Intelligent Retail EPOS Software blog - efficiency tag

Intelligent Retail helps retailers meet best practice guidelines

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:11:00 GMT

The BERR’s "Productivity in the Retail Sector" Report describes how best practice in retail is about increasing productivity. Productivity is the measure of making more profit from the same resources. The bottom line is that improvements in productivity will improve your profitability. And there appears to be room for improvement as recent figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies showing that retail productivity in the UK has reduced significantly against the US since the 1990’s.

In leaner times its time to be proactive, how EPoS software can help

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:34:00 GMT

With little growth forecast for 2009 we can expect tougher 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 keeping fingers crossed for survival. An alternative, more proactive approach is to use this time to make the business stronger, more efficient and better equipped to deal with the changing competitive climate in the years to come.

Working efficiently with retail technology

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:48:00 GMT

There are lots of small repetitive processes in retail, and Electronic Point of Sale (EPoS), or Retail Systems are great at doing small repetitive processes. By reducing the time spent on low value, often repetitive tasks, managers and staff can spend time on more powerful activities to really improve the business.