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Introducing BlueStar's How To Series! Today, we'll show you how to install the WLAN device into the Star Micronics mC-Label3 printer. #BlueStarHowTo #BlueStar

“This association really wants to help everybody,” says Jill Miller about the RSPA - Retail Solutions Providers Association, where she serves as Legal Counsel for members who have questions as they go about their core business of selling solutions for retail. We brought her expertise to the new #TEConnectPodcast to learn more about the common legal situations #VARs may encounter. 📄 Contract management is probably the top concern she hears about and an easy place for small businesses to avoid trouble. “Never, ever, ever just sign an agreement,” Jill emphasizes. “There is always room for negotiation, and the other side isn’t going to present you with their most fantastic offer to start.” 🤫 Dean asks if overly complicated contracts can cause deals to fall through, to which Jill suggests starting with a simple NDA. “That’s where we should be with a lot of agreements—protecting both parties, making it fair.” 🔒 What about solutions that include data collection and analysis? “Every contract should have a privacy provision that talks about how you’re going to manage data, how you’re going to use data, how you’re going to share data.” 🚫 Contracts and agreements should also be mutually beneficial. When access to client lists and proprietary customer information is provided, confidentiality should be a given. 🤝 Jill speaks about the importance of asking for what you want in an agreement. “Don’t negotiate against yourself.” Don’t assume the other party won’t accept what you want or will drop a deal if you ask for something better. 💣 Exclusivity should be avoided. Things change, technology changes, customers change…don’t lock yourself into a situation that could harm your business. 💳 Regarding cash discounting and surcharging, Jill notes that there are many different rules and regulations across states. It’s important for retail or hospitality VARs to know those laws and ensure that the payments and POS partners they work with are also equipped to manage them.

⚙ No tech distributor from Kentucky has more fun than us. Stop by the BlueStar booth to see your pals, pet the newest in POS and hospitality hardware, and enter for a chance to win a set of AirPods Max headphones. As always, we plan to have something ✨ unexpected ✨ for you to check out! We'll be at the booth that's impossible to miss! See you all very soon! #RetailNow2024 RSPA - Retail Solutions Providers Association

We are beyond grateful to have been selected for Entrust's 2023 Performance Excellence Award! #BlueStar #YourSolutionsDistributor

Summer is here, and the #2UTour is headed to higher elevations in Denver! Will we see you on July 23rd for an afternoon of networking, new tech, and baseball??? Register today to secure your ticket: https://lnkd.in/gfDm7X5J

This week on the #TEConnectPodcast, John & Dean are sharing more interesting articles, lists, and watercooler topics (or your next virtual meeting). It's TEC Bytes!! 📺 AI-generated music video - The hosts thought the video was just "okay" but hoped this wouldn't become the norm. 👷♀️ Gen Z opting for trade schools - In an era of increasingly high tuition and lackluster job prospects from traditional universities, are vocational-focused community colleges a smarter bet? ⚾ Ranking the most beautiful MLB parks - Where does your favorite team's home rank? 🎵 Apple Music's 100 Best Albums—What makes an album "the best"? Dean was disappointed that some of his favorites didn't make the list. 🧟♂️ How AI is creating a "zombie internet" - We already deal with spam, and now there's "slop"? Is it time to move on from the internet? 🎞 Ranking each summer's blockbuster films since 1975 - The top 10 is pretty solid, but the article is a little snooty with some of its reviews. ✈ AI-controlled fighter jets - No way that ends badly. Check out the full episode and link in the comments to read along with the discussion!

We are thrilled to have been named TSC Auto ID Technology's Distributor of Year! We look forward to the continued #partnership! #BlueStar #YourSolutionsDistributor

The #TEConnectPodcast welcomed a trio of #RFID experts for last week's live broadcast, and they did not disappoint. We were joined by Zebra Technologies' Eric Malmed, DecisionPoint Systems, Inc.'s Steve Weiss, and RFID4U's Archit Dua. ⏱ The show opened with a cheeky question: "Is this the Year of RFID?" Archit responded best: "It's every day, every minute, every hour..." 🆕 What trends or new features are moving the RFID market? --Loss detection instead of loss prevention --An increase in cellular/5G and short-range RFID --Integration with other emerging tech, like cameras, IOT devices, and AI --Pre-tagged/labeled products. Steve notes, "Retail really drove the adoption of RFID back through the supply chain." 💡 What are some best practices and recommendations for selling RFID, especially for SMB customers? --Steve: "Become a process expert." What are they tracking, why are they tracking it, where will it go, and what systems will it interface with along the way? --Start small and get a win in a high-impact area --Find a good integrator partner --Monitor performance and get some ROI data --Asset tracking is an easy place to start ("A layup," says Archit.) --Know when RFID ISN'T the right answer --Understand encoding and get it right --RTI - returnable transport items 🚛 🏪 What are some use cases for warehouse/distribution and/or retail? --Dock door verification --Cycle counting --UPS smart package is minimizing errors at truck loading --Staging area validation --Restocking and managing in-store stock. Eric calls it "directionality": knowing where products are located and going (front of the store, BOH, leaving the building). --Using RFID for data intelligence Dean Reverman Duane Roebuck, MSOL

To the customers and vendor partners who joined us at the Philadelphia stop of the #2UTour, we're humbled that you committed your time and started your week with us. We thoroughly enjoyed catching up with many of you and connecting with some of you for the first time. Below is a 65-second recap of the event. Next stops: Denver (July 23rd) and Chicago (August 1st)

WEBINAR ALERT! 🚨 Ready to sell #RFID solutions? TSC Auto ID Technology's Chris Brown and Diversified Labeling Solutions' Ryan Zins will tell you everything you need to know about selecting the right hardware, understanding the clutter of tag/label options, and setting up an RFID printer.