L E G A L   S U P P O R T

Legal Assistance
Benefit: Access to standards, documents and forms / Save money (legal counsel can cost in excess of $400/hr.)

Real Life Savings:
In 2009, RSPA members used an estimated $160,000 worth of legal services at absolutely no cost to them.

“There are dozens of examples, far too many to mention. However, his advice (& template) for the design of a Sales Agreement, years ago, became the greatest benefit financially. We had added the "non-solicitation, non-hire" clause to our agreement, and a few years later an ex-customer hired one of our trained employees, and as a result, we recovered a substantial amount from the ex-customer for the training investment we made in the employee.”
- Steve Kramer,DCRS

“Thank you RSPA and Bob Goldberg for the amazing benefit of the legal hotline. It is very comforting to be able to offer my customers with the foremost expertise in the country on the PCI issue due to my RSPA membership. I think this could have very well paid for a lifetime membership.”
- Jason Cowan, Cowan’s Retail Systems, Salt Lake City, UT Member Since 1977

Property & Casualty Business Protection Plan
Benefit: Access to standards, documents and forms

Real Life Savings:
During the Spring of 2009, Buzz Cymalo with CC Productions, Inc. in Hoboken, NJ saved $16,000 by switching to RSPA’s Sentry Insurance plan.

“We were pleasantly surprised to find that they came in $16,000 less than what we had been paying for the prior several years, for identical coverage. We are now investigating their other offerings for Errors and Omissions and 401k Management.”
- Buzz Cmaylo, CC Productions, Inc.

E D U C A T I O N & C E R T I F I C A T I O N

RSPA is your Center for Industry Education working year-round to ensure essential industry information and training is available to the membership. Providing the industry with robust and comprehensive education and certification are top priorities and contribute to the core mission of RSPA. Educational seminars for all levels of retail technology professionals are offered at both our summer and winter events, RetailNOW & INSPIRE, as well as through other newly released programs.

Real Life Savings:
“We recouped our entire investment within 2 weeks of the training (from Inspire 2009 Education) in measurable dollars plus lots of smaller savings which are difficult to measure.”
- Dave McCarthy, Dumac Business Systems, Syracuse NY

RSPA awards over $100,000 in college scholarships each year. Children, grandchildren, full-time employees, and children of full-time employees of an RSPA reseller member are eligible for an RSPA scholarship. The RSPA reseller member must be in good standing and a member for the past three years. If an employee of a member is applying, they too must have been employed by the reseller member for the past three years. Over $113,000 were awarded in 2011 to over 60 students.

Real Life Savings:
$76,500 in college scholarships were awarded in 2009 to children of RSPA members and RSPA member employees.

“Your scholarship is helping me attend a university that will help me become a nurse. This has always been a dream of mine, and the RSPA Scholarship is helping it come true!”
-Valerie Berry, Daughter of RSPA member Tony Berry of Commercial Data Systems & Supplies in Shelby, NC.
 

H E A L T H   C A R E   &   I N S U R A N C E

RSPA has your Relief with the Health Proponent benefit. Health proponent is your personalized help to solve a full range of healthcare and insurance problems and save you time, money and worry. Here are some of the many things they do:

• Help resolve insurance claims and assist with negotiating billing and payment arrangements.
• Find the right doctors, hospitals, dentists and other leading healthcare providers anywhere in the country.
• Negotiate Medical Bills.

Click here for more information

A F F I N I T Y   P R O G R A M S

The RSPA/UPS Shipping Program was officially launched in October 2003. This program offers significant discounts on ground and air shipping (within the continental US). The program requires no new payment arrangements, no new UPS accounts, and no changes at all from the arrangement that each member currently has with UPS. Discounts will be automatically applied to shipments made from their existing accounts. Over $750,000 was saved in 2011.

Real Life Savings:
This year to date, RSPA has saved our members over $570,000 with the UPS program
     During 2009, RSPA Members net spent on the program was $24,615 per week and the combined weekly savings were $7,580.
   

