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Choosing the Right Channel Partner

rmazza — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:54:22 +0000

Choosing a reputable, knowledgable partner is key for the channel, not only for the enduser but for manufacturers as well. Trust that the manufacturer’s product will be handled, serviced and promoted appropriately is key. That is why Star Micronics America is pleased to announce that it has named BlueStar, Inc. as its top Point of Sale distributor for the 8th consecutive year.

The Distributor of the Year award is given in recognition of distributors who demonstrate channel integrity, as well as, continued year-over-year growth in sales and perform best practices in reseller business development to grow the Star Micronics brand throughout the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

“We are proud and excited to present the BlueStar team with the 2011 Distributor of the Year award,” stated Christine Duffy, Senior Sales Director at Star Micronics. “BlueStar has been a vital part of our continued success and we look forward to continuing our partnership.”

“We are privileged to receive the Distributor of the Year award from Star Micronics,” stated Steve Cuntz, President and CEO of BlueStar. “Our partnership with Star Micronics has created a lot of opportunities for us over the years and we are excited for the possibilities of the future.”

Mobile Point of Sale Printing – via Raco Technologies

rmazza — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:53:40 +0000

Great info on the below post from Raco on mobile point of sale printing and Star’s SM-S200 portable printer.

http://www.racoindustries.com/blog/post/Mobile-Point-Of-Sale-Printing.aspx

Adding Your Logo to a Star Video

rmazza — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:45:41 +0000

Star has long acknowledged that our partners are busy doing installs and servicing their customers. Quite often, our VARs do not have time to do their own marketing. This is where Star likes to help. We offer all our VARs access to our marketing materials and co-brand them with Star and our customer’s logo.

Check out our latest product video on our YouTube channel. Contact marketing@starmicronics.com if you would like to co-brand one of the videos. Check out our latest portable printer video on YouTube. If you are a Star reseller, you can have this video customize with your logo! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcKoiOUI9do&list=UUzFsbwqptC1jQwIBKbz4ppw&index=1&feature=plcp

Printing Receipts from an Android App

rmazza — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:59 +0000

Raco Industries shows how simple it is to print receipts from Android devices to Star portable printer

Star Micronics to Exhibit at NRF 101st Annual Convention

rmazza — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:34:40 +0000

Counting down to NRF’s Big Show (National Retail Federation), one of the largest show Star’s does throughout the year. Very excited to be offering a variety of product demos with some great industry players!

NRF is taking place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City from January 16^th-17^th.

At booth #2319, Star will display a variety of printing solutions including the FVP-10, a front loading receipt printer and the TSP100ECO, an eco-friendly receipt printer designed to reduce paper usage and decrease power consumption. In addition, Star Micronics will showcase their popular series of portable receipt printers including the SM-S200, SM-S300, the rugged SM-T300 and SM-S400.

Joining Star’s booth at this year’s convention will be ShopKeep.com™, Square and MMF POS. This isn’t the first time ShopKeep.com™ and Star have teamed up this year, as the TSP100LAN printer joined ShopKeep.com™ at the Telluride Film Festival in September. ShopKeep.com™ allows any retailer or quick service restaurant to manage their entire business, from ringing up sales on their iPad® Register to detailed reporting on inventory, sales and customer relationship management.

Square enables you to accept payment card transactions on a compatible mobile device. Square is available as a free reader and app for the iPhone®, iPad® and Android. They also offer next-day payout and automatic direct deposits to your bank account.

To learn more about the advantages retailers can gain by using these solutions, stop by Star’s booth #2319 for a product demonstration and be entered for a chance to win an Apple® iPad®. To learn more, visit www.starmicronics.com.

RetailEdge Island Software Certifies SM-S200 Portable Printer

rmazza — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:12:56 +0000

Software Integrates Seamlessly with SM-S200 Portable Printer

Another leading software company has certified the SM-S200 portable printer – RetailEdge Island software from High Meadow Business Solutions.

