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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.
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...
- by Lightspeed
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
Imagine you’re the customer for a moment. When you walk into the store, what makes you first notice products? What makes you like...
- 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...
- by Lightspeed
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...
- by Lightspeed
Maintaining and growing a retail business is an enormous undertaking. As you know, despite the perceived simplicity of the business...
- by Lightspeed
With limits on table service dining in 2020, restaurants of all sizes faced pressure to strengthen off-premise sales, which in turn...
- by Lightspeed
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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Whether you run a brick-and-mortar shop, an eCommerce site or both, getting a grip on how your retail business is performing is key...
- by Lightspeed
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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Owning and operating a restaurant is a notoriously tricky undertaking—even for some of the most seasoned professionals in the industry. Anthony...
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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
There are a lot of memorable, one-off moments that are part of running a retail business. Opening your doors for the first time, making...
- by Lightspeed
While the pandemic-induced global supply chain crisis has wreaked havoc on many industries, the retail industry has been particularly...
- by Lightspeed
Restaurants spend between 25 and 40% of their revenue on inventory, making food cost the single largest operating expense foodservice...
- by Lightspeed
By now, you’ve probably realized how important social media is for your business and how it can improve customer engagement, help...
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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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