RSPA Freight Savings Plan
Benefit: No enrollment fees or minimum shipping quotas apply so you can save no matter how much shipping you do.  |  View a full list of discounts.

The RSPA Freight Savings Plan offers savings on select FedEx Express® and FedEx Ground® services, as well as FedEx Freight® LTL (less-than-truckload) services. Competitive LTL discounts are also available with YRC Freight including YRC Freight exhibit transportation services. The freight program also offers special RSPA rates on international shipping. No enrollment fees or minimum shipping quotas apply so you can save no matter how much shipping you do.

Real Life Savings:
By working with Siriani, RSPA’s Freight Savings Plan and the FedEx program, Lynn Skurla of Skurla’s Business & Hospitality Systems in Anchorage Alaska each year saved over $2,500 in their shipping costs.

“As a small business, that is a significant ROI on our membership dues. If you are an RSPA member and not taking part in this program, you should sign up today. Your savings begin immediately.”
- Lynn Skurla, Skurla's Business & Hospitality Systems
 

On March 2, 2009 - RSPA entered into a partnership with Nashua Corporation to offer members a POS & Imaging Supplies Member Discount Affinity Program. This partnership enables RSPA to offer members a valuable paper discount program at competitive market pricing. In the past, RSPA Services (which ceased operations as of Feb. 28, 2009) was the point of contact for purchasing paper and ribbon supplies. With this new program, members will contact Nashua directly when purchasing POS supplies. Nashua will handle the complete transaction from order entry through delivery and invoicing. 

Save 30-50% by using an RSPA issued OfficeMax Savings Card or set up your own account to save and receive credits every time you use your account savings card.

Today many retailers are requiring their vendors installing and supporting retail technology to do a background check on their employees. PCI Compliance requires 12.7 calls for merchants to vet their employees and contractors who have any contact with card holder data. To assist with meeting that requirement RSPA has partnered with pre-employ.com to provide over a 30% discount on their most popular employment screening package.

RSPA has teamed up with Sprint to offer our members and their employee’s special savings on Sprint and Nextel services and equipment. Currently, Sprint is offering an 8% monthly savings for equipment as well as an extra $50 off for any new activation. Members can also expect monthly services discounts, extensive equipment discounts and special member only promotions each month.

P U B L I C A T I O N S

connect is a magazine published by RSPA ten times a year including news about industry trends and opinions, articles on emerging technologies and legal issues within the industry, and educational information to assist business owners in becoming and remaining successful. connect is complimentary with RSPA membership. Subscriptions are available at the following costs: $30.00 in the United States, $50.00 in Canada, and $100.00 in other countries. Members are encouraged to submit articles, information and/or press releases to be considered for publication in connect.

*Printing expenses are offset by advertising revenue.

Real Life Savings:
connect subscriptions cost up to $100 per year but is included in your RSPA membership.

“RSPA, through connect, has dramatically increased our interest in and knowledge of our industry providing an exceptional and unequaled focus on a variety of retail solution sets.”
– Lee Kosmen, Euthenics, Inc. Hoffman Estates, IL
 

GoRSPA.org
Contact: For any questions regarding RSPA's website, contact RSPA's Marketing
and Communications department at 704.940.4274 or Publications@GoRSPA.org.

GoRSPA.org is where you can find RSPA on the Internet. This site features industry education, membership details, publications, upcoming events, PCI Security Compliance information, legal forms and much more. RSPA’s website is constantly updated with the very latest information affecting the retail technology industry. Utilize our Members Only Forums, Buyer’s Guide, Member Directory, Document Library, RSPA Store, RSPA Blogs and our other social media outlets. 

