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2011 POS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS BUYERS' GUIDE ACCUPOS AccuPOS provides award-winning point-of-sale (POS), inventory- management and time-clock software for the retail and restaurant industries. The AccuPOS family of products is designed to be faster and easier than a cash register and to streamline the sales process while significantly simplifying the backend. AccuPOS products, based on open standards, expand the capabilities of an existing accounting program and allow users to grow and change over time, without being locked into proprietary vendor products. Specializing in end-to-end integration, AccuPOS allows a business to view and manage sales and inventory details within the most widely used accounting packages: QuickBooks, Peachtree, Simply Accounting by Sage, BusinessWorks, Line 50 by Sage, Sage MAS 90/200. Bundled POS solu- tions are available via fully supported hardware partnerships. AccuPOS also offers a wide range of discount Merchant and Gift Card Services through its simple and fast onscreen interface. AccuPOS is headquar- tered in Los Angeles, CA with regional offices in 13 countries. For more information, visit www.accupos.com. ATLANTIC SYSTEM INC. (ASI) Atlantic Systems, Inc. has offered POS computer systems for beverage alcohol retailers since 1980. The company provides complete systems including hardware, software, installation, training and long-term sup- port. Spirits 2000 is a Windows-based software package that provides inventory and financial control for one store or a multi-store chain. High- speed integrated credit/debit card processing is done via the Internet. The system can identify a customer at the register using a bar-coded card or by entering the customer's name or account number. Its Frequent Shopper Program can collect information on customer purchases and provide the retailer assistance in rewarding customer loyalty. Automated age verifi- cation and storage of results is available in most states. Targeted mar- keting can be done automatically by selectively filtering customer sales history and then contacting them via a mass email. Gift card process- ing can be done through the retailer's credit card processor or internally in the system, which eliminates processing fees. A web interface is available for e-commerce. Spirits 2000 can integrate with security cam- era systems to overlay text that displays the sale information on images at the time the sale is rung up. Spirits 2000 also includes tasting notes for products that the user can input and print out. A handheld wireless scanner with a mobile printer can be used for inventory counting, price changes, price labels, stock checks and line busting. Prices for the Spirits 2000 system start at about $8,500. For more information, call 732-280-6616, extension 127 or visit www.asi-nj.com. BIGCOMMERCE BigCommerce, launched in 2009, combines two systems into one: it's an e-commerce platform and a marketing platform. BigCommerce is an all-in-one offering which includes web hosting, a domain name, an enterprise-grade e-commerce platform and dozens of built-in market- ing tools (including the ability to list products on eBay, sell on Facebook and create Google AdWords campaigns for all products in your store. BigCommerce merchants enjoy higher conversion rates and more traffic to their stores. For more information on BigCommerce, visit http://bigcommerce.com or call 888-699-8911. CAP SOFTWARE CAP Software's store-management system, SellWise, is currently being used by more than 100 wine and spirit retailers. The system provides POS, free integrated credit-card processing, inventory con- trol, customer tracking, order/receive, tag and barcode printing, Fintech integration, and back office reporting. Additional features include optional video monitoring for security purposes, touchscreen support, hot keys and customized reports. Prices for the software start at $1100. For a demo, visit the company's website, www.capretail.com, or call 800-826-5009. CASHIER LIVE Cashier Live is a web-based point-of-sale system meant for indepen- dent retailers. The company offers a 30-day free trial. Its system remains free if the retailer signs up for a merchant account with one of the credit-card-processing companies Cashier Live partners with. Alternatively, retailers can pay a subscription to use the system. For more information, visit cashierlive.com or call 877-312-1750. CHOICEMASTER DIGITAL SIGNAGE (CMDS) CMDS has teamed up with leading digital-signage partners to provide beverage-alcohol retailers with a customer-service system that can also, where legal, be used to show paid advertising from other busi- nesses. CMDS is a complete system that has an all-in-one computer featuring a 15-inch touch screen, a scanner and a printer. It runs a 42 LCD screen that is mounted directly above the touch screen, to catch the attention of shoppers. CMDS ties into the POS system and provides information on the products carried in that store. Where legal, the advertising can be shared with the retailer. There are lease options available that will cost the store less than $100 month before ad rev- enue. Sources of ad revenue can be national or local. Retailers can display store specials, current events like wine tastings or advertise local businesses. For more information call 410-745-8137 or email jgreaves@choicemaster.com. FINTECH Fintech is an EFT data and payment solution that allows retailers to pay their beer, wine and liquor distributors electronically, rather than by cash, check or money order. Currently processing over 220,000 relationships, Fintech is the only company that has been approved by all 50 states as a cash equivalent for alcohol payments and data exchange. For more information, call 1.800.572.0854 or visit us at www.fintech.net. FIRST DATA First Data, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment pro- cessing, serves more than 6.2 million merchant locations. It offers a range of point-of-sale terminals as well as complete point-of-sale systems, including its Payment Essentials™ Solution, which bundles comprehensive payment services, state-of-the-art hardware and 24/7 customer service into one easy-to-manage bundle . For more informa- tion, visit www.firstdata.com. INFOSOLVE mPower Beverage is designed specifically for beverage-alcohol retailers. The Windows-based system is PCI-compliant, can run touchscreens, fea- tures customer-management and remote-access capabilities and can keep a store's website's inventory information up-to-date. The system automatically alerts the retailer to updates, which then can be down- loaded, and features state-specific capabilities, such as minimum-pricing alerts, for states such as Connecticut, and the ability to handle whole- Beverage Dynamics • www.beveragedynamics.com • September/October 2011 • 51