read in our previous posts, the immense growth of mobile doesn’t show signs of slowing down. Last week’s post, Mobile payment centers in on your customer needs, provides a clear view into the inevitability of mobile payments. According to The Mobile Payments Market Guide, Forrester’s mobile commerce forecast for Europe predicts that by…

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