Cashless at Commerce
I’ve been in the restaurant business in New York City for over 20 years. So you could say I’m a veteran of the industry and I’m also a passionate advocate for the art of cuisine. But, as a restaurateur I am also a small business owner and in 2009, I made the decision to make …
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Watching the Needle Move on Mobile vs. Mag Stripe
Looks like the change in form factor from plastic to digital via smart phone is getting the attention of the larger public. Both Forbes.com and the HuffingtonPost are blogging away on the substitution of mobile for mag stripe. The most interesting paragraph in these posts is one from Tim Chen, in which he says, in …
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New Methods of Paying for Public Transport
Who hasn’t been caught running to catch a train, bus or ferry, worried about not getting a seat or missing their ride altogether because they needed to stand in line to buy a ticket? Wouldn’t life be easier if you could simply get onboard and pay when the conductor passes? There’s no need to wait …
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Making the Grade on Back-to-School Shopping
Do you remember the end of summer blues brought on by back-to-school ads in shop windows and weekend circulars? This year the kids are not the only ones dragging their heels into the new semester: parents and adult students are feeling the back-to-school blues in their wallets. According to a national online survey conducted for …
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The Land of the “Free”
Not only is there no free lunch, there are no free paper napkins. Bear with me. Years ago, when I worked in midtown Manhattan, I used to buy my lunch at least once a week from a really superior and extremely reasonable Italian deli. It had the fastest sandwich line you ever saw. Once the …
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