Take Aways from the 2015 Envision Retail Conference/CounterPoint Users Conference

I was honored to be a guest speaker at the 2015 Envision Retail Conference/NCR CounterPoint Users Conference in Denver Colorado and wanted to share some observations from the conference:

• CounterPoint users are champions for both NCR CounterPoint as a point of sale systems and Retail Control Systems as their CounterPoint Partner
• NCR is very dedicated to supporting and growing the CounterPoint software
• Retail Control Systems has a "rock star" staff that is very dedicated to providing the best point of sale solution and growing your business or organization
• EMV adoption is slow in all aspects (banks, processors, software companies, hardware companies and in stores)
• There are a lot of companies that offer enhancements for NCR CounterPoint that I was not aware of. These include:
• Avalara for tax calculations and tax compliance
• Vend Lease for funding and financing
• 2B Solutions for warehouse inventory management, hand held mobile inventory, and mobile order picking
• Outbound Software for ticketing, performance seating, and tour groups
• Red Rock for CounterPoint and Magento integration
• Clutch for customer profile and markting
• NCR Merchant Solutions for merchant services (debit and credit card processing)
• There is a need to have more of these conferences across the country so more NCR CounterPoint users can take full advantage of their point of sale systems. I'm pushing for similar events to be held in other areas like Salt Lake City and Boise
• There is a need to allow attendance for business and organizations searching for point of sale systems to attend these conferences. What a great way to interact with other business owners and learn more about NCR CounterPoint in a non-sales environment!

I'm sure that I have more thoughts to share.

Are you  in the US and in need of no cost retail point of sale advice?  I'm happy to help and can be reached on my cell at 208-340-5632 (I am on Mountain Time) or via email at kevinantosh@gmail.com. There is also a contact form to the right that can be used to reach me.

Envision Retail Conference/CounterPoint Users Conference

Getting ready to speak at the Envision Retail Conference/CounterPoint Users Conference.  #Rcsenvision#Redefineretail #pos

Speaking at Envision in Denver, CO and SBDC in Boise, ID

A quick reminder that there a couple of speaking engagements coming up rather quickly that you are welcomed to attend and even coordinate a time for us to meet in person if you so wish.

First up is the Envision Conference taking place in Denver, CO on September 17th - 18th, 2015. Here is a link to more details and registration information: https://www.retailcontrolsystems.com/envision-conference/

Note that Envision has multiple sessions to cover the following:

1. Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced CounterPoint SQL point of sale software users
2. Retail Marketing
3. EMV Information
4. Unbiased workshops for businesses and organizations searching for a new (or first) point of sale system

After Envision, I will be conducting a free and unbiased workshop designed for businesses and organizations searching for a POS system. This will also be the last workshop that I will be speaking about EMV at.

The workshop location is at Boise State University in conjunction with the Idaho Small Business Development Center in Boise, ID and will take place on September 22nd, 2015 from 2pm to 4pm. More details and registration information can be found here: https://business.idahosbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=40350090

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