The SM-S200 is a 2 inch mobile printer with a small and light weight design. Ideal for the retail and hospitality industries, the printer easily fastens on a belt for “table-side” order taking and retail “line busting.”

High Meadow Business Solutions recently released RetailEdge Island, their new mobile point of sale software. RetailEdge Island is designed to help business owners who need a mobile POS or want to manage their businesses remotely when they are disconnected from their main system or the Internet. RetailEdge Island automatically synchronizes their data when they are reconnected.

The SM-S200 makes the perfect complement to RetailEdge Island software enabling retailers to take their business mobile.

To learn more about the SM-S200 printer, visit www.starmicronics.com/Printer/allprinters.aspx?PageId=14

Selecting a Printer for the Wireless POS Migration

rmazza — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:18:57 +0000

Today, an increasing number of retailers and restaurateurs are migrating to mobile POS applications to enhance their own operating efficiencies as well as to meet consumers’ heightened demand for immediate service and rapid transaction processing. With the trend in wireless POS at the retail and hospitality levels continuing to increase, printer manufacturers who want to remain as industry visionaries and leaders, will undoubtedly need to 110% support the latest advances in wireless technology. One of the main routes for support from a printer manufacturer has to be the ease and availability of an SDK to POS ISVs and developers.

Star Micronics America has announced the availability of iOS and Android SDKs for all of its point of sale printers. The drivers allow end-users to utilize Star Micronics printers in tandem with Apple iPad™, iPod Touch®, iPhone® and Android devices to generate receipts and perform related functions in retail and restaurant environments. The availability of iOS and Android SDKs for Star Micronics printers will give solution providers the added flexibility to satisfy requests for wireless POS software that may be used to keep up with the trends and leverage the power of these popular hand-held units.

Bringing these SDKs to the marketplace is only the beginning. The role of mobile devices in the retail and restaurant space is only going to increase in significance as technology evolves. Star Micronics stands fully prepared and committed to supporting new innovations as they emerge.

For more information on Star’s offerings, please visit Star Micronics or contact us at 800-782-7636 ext 986 or sales@starmicronics.com.

iPad Point of Sale Software Guide

rmazza — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:56:04 +0000

Came across this iPad POS software guide that I thought would be beneficial to those exploring iPads for retail and hospitality use. Star works with most of the vendors listed, all offer great, robust apps. Check it out….

http://blog.softwareadvice.com/articles/retail/guide-to-mobile-point-of-sale-applications-10101211/

iPad Use in Retail & Hospitality Performs for Fox’s “Kitchen Nightmare”

rmazza — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:53:08 +0000

We’ve all seen the use of iPads in the retail and hospitality markets grow tremendously this past year. iPads have proven to be easy to integrate with POS software and printers, and at such a low cost, mom & pop operations are able to utilize leading edge technology at a fraction of the cost of a traditional POS system. Now, one ISV has even landed a part part on Fox’s hit show, “Kitchen Nightmare.” POS Lavu’s solution was highlighted on this week’s show. http://blog.poslavu.com/poslavu-on-kitchen-nightmares-tv-show-on-fox.

The POSLavu representatives train the staff during the taping of Kitchen Nightmares.

ShopKeep.com Selected as Point of Sale System for Telluride Film Festival

rmazza — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:18:33 +0000

ShopKeep.com Selected as Point of Sale System for Telluride Film Festival.

ShopKeep.com is proud to announce their service as the Festival point of sale for tickets, concessions and souvenirs at the 38th annual Telluride Film Festival in Telluride, CO (September 2nd-5th 2011). A leader in iPad POS, ShopKeep turns a tablet computer into a full point of sale system including wirelessly popping the cash drawer, printing receipts on a Star Micronics TSP100LAN Printer and swiping credit cards on an iPad with an attachable encrypted reader that processes credit cards through Mercury Payments Systems. ShopKeep.com turns any Mac, PC or iPad into a full point of sale with real time reporting on sales and inventory that is accessible from any computer anywhere.