Adds industry-specific features for the most popular types of local
businesses
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Today Groupon (www.groupon.com)
(NASDAQ: GRPN) announced major additions to its free Breadcrumb POS (breadcrumb.groupon.com)
iPad point-of-sale app that provide the most popular types of local
businesses with a pre-built, customizable experience adapted to their
specific industry. With Breadcrumb POS v.1.2, hair and nail salons,
spas, studios, wine bars, cafes and retail establishments now have their
own point-of-sale experience designed for their unique merchant
environments.
Thousands of Menu Items to Load or Choose From - Breadcrumb POS comes with seven preloaded menus and inventory lists for the most popular types of local businesses, enabling merchants to start running their systems within minutes; merchants can also now add, scroll and search thousands of menu items. (Photo: Business Wire)
Launched in May 2013, Breadcrumb POS delivers highly-relevant features
for a broad range of merchants, including: the ability to use pre-loaded
menus and inventory lists, process offline transactions, scan and redeem
Groupon vouchers, track deal performance, add custom item modifiers and
more. As a result of the 1.2 updates, Groupon now has a point-of-sale
solution for every type of local business. These offerings include:
"Groupon has worked with several hundred thousand local businesses
around the world and through these relationships they've told us they
want a point-of-sale that is specific to their type of business," said
Mihir Shah, VP, Merchant OS. "Breadcrumb POS is free, easy to use,
designed for seven of the most popular types of local businesses and
comes with one of the most competitive payment processing plans in the
United States."
Breadcrumb POS Now Addresses the Following Scenarios:
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Thousands of Menu Items to Load or Choose From — Breadcrumb POS
comes with seven preloaded menus and inventory lists for the most
popular types of local businesses, enabling merchants to start running
their systems within minutes; merchants can also now add, scroll and
search thousands of menu items.
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WiFi Signal Goes Out — Breadcrumb POS keeps checkout lines
moving in the event the Internet connection is disrupted, storing
transactions for up to one hour and processing offline transactions
once WiFi resumes.
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Customer Has a Groupon Voucher — Built-in Groupon redemption
provides for a smooth transaction experience for both merchants and
consumers; in addition, the system enables merchants to exclude
products and services not eligible for the discount and tracks overall
deal performance.
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Modify a Latte with Soy Milk and Add Extra Whipped Cream — Make
changes or add to any item or package and seamlessly apply them to a
customer's bill.
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Put This Drink on My Tab — Merchants can now serve more than
one customer at a time by allowing them to keep their tabs open during
their dining and shopping experiences.
Local businesses interested in learning more about Breadcrumb POS and
other Breadcrumb by Groupon products and services can visit breadcrumb.groupon.com.
Breadcrumb by Groupon solutions include:
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Breadcrumb POS — Provides merchants with a contemporary,
effective and inexpensive way to replace their outdated cash registers
with an easy-to-use point-of-sale solution that offers a low-price
guarantee on credit card transaction fees
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Breadcrumb PRO — Caters exclusively to restaurants and bars
that require a more extensive set of features such as check and table
management and time clock functionality
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Breadcrumb Payments - Payments service backed by a low price
guarantee to save local businesses money on credit card transactions
that offers rates of only 1.8 percent plus $0.15 per transaction
(MasterCard, Visa and Discover) with no hidden costs or monthly fees
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Groupon Merchants App for iPhone and Android — Enables local
businesses to process credit card transactions, accept and redeem
Groupon vouchers and measure the performance of Groupon deals
Low Price Guarantee: Some restrictions apply. See the terms and
conditions at breadcrumb.groupon.com
for details.
About Breadcrumb
Breadcrumb by Groupon is a suite of powerful, cloud-based iPad and
smartphone tools that help businesses operate faster, know their
customers better and maximize revenue. Breadcrumb products include
flexible, affordable iPad point-of-sale products and payments solutions
for all businesses, which include a low price guarantee on credit card
transaction fees, free installation assistance and 24/7 phone technical
support. To learn more about Breadcrumb by Groupon products and to see
them in action, visit breadcrumb.groupon.com.
About Groupon
Groupon
(NASDAQ: GRPN) is a global leader in local commerce, making it easy for
people around the world to search and discover great businesses at
unbeatable prices. Groupon is reinventing the traditional small
business world by providing merchants with a suite of products and
services, including customizable deals, payments
processing capabilities and point-of-sale
solutions to help them attract more customers and run their
operations more effectively. By leveraging the company's global
relationships and scale, Groupon offers consumers incredible deals on
the best stuff to eat, see, do, and buy in 48 countries. With Groupon,
shoppers discover the best a city has to offer with Groupon
Local, enjoy vacations with Groupon
Getaways, and find a curated selection of electronics, fashion, home
furnishings and more with Groupon
Goods. To subscribe to Groupon emails, visit www.Groupon.com.
To learn more about the company's merchant solutions and how to work
with Groupon, visit www.GrouponWorks.com.
"Groupon" and "Breadcrumb" are registered trademarks of Groupon, Inc.
All other names used may be trademarks of their respective holders.
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Groupon
Nick Halliwell
312.999.3806
nhalliwell@groupon.com
or
Erin
Yeager
312.999.3434
eyeager@groupon.com
Source: Groupon
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