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Lightspeed is a cloud-based commerce platform powering small and medium-sized businesses in over 100 countries around the world. With smart, scalable and dependable point of sale systems, it's an all-in-one solution that helps restaurants and retailers sell across channels, manage operations, engage with consumers, accept payments and grow their business.
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Lightspeed is a cloud-based commerce platform powering small and medium-sized businesses in over 100 countries around the world. With smart, scalable and dependable point of sale systems, it's an all-in-one solution that helps restaurants and retailers sell across channels, manage operations, engage with consumers, accept payments and grow their business. Headquartered in Montréal, Canada, Lightspeed is trusted by favorite local businesses, where the community goes to shop and dine. Lightspeed has offices in Canada, USA, Europe and Australia.
🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play below: I distinctly recall a moment about a year ago. I was with some friends in Denver’s Cherry...
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As a business owner, you know the importance of using social media to promote your products or services. Instagram is the perfect place...
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There’s never been a more promising time to learn how to start an online boutique. According to Lightspeed’s State of Retail Report,...
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Retail signage is a critical component of visual merchandising and a powerful tool for advertising your business, reinforcing your...
- by Lightspeed
If you’ve always dreamed of running your own store, but don’t know where to begin, buying an existing business may be the perfect...
- by Lightspeed
Marketing your business is a critical part of operating a store. Advertising helps you attract new customers and keep them coming back...
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It can be exhausting keeping up with retail marketing trends and platforms. Just as soon as you’ve gotten the hang of Instagram,...
- by Lightspeed
With 1 billion monthly active users, TikTok is in the palms of the hands of an eighth of the world’s population. While the social...
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Back to school season is one of the most important sales events of the year for retailers. It’s one of the largest drivers of retail...
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With limits on table service dining in 2020, restaurants of all sizes faced pressure to strengthen off-premise sales, which in turn...
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When thinking about threats to your retail store, shoplifting is probably number one, right? The idea of someone swiping hundreds of...
- by Lightspeed
One of the most confusing and mystifying aspects of opening a retail store or starting to sell products online is figuring out how...
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With almost 3 billion active monthly users, nearly 38% of the world’s population and 62% of internet users can be found on Facebook....
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Retail theft is on the rise. Between 2015 and 2020, theft increased from 1.4% to 1.6%. With the retail industry generating $3.1 billion...
- by Lightspeed
Inventory is the lifeblood of any retail business. Without products, you can’t have a store. The items you curate tell a story, build...
- by Lightspeed
While the pandemic-induced global supply chain crisis has wreaked havoc on many industries, the retail industry has been particularly...
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Restaurants spend between 25 and 40% of their revenue on inventory, making food cost the single largest operating expense foodservice...
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Are you concerned that your clubhouse restaurant isn’t getting as many reservations as it could? You may be losing diners because...
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When opening your new restaurant you have a lot of decisions to make: what beers will you serve on tap? What color will the walls be?...
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Nearly one in five Americans and three in 10 Canadians adopted a pet during the pandemic. Now that pets are in 70% of U.S. households...
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