{"id":2336,"date":"2018-05-31T12:27:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T12:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reformingretail.com\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2020-08-04T16:39:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T21:39:01","slug":"square-launches-restaurant-specific-pos-heres-what-we-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reformingretail.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/31\/square-launches-restaurant-specific-pos-heres-what-we-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Launches Restaurant-Specific POS. Here&#8217;s What We Learned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Square has been on a tear as of late. Though still unprofitable, the stock is up 350-some percent since its IPO in late 2015. This compares very favorably relative to industry incumbent processors Global Payments, Worldpay, First Data, and POS company NCR.<\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2337\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-22-at-11.33.44-AM.png?resize=770%2C483\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-22-at-11.33.44-AM.png?w=1354&amp;ssl=1 1354w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-22-at-11.33.44-AM.png?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reformingretail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-22-at-11.33.44-AM.png?resize=768%2C482&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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Though still unprofitable, the stock is up 350-some percent since its IPO in late 2015. This compares very favorably relative to industry incumbent processors Global Payments, Worldpay, First Data, and POS company NCR. 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