Multichannel retail and EPoS software. Our thoughts and ideas on retail technology for modern retailers. Includes selling in store, online and mail order.
Sports Shop EPOS Intelligent Retail now have the Connect sports shop epos system which makes running a sports shop retail business so much easier. Integrated stock control, true multichannel selling and integration with SAGE accounts means that you have more time, less ...
Additions to your SEO Programme Your SEO team at Intelligent Retail are always working on ways to improve your SEO programme to make sure we give you the best SEO your website deserves. We know that time is a limiting factor in the retail business and that’s where this new ...
The Importance of Supplier Listings One of the top ranking factors in how a search engine will rank your website is external link popularity based on the quality and the number of links pointing to your site. Quality is always better than quantity and gaining a link to your website ...
Blogging Basics Blogging is part of the landscape of the Internet, with an estimated 60 million bloggers worldwide. 60 million! With all those voices, how is it possible to even be heard? When you start posting, it tends to be one of the first questions you ask ...
Multichannel Ecommerce The great thing about online technology is that it's ever changing, usually providing a better 'experience' and cutting time (and sometimes money) spent to perform a task. This is very true in the field of ecommerce (electronic commerce) websites and ...
Intelligent Retail has moved premises! Last Thursday we finished packing all of our stuff (there was a lot of it) and headed off to our new location. We're not too far from our original location in Thatcham.. we're now in Newbury, home of the Robin Hood roundabout! Seriously, it's a fantastic ...
Retail SEO Presentation at SES London It's that time of year again when the SEO / marketing department here at Intelligent Retail get to present at some top-class events... We're currently at the Spring Fair (NEC, Birmingham, UK), the World's largest retail fair (I'm reliably informed!) but ...
How to use reports from your EPoS system to make more net profit We had this question in from a new retailer which I thought was worth sharing. I have taken over a shop with an existing epos system that provides lots of reports, whilst they are interesting what can they really be used for? There are lots of ways to ...
2009 Boom Year for Online Retailers Figures issued by IMRG and Retail Decisions show that 2009 online retail sales were at an estimated £49.8 billion, up 21 per cent from 2008. Up to thirty-three million consumers hit their computers. 30% of online sales took place in November and ...
7 ways to successfully market your website “Build it and they will come” might have worked for Kevin Costner in the movie Field of Dreams but this not the recipe for a successful website. If you want to sell, you have to first be noticed. David Mackley looks at 7 of the top methods to ...
Google vs Bing conversion rate analysis Bing is the 'new kid on the block' as far as search engines go and Google is still the 'big daddy'... but that's not the whole story! Our research leads us to believe that Bing is giving much higher conversion rates than Google, so if we had the same ...
Basic Retail SEO part 1 video Intelligent Retail's David Mackley along with members of the SEO team including David Fairhurst and Stephanie Jerome have just returned from a 4 day trip to the NEC, Birmingham for the International Autum Fair, one of the biggest retail fair's of it's ...
Retail eCommerce Websites: How do I track performance? I have no way of measuring hits on my website. What is the best way of tracking performance and what are the main things to look for? Google Analytics is very good and is free. They have produced it primarily so that those people who use ...
EPoS Software - How to save time and money in tougher times This article follows on from the previous blog entry EPoS Software - Making the difference in tough times. It discusses how a good EPoS System can help make the most of employees' time in the shop.Read more...Tags : epos epos-software epos-system ...
EPoS Software - Making the difference in tough times With the outlook still looking pretty grim, we can expect tough times on the high street. So what is an independent retailer to do? One approach is to batten down the hatches and hope the cold winds of recession will pass over. An alternative, more ...
Retail SEO - targetting the 'long tail' With upto 25% of all searches done in Google being totally unique (meaning no-one has searched for them before!), it makes sense to target your website content towards capturing high page search results for some of these 'long tail' phrases which can ...
E-commerce websites and useability Thinking about getting an e-commerce website? Here are a few things you should know when considering your website design, including designing for multiple browsers and technologies, the limitations of the human eye and of course keeping the maximum number ...
New EPOS Software launched by Intelligent Retail Here at Intelligent Retail we constantly strive to improve our EPOS Software with real improvements which make a difference to our customers. We've recently updated all of our customer websites with major improvements which will help with conversions, ...
Regulations for eCommerce Websites This article discusses advice for retailers selling online. It includes advice from the Distance Selling Regulations and the Business Link website. Please visit these website for more details.Read more...Tags : ecommerce epos online regulations retail ...
E-commerce website conversions For a retail website owner, getting targetted visitors to visit your webpages is of course of paramount importance, but how what percentage of visitors get to your website from the search engines and what do your visitors do when they actually get to your ...