When Your IT partner Doesn’t Know Your Systems: What Could Happen, and How to Prevent It from Happening

We’ve seen it many times with many companies: The IT team decides to make updates to an application, operating system, or platform without first checking to see how that update will affect other systems—and something “breaks.” The fact is, one team doesn’t necessarily know what another team is doing, the tools they’re using, or how… Continue reading When Your IT partner Doesn’t Know Your Systems: What Could Happen, and How to Prevent It from Happening

8 Reasons Why Brick and Mortar Stores are Important for Retail

eCommerce dominated during the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, even though overall retail spend decreased, eCommerce sales grew. However, it might surprise you to know that, even with the pandemic, eCommerce represents a small percentage of total retail sales. According to eMarketer, it’s as low as 14.5% in the U.S. This makes it clear that physical stores… Continue reading 8 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

The Right ERP Can Be Exciting! Just Ask Superior Fireworks

When you talk about business software–like ERP, “exciting” is not the first adjective that comes to mind. But when it comes to fireworks, things get interesting. Here’s a story about how a major fireworks company was able to deliver more excitement with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and LS Retail’s unified commerce software. Who doesn’t get energized… Continue reading The Right ERP Can Be Exciting! Just Ask Superior Fireworks

How to Use Your Retail POS Software to Gather More Specific Customer Data to Increase Loyalty and Revenue

Retail POS software can gather huge amounts of data every day. But when it comes to collecting relevant customer information, retailers should shoot for quality over quantity, which is how retail POS software can help. Capturing relevant data requires a variety of gathering methods, each focusing on connecting customer information with every sales transaction. Here… Continue reading How to Use Your Retail POS Software to Gather More Specific Customer Data to Increase Loyalty and Revenue

Retail Trends 2021: What are they and how you can adapt

5 Retail Trends for 2021: How You Can Adapt Your Business To Stay In Step In a fast-moving retail world, you need to stay informed about changes and new trends, and you need the ability to adapt quickly to them. Here are 5 trends and how you can adapt to accommodate them. Trend #1: Shoppers… Continue reading Retail Trends 2021: What are they and how you can adapt

How To Use the LS Retail Weekly Menu Planner for Restaurants

Restaurants using LS Retail’s LS Central ERP solution can use the Weekly Menu Planner to plan weekly menus, including the ability to plan for, purchase, and produce recipes all within the LS Central. Producing recipes within LS Central helps with tracking costs as well as quantity of ingredients on hand. When recipes are created in… Continue reading How To Use the LS Retail Weekly Menu Planner for Restaurants

The Benefits of Online Marketplaces for Omnichannel Retailers

Successful retailers today—with very few exceptions—are successful because they embrace and support an omnichannel strategy. To reach today’s consumer, you might be able to get away without a brick-and-mortar presence, but you must have some sort of eCommerce presence. And beyond your eCommerce site, you need to have a presence in social media for loyalty… Continue reading The Benefits of Online Marketplaces for Omnichannel Retailers

How To Use LS Central Quick Service Restaurant Functionality

Restaurants that offer quick service or counter service can benefit from the functionality offered in LS Central’s hospitality module. From the cashier at the POS to the chef in the kitchen and the expediter delivering the meal, everyone is working together, in the same system, to communicate and deliver customers exactly what they order—quickly and… Continue reading How To Use LS Central Quick Service Restaurant Functionality

6 Reasons Why You Should Move from Microsoft RMS to Omnichannel

Microsoft’s Retail Management System (RMS) 2.0 was a popular POS platform that worked well for small and midsized businesses operating single or multiple stores. At one time, there were upwards of 45,000 customers using the product. RMS was able to provide advanced retail features, including managing multidimensional inventory, receivables, reporting, and interfaces with a wide… Continue reading 6 Reasons Why You Should Move from Microsoft RMS to Omnichannel