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title: "Shopwave Blog: Unified Commerce Insights & Stories | Shopwave"
description: "Insights, guides and merchant stories on unified commerce, point of sale and omnichannel operations for retail and hospitality brands."
url: https://shopwave.com/blog
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# Blog

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## Insights and merchant stories

Ideas and lessons on unified commerce for retail and hospitality brands, from the Shopwave team and the merchants we work with.

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## Articles

### [Shopwave v4: Omnichannel](https://shopwave.com/blog/shopwave-v4-omnichannel)

Shopwave v4 unites retail and restaurant operations in one app, so brands can run 1,000 stores as easily as one.

25 September 2024

### [Preparing for the Inevitable: Cyber Pandemic Resilience Strategies for Retail & Restaurant Brands](https://shopwave.com/blog/cyber-pandemic-resilience-strategies)

What if payments went dark on Black Friday? How retail and restaurant brands can keep trading through a cyber pandemic.

13 November 2023

### [Is ingredient choice killing your restaurant brand?](https://shopwave.com/blog/is-ingredient-choice-killing-your-restaurant-brand)

We asked 100 people why they pass up eating out. Their answers point to what is on the menu, not just the cost of living.

7 November 2023

### [Lessons learned from 1,000 retail site closures: 6 leading causes](https://shopwave.com/blog/lessons-learned-from-1000-retail-site-closures)

The six leading causes behind 1,000 retail site closures, and how scaling and struggling brands can avoid them.

14 November 2022

### [Spotlight: Ministry does Fitness](https://shopwave.com/blog/spotlight-ministry-does-fitness)

How Ministry of Sound Group turned its former booze vault into an immersive fitness studio driven by nightclub music.

27 July 2018

### [Spotlight: The Fields Beneath](https://shopwave.com/blog/spotlight-the-fields-beneath)

How a Kentish Town cafe beneath a railway station makes vegan food easy, convenient and delicious for hundreds a day.

3 May 2018

### [Spotlight: Goldsmiths Kitchen Mayfair](https://shopwave.com/blog/spotlight-goldsmiths-kitchen-mayfair)

Owner Maria Goldsmith on bagels, artisan coffee and what it took to open her own deli in Mayfair.

19 February 2018

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