Retailers can make special orders, or custom orders, a much simpler process. We’ve found that many retailers perform this task manually instead of employing an automated retail management system. Orders placed in a manual transaction can originate from various sources including counter transactions, a catalog, or a phone call. The order form is then handed… Continue reading Special Orders: 3 Ways a Retail Management System Can Improve Your Process
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Why It’s Important to Become an Innovative Retailer…and How to Start
What do you think when you hear the word, “innovative”? Typically, our thoughts go to making strides in technology—something really big like artificial intelligence, IoT, virtual reality, robots, and the like. While this is true, the real purpose of innovation is to improve what we already have, and it doesn’t have to be earth-shaking. In… Continue reading Why It’s Important to Become an Innovative Retailer…and How to Start
Adopting a Unified Platform: Six Ways It Can Transform Your Restaurant Business
Your restaurant business relies on great service for its success. Unfortunately, keeping costs down does not always lend itself to delivering a fantastic atmosphere and keeping productivity up. Without technology that supports your goals, all your effort and hard work can end up being for nothing. Seeing the benefits offered by unified commerce software in the retail industry,… Continue reading Adopting a Unified Platform: Six Ways It Can Transform Your Restaurant Business
Finding the Best CPQ Software for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
If you have spent any time in the world of sales, you have undoubtedly run into stress when it comes to rendering quotes. When a business has customer-configurable products, quotes can be difficult; the variants available for a given product, the more the prices of said products tend to change. In the past, this process… Continue reading Finding the Best CPQ Software for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
The Modern Guide to Implementing an Omnichannel Retail Strategy
What is Omnichannel Retail? Modern Behaviors, Modern Playbook In 1931, Sears encouraged its customers to shop the “modern way” with its 1,100-page catalog, free from the hustle and bustle of stores. And while Sears had brick-and-mortar locations, the company was an innovative retail phenomenon that stole hearts by shipping goods by mail order across a… Continue reading The Modern Guide to Implementing an Omnichannel Retail Strategy
Looking for a Cloud Provider for Your Retail Business? Here are 5 Questions to Ask
If you’re one of the many retailers looking at a move of your technology to the cloud, that’s a good move. According experts, moving to the cloud helps retailers get to market faster by making it easier to scale and easier to innovate without the risk. Add to that the ability to get intelligent insights… Continue reading Looking for a Cloud Provider for Your Retail Business? Here are 5 Questions to Ask
Improving Retail Inventory Management: How an ERP System Can Help
Managing inventory may feel like a never-ending balancing act, but that’s where a Retail ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system comes in. The all-encompassing data management program can help retailers improve their inventory processes with real-time information, allowing you to manage costs and grow strategically. Below are three ways retailers can use an ERP system to… Continue reading Improving Retail Inventory Management: How an ERP System Can Help
5 Ways Retail ERP Dashboards Can Improve Decision Making
A question often posed to us by retailers is, “How can I make better decisions to help reduce costs and increase profitability?” The answer: A retail ERP dashboard that provides the relevant information accurately and quickly. ERP dashboards are especially useful in calculating how indirect expenses such as overhead or occupancy costs impact store revenue.… Continue reading 5 Ways Retail ERP Dashboards Can Improve Decision Making
10 Reasons Why Brick-and-Mortar Stores are Important for Retail
While eCommerce sales continue to grow, brick-and-mortar stores remain a popular, even lucrative, option for retailers. Nearly half of consumers primarily shop in physical stores, and more than 80% do so at least weekly. Here are 10 reasons why storefronts aren’t going anywhere: 1. Customers Who Pick up in a Store Buy Additional Items Click and collect, or BOPIS (buying online and picking… Continue reading 10 Reasons Why Brick-and-Mortar Stores are Important for Retail
The Point Of Sale Of The Future: 4 Reasons Retail Is Going Contactless, Mobile, More Personalized
Even though online sales are inevitably rising, the demand for in-person retail experiences remains strong: customers still want the opportunity to walk into a physical space and see, touch, test and discover new products, all while having the possibility to ask an associate for product purchasing guidance. Point of Sale systems have developed over the… Continue reading The Point Of Sale Of The Future: 4 Reasons Retail Is Going Contactless, Mobile, More Personalized