Stephanie Braun

With the creation of “shoppertainment” and hyper-attentive customer service, Harry Gordon Selfridge almost single-handedly revolutionized...

Will this year be the end of big-box and chains stores in Canada? It seems Canadians are preferring specialty and “Main Street”...

Consumers are armed with even more knowledge than ever before. The latest cause? New smartphone apps. Mobile-enhanced shopping is here...

How can a point of sale system change the working life of a chef? A server? A manager? What about your customers? The decision to upgrade...

Having an online store is crucial, even for retailers whose bread-and-butter comes from brick-and-mortar. Online conversion rates for...

The pop-up shop concept has become one of the most in-vogue ways to test new markets and products. These time-sensitive events draw...

Returns of holiday sales can be a huge problem for retailers. Gifts of clothing for loved ones often don’t fit, and so online apparel...

Imagine running a brick and mortar retail store or restaurant without internet. When you think about everything that uses the Internet,...

These days, setting up an online store isn’t very complicated; most web building tools can help you start selling in just a few clicks....

When our founder Dax Dasilva founded LightSpeed about a decade ago, the sole product was a server-based, retail management solution...

Walking through Jacadi’s two-storey Dublin outpost, childish is the last thing that comes to mind. After a month-long renovation...

With Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas and Boxing Day just around the corner, it’s critical that retailers put in place a strategy...

We’ve been working hard over the past year to strengthen our support services. We’ve grown our support team by 110%, drastically...

While most people still have back-to-school on their minds, smart retailers are already looking ahead to the all-important winter holiday...

We consider LightSpeed Retail a product created not only by our own designers and engineers, but also the thousands of retailers who...

It’s hard to miss them these days. “E-cigs” or “vaporizers” are everywhere. “E-juice”, a new alternative to tobacco,...

Start-up retailers rooted in e-commerce, such as Frank & Oak, are seeing their nimble strategies pay off. The menswear company has...

This is a guest post by Hunter Kubryk of StorefrontE-commerce may provide a home base for brands, but consumers still seek the in-person...

Imagine a mirror that can analyze your face, remember your past cosmetics purchases, and suggest a flattering lipstick color. The Magic...

Watch out – we’re in an era of ‘fashion hijackers’! With the quick turnaround of fashion trends from Catwalk-to-Main Street,...

The mall of the future won’t look anything like it does today: Big box stores will give way to smaller spaces as anchors (think Walmart...