Imagine making an online reservation for two at one of your favorite restaurants, and a few hours before you and your dining partner arrive, you get a text message. The text contains a personalized offer for two of your favorite desserts if you spend $75 or more. Though you weren’t planning on splurging, you decide […]
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Many hospitality and retail businesses have an untapped resource that unlocks the potential to gain actionable data, personalize customer experiences, and grow visits and spend. More than just a cash register and card reader, point of sale systems like Revel allow businesses to add third-party POS integrations that significantly expand the value and capabilities of
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FSTEC, an annual technology conference for the foodservice industry, took place Oct. 1 – 3 in Orlando, FL. Como had the pleasure of attending the event, meeting with executives from some of the 240+ foodservice operations, and participating in educational and inspirational sessions. Of all the FSTEC sessions Como leaders attended, one thing remained the
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We’ve come a long way since loyal customers in the 18th century¹ received copper tokens that could be exchanged for gifts at a later date. What we had here was the makings of a loyalty club, just in a more physical (and metal-based) form.
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Technology today has provided the hospitality and retail industries with an endless array of omnichannel engagement options for communicating with customers, from Tweets and push notifications to emails and face-to-face interactions. But as the ease of reaching customers has increased, so too have customer expectations regarding the quality of that communication.
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With so much affordable and comprehensive data at our fingertips, many large restaurant chains have made restaurant data analytics a priority for creating data-driven restaurants. The restaurant industry is now beginning to recognize data’s immense value to both the customer experience and to boost restaurant sales.
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It’s that time of year for retail, hospitality, and point-of-sale industry professionals to gather at RSPA RetailNOW 2018! The annual event brings together the leading providers in the retail technology industry, including POS resellers, software vendors, payment professionals, manufacturers and distributors, to provide plentiful opportunities for networking, education, and exploring new business relationships.
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It’s summer. School’s out. And your customers seem to be taking a break as well. You decide it’s time to reel them in with a summer special. So you log in to the Como Hub to start designing your new campaign. By the time you’ve navigated to the different tabs in your control panel to
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Data-driven marketing is one of the biggest topics surrounding today’s enterprises as restaurants and retailers are increasingly feeling the pressure of showing ROI from their promotional activities.
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Spanning the size of 20 football fields, enjoyed by over 65,000 attendees, and offering thousands of the best food samples available, last month saw the biggest convention center in North America play host to the National Restaurant Association Show (NRA Show).Chicago’s McCormick Place brought together all the hospitality industry’s main players to discuss their challenges,
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