Real Life Savings:
“RSPA’s website is a useful tool including industry calendars and announcements that keep us up to date. We have also been able to leverage the RSPA membership for networking and creating business opportunities” – Mahendran Ramanathan, Retail Technology Experts, Miami Lakes, Florida 

juice-news is RSPA’s no non-sense e-newsletter delivered to members’ in-boxes each month. This one-of-a-kind e-publication gives readers a quick look at current industry events as well as information on the latest “hot topics.”

juice-news features ‘The Buzz’, a word-on-the-street type article; Finance and Business Tips; Success Stories; ‘Ask our Legal Expert,’ where members can submit then receive answers to their legal questions; and several other quick looks at what is happening right now in the retail technology industry. RSPA only allows two advertisers per issue to keep the focus on quick information that readers may use to enhance their businesses. 

Upon joining RSPA or renewing membership, RSPA provides you with access to our RSPA Membership Directory in a spreadsheet format. This directory includes over 1,000 member businesses including contact name, company name, web address, and complete mailing address. As an RSPA member, you will have this benefit at your fingertips by accessing the member directory on RSPA’s website and online Buyer’s Guide.

R S P A   P R O G R A M S

RSPA hosts several events throughout the year including our Annual Summer Convention and Expo, RetailNOW, and our Thought Leadership Summit, Inspire. The purpose for these events is to further educate the membership and provide networking opportunities to help grow member businesses.

RetailNOW: This convention, held every summer, is the only place where vendors of retail technology can meet exclusively with their indirect distribution channel. RetailNOW offers dozens of educational seminars for all levels of industry professionals along with first-class networking events.

INSPIRE: This Thought Leadership Summit is held every winter, featuring executive level education, networking and information on the latest in the retail technology industry. You can experience ‘Education with a view.’

RSPA is also able to obtain special member discounts to other various industry shows and conventions throughout the year.

Real Life Savings:
Priceless! Don’t believe us? Hear what are members are saying.

"BlueStar finds a tremendous ROI value as an RSPA member. At the July 2009 Retail Now conference in Las Vegas, BlueStar was able to create new partnerships at the conference that will yeild almost $20 million dollars of new business over the next 12 months.If our only value in joining the RSPA were the networking relationships, I would believe that our membership is worth every penny that we invest."
- Steve Cuntz, BlueStar

“I am impressed with how far ahead of other industries RSPA is with it’s RetailNOW Expo. With the increasing number of quality attendees and incredibly relevant education sessions, this show is a MUST for us.”
– Diane Morsch, Bristol ID Technologies

“I guarantee you will likely pick up an idea at RetailNOW that will pay for your trip and your RSPA Membership dues.”
– B.J. Maynard, Management Control Systems

  

RSPA Sponsorship 
Contact: 2012 Sponsorship Program

As an RSPA sponsor, a company will gain exposure with industry leaders and company decision makers. The RSPA Sponsorship Program provides opportunities to sponsor multiple events throughout the year or single events at RSPA’s Annual Summer Convention and Expo - RetailNOW - and Thought Leadership Summit - INSPIRE. As awareness of RSPA grows, it makes it an especially good time to get involved. Sign up for the Sponsorship Program today to take advantage of the exposure your company will receive. RSPA offers bundled sponsorships which will allow you to plan your marketing and media budget on an annual basis.

Bogus spending is a major turn-off when it comes to your marketing. The solution is simple…RSPA Marketing Services. We do a lot for a little. You know our work, you trust our mission. Why wouldn’t you use us? The RSPA Marketing Services include press releases, logo design, logo recreation, website hosting and design, business card design, letterhead design, corporate identity design, print collateral design, email marketing, video production and case study writing. Free quotes are available by visiting NoneoftheBS.com.

Upon joining RSPA, you will be sent a invitation to join RSPA forums. This private forum gives members networking capabilities at their fingertips. Subscribe to any of the discussions within this community or start your own. Discussions can be about a specific problem, ideas, industry trends or any other issues important to our members. The RSPA Marketplace is an interactive place for members to buy/sell equipment and post job listings. This forum also features exchange postings and association announcements.