Click and collect is the practice of ordering and paying for goods online and picking them up in person. It was a growing trend in retail even before the COVID-19 crisis, saving time at grocery stores and providing instant satisfaction to people who don’t want to wait on or pay for shipping. Now it…
The integration of contactless business features has been slowly ramping up across most industries. For small businesses, the promise of line busting and giving staff greater leverage to adapt to increased customer volumes has been a key selling point. However, the current COVID-19 situation has forced many businesses to examine a contactless approach not…
Your clothing retail store should be as creative as the products it contains. Your vision is the key selling point, after all, so you should be able to spread that influence across the entire shopping experience. Digital point of sale software for clothing retail outlets is the way to unleash that unique creativity. Flexible,…
J Crew, Niemen Marcus, JCPenney, Pier 1 Imports—the list of retailers that have filed for bankruptcy protection in response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow. However, amid the devastation that the nationwide shutdown has caused to retailers large and small, there has been a glimmer of a silver lining: curbside pickup is booming.…
Setting Up to Sell Online The ability to sell your products online gives you the potential to reach a wider audience and grow your revenues and customer base. In many ways, it is easy to get up and running with an online ordering presence. But it’s also not quite as simple as taking your in-store…
Setting Up Your Restaurant to Sell Online The ability to sell your products online gives you the potential to reach a wider audience and grow your revenues and customer base. In many ways, it is easy to get up and running with an online ordering presence, but it’s also not quite as simple as taking…
Faced with empty dining rooms and idle staff, keeping the lights on and the kitchen burners lit during the COVID-19 crisis is probably the most difficult challenge your restaurant has faced.To cope, many owners have chosen to make the rapid adjustment to an online-based restaurant instead of shutting doors for the duration. We would like…
Announcing Online Ordering for Retail The ability to sell products online is the key to growth for many businesses around the world, but the importance of having the capability to do so has increased in recent weeks. The restrictions on movements put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19 have impacted a huge…
For restaurants and the range of businesses involved in serving food, Online Ordering was always going to be an important part of future growth. Events over the last few weeks and the related restrictions around movement have significantly increased that importance. Online Ordering has been available on talech for some time, but it may not…
Back before you opened your doors, it might not have occurred to you to include a POS system as part of your business plan. If you’ve been established for a while, it’s possible the software wasn’t even around—or was so new that it was rarely used. But, by now it’s probably clear that you’ve…
In today’s economic climate, you’ve got to be ready to pivot quickly in order to survive—no matter what business you’re in or when change may actually come. An integral part of setting yourself up for seamless adaptation is having systems in place that can evolve with you. And, point of sale software is one such…
A point of sale system isn’t a tool for running your business, it’s a way to improve it. Since the digital transformation of business turned every aspect of management into an app and a software program, point of sale has become a platform for intelligently grouping these functions together and combining them to make…
Online ordering has become a critical lifeline for restaurants and their patrons in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, QSR point of sale systems that previously emphasized click and collect ordering on the premises have shifted their focus to QSR online ordering. The change impacts dining establishments of all types, not…
Measuring and driving sales revenues is likely your most important task as a business owner or sales manager. It can be a demanding job because sales results are sometimes unpredictable. You may have had a store or restaurant in the past that achieved its very best sales month but, surprisingly, resulted in a lower…
Booting up your new POS system is a lot like opening up a much anticipated Christmas gift. After weeks of brewing excitement, guessing, and preparations, the moment of truth has finally arrived. But what if, when the big reveal happens and your new POS system goes online, it isn’t performing as expected? What if…
Most consumers think of retail point of sale systems as one-trick ponies: They process sales transactions, and that’s it. To retailers, however, POS systems are more like Swiss Army knives: They combine a range of tools that control every aspect of the store’s operation, from inventory and employee tracking to sales forecasts and financial…
The blending of innovative technology into traditional retail businesses has been sparking growth spurts in smaller retailers. Small to medium-sized retailers are no longer limited to low-cost, gimmicky, or “free” POS options, and now can enjoy the full slate of robust POS technologies that were formerly obtainable only by Big Box retail. However, this…