“Groupon has long said it wants to be known as more than a deals company. Now it’s showing how,” Jason Del Rey reports or Re/code.
“Today, the company is introducing an iPad-based checkout system that it expects tens of thousands of businesses that run a Groupon promotion to use,” Del Ray reports. “The system includes, among other things, software that lets businesses track cash and credit and debit card transactions, an iPad to replace a cash register and a tool that will allow a shop’s customers to redeem a Groupon voucher by simply telling a cashier their name at checkout. Customers who have downloaded Groupon’s app and have Bluetooth turned on on their phone will have their discount recognized automatically upon entering a specific store.”
Del Ray reports, “The new product, dubbed Gnome (pronounced GEE-nome), also includes payment processing (1.8 percent plus 15 cents a transaction for MasterCard and Visa purchases), integration with popular small business accounting software programs and the ability for businesses to build and automatically update a database with names and contact information for their customers.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]