Quick note that I am at the annual Texas Package Store Association conference and trade show today and tomorrow in San Antonio, Texas. Be sure to stop by booth #250 for some free swag!
Offering general point of sale advice, consulting, and sales/service to independently owned beer, wine, and liquor stores in the United States.
Sunday, July 27, 2025
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Liquor Stores: The RLAO Conference and Trade Show is TODAY!!!
Liquor stores: a quick reminder that the Retail Liquor Association of Oklahoma trade show and conference is taking place TODAY at the Oklahoma City Convention Center!
Stop by to score some great deals on products, meet with vendors and suppliers, attend important conferences, and be sure to stop by booth # 536 to pick up some free swag from Cloud Retailer Liquor POS!
Thursday, June 12, 2025
I will be at the RLAO trade show and conference in OKC
Howdy! Just a quick note that I will be at the Retail Liquor Association of Oklahoma conference and trade show later this month. Plans are to spend a few days in the Oklahoma City area before and after the event if you want to meet with me in person.
Call/Text me at 208-340-5632 or email kevinantosh@gmail.com to get something scheduled.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Point of Sale Pondering Named # 1 POS Blog Site
I never knew that this basic blog site was so popular! Thanks for the folks at FeedSpot for the recognition!
Be sure to check out the resource list as well as the FeedSpot site in general: https://bloggers.feedspot.com/pos_blogs/
Friday, April 4, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
Microsoft RMS Tablet has a cracked screen
So - while stepping off the shuttle bus at SeaTac, the strap on my laptop case broke. My tablet running Microsoft RMS now has a shattered screen. The tablet still works but my ability to offer any sort of RMS support will be very limited as I need to buy an external monitor at some point.
If anyone wants to chip in $100 for an external monitor, please let me know and I can send you my cashapp information.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Celebrating 26 Years in the Industry
I'm getting old - just surpassed 26 years of working with POS systems (plus the 14 years that I spent in retail and restaurant management). Contact me if you are in need of some general advice specific to POS systems or if you need a speaker for your next conference or trade show.
As retirement gets closer, I will likely cut back on travel and how often I post to this blog site. The site is close to hitting 2 million unique visitors so I may post less frequently once that 2 million number is surpassed.
Lord willing, I will still keep the blog site up and running (even if I don't post that often) as I know that a lot of you are here for the older Microsoft RMS content.
Monday, March 17, 2025
2025 Travel Schedule
Well, just when I thought that it was time to wind down on traveling so much, opportunities have come up that changed my mind!
For the first half of 2025, I will be headed to the following states:
- Washington State
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Colorado
Minnesota and Arkansas are pending as is Wisconsin.
Of course, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, Montana, Utah and Nevada are in the planning stages as well.
Contact me at kevinantosh@gmail.com if you are interested in meeting in person or having me speak at an event or conference.
Monday, March 10, 2025
Microsoft RMS Support
A quick note that I am still getting calls and emails regarding support for the Microsoft RMS point of sale software. I do have equipment running Microsoft RMS but that equipment is quite old.
As long as the equipment keeps running, I will do my best to offer limited support for RMS. If it only takes 15 minutes to answer your support question, then the support is free.
More in depth RMS support will be billed at an hourly rate of $79/hour.
Monday, March 3, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025
Liquor Stores: How a liquor store fought for fair profits...and won!
A great case study from a liquor store on how they increased profits: https://cloudretailer.com/news/bemidji-liquor-stores-take-back-credit-card-fees-in-fight-for-fair-profits/
Here is a picture that they took:
Monday, February 17, 2025
What POS System Do The Largest Liquor Stores in Minnesota Use?
Yup! Cloud Retailer Liquor POS is used at most of the largest municipal liquor stores in Minnesota! info@cloudretailer.com 888-267-7483 https://
Monday, February 10, 2025
Monday, February 3, 2025
Cloud Retailer Liquor POS Pricing
I've had several folks ask me what the price is for the Cloud Retailer Liquor POS software. Pricing starts at $980 per check out loan for the hardware, software and training. The monthly subscription starts at $0.
Monday, January 27, 2025
Monday, January 20, 2025
Cloud Retailer Liquior Store POS Review
Nice collection of recent reviews of the Cloud Retailer Liquor Store POS: https://www.capterra.
Monday, January 13, 2025
Liquor store industry insights
A blog site with liquor store news as well as an optional email newsletter that you can sign up for (for free).
Monday, January 6, 2025
Liquor Stores: New for 2025!
New benefit in using the Cloud Retailer Liquor Store POS Profit System!
Link to the free training and open office calendar https://helpdesk.