Customer Loyalty in the Time of Covid
Small brick-and-mortar retailers depend heavily on foot traffic from local customers who purchase everything from specialty items to necessities. And there are over 130,000 small retailers nationwide! Small retail not only makes up a significant portion of the US economy (worth $34 billion annually), they drive innovation. To these businesses, loyalty programs are important. Acquiring new customers […]
Technology and the Brick and Mortar Retail Revolution: An Interview with Intel’s Joe Jensen
2020 was a rough year for brick and mortar retail. A record 12,000 stores closed in the US last year, a 20% increase over the number of store closures in 2019. But for as disastrous as the pandemic has been for brick and mortar, the future may prove to be a golden opportunity for the industry. The […]
Portland Business Tribune: Electronic device says who you are, and how loyal
Article by Joseph Gallivan Portland Business Tribune February 09 2021 SnowShoe’s new VP of Product, Ned Hayes, talks about loyalty and hiring at the Portland retailer and software developer. SnowShoe’s new VP of Product, Ned Hayes, says one day we will go to concerts again, and business conferences, and sporting events, and rallies — and […]
SnowShoe Introduces Spark Card™, First IOT Paper Product for Customer Authentication
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb 9, 2021 – Portland-based SnowShoe, the leading developer of physical presence systems for mobile authentication, releases the world’s first Internet-of-Things (IOT) paper product. The new Spark Card™ allows for physical verification through a unique technology that interacts in real time with all capacitive touch screens. Spark Card™ brings ShowShoe’s proprietary check-in technology […]
Mittens, Memes and Secure Identity
Inauguration week in the United States this year carried with it a host of powerful expectations. From election challenges to pandemic memorials to threats to the historic swearing-in of America’s first female Vice President, this year brought many historic moments. And yet, the photo that stole the show wasn’t of Kamala Harris’s purple pantsuit, or the striking ensemble of inaugural poet […]
SnowShoe Launches New Year with New Executives, New Website
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan 11, 2019 — SnowShoe, the leading developer of physical presence systems for mobile event authentication, today announced the appointment of Ned Hayes as VP of Product. The company also launched a new website at Snow.sh. Portland startup expert Rick Turoczy introduced Hayes to the hiring team at SnowShoe. Turoczy is the Portland […]