{"id":1130,"date":"2017-08-17T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T11:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reformingretail.com\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2019-01-23T08:35:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T14:35:53","slug":"are-pos-dealers-now-a-tax-on-pos-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reformingretail.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/17\/are-pos-dealers-now-a-tax-on-pos-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Are POS Dealers Now A Tax on POS Companies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We attended this year's <a href=\"http:\/\/gorspa.org\">RSPA<\/a> RetailNow conference in Las Vegas and saw three big trends unfolding:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Even more prevalent than last year was the continued movement of payments into the POS ecosystem. To underscore this point Harbortouch quietly announced its acquisition of Restaurant Manager, a legacy restaurant POS company. Looking a the booth layouts makes this even clearer: not only do the payments companies have the biggest booths, they're also occupying the most valuable real estate<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1142\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-10.25.54-AM.png?resize=770%2C539\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-10.25.54-AM.png?w=1386&amp;ssl=1 1386w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-10.25.54-AM.png?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-10.25.54-AM.png?resize=768%2C537&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-10.25.54-AM.png?resize=1024%2C717&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-10.25.54-AM.png?resize=370%2C259&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-10.25.54-AM.png?resize=270%2C189&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-10.25.54-AM.png?resize=740%2C518&amp;ssl=1 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>POS dealers are finally acknowledging margin compression across the POS stack. A number of session topics dealt with increasing dealer revenues and how dealers must change to maintain relevancy as the internet modernizes brick and mortar<\/li>\n<li>Legacy POS companies (ISVs) are beginning to understand why the cloud POS entrants they long chastised are selling directly: <strong>control over business solvency<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reformingretail.com\/index.php\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/reformingretail.com\/index.php\/log-in\/\">log in<\/a> to read the rest of this content.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We attended this year&#8217;s RSPA RetailNow conference in Las Vegas and saw three big trends unfolding: Even more prevalent than last year was the continued movement of payments into the POS ecosystem. To underscore this point Harbortouch quietly announced its acquisition of Restaurant Manager, a legacy restaurant POS company. 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