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…
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.…
ECommerce continues to transform the retail industry. The surge in online ordering predates the COVID-19 pandemic, which turned a flood of online sales into a tidal wave. Some key data trends to be aware of include: Research firm Statista forecasts that worldwide online retail sales will increase from $3.53 trillion in 2019 to $6.54…
Retailers won’t let a little thing like a pandemic prevent them from serving their customers’ needs. Already, shops, cafes, restaurants, boutiques, and other businesses have adapted to the new rules of retail in the COVID-19 era. One important change is the increased use of technology to minimize contact and the number of surfaces that…
The nail-salon business is noted for intense competition and low margins. That’s why running as efficiently as possible is more important to nail salons than perhaps to most other retailers. Salon owners are discovering that a point of sale system for a nail salon saves them time, effort, and money. The best way for…
There’s nothing easy about running a nail salon. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic brought the industry to a near standstill, salons faced intense competition, rising expenses, and a concerted effort to protect employees from the ill effects of exposure to the potentially dangerous chemicals they work with. Nails Magazine’s 2020 Annual Report surveyed nail…
Your point of sale equipment can be so much more than the site of the final customer transaction. It can become the hub of an entire system designed to increase the frequency and value of those transactions. There are opportunities to increase revenue throughout your salon from the products you sell, to the quality…
Hard work may be its own reward, but making things easier and simpler in your business can ultimately improve your bottom line. At least, it will if simpler and easier refer to the efficiency and control of an all in one terminal POS system. Digital, internet-powered point of sale solutions take up the spot…
It is no secret just how important customer satisfaction is when striving to achieve long-term business success. Building a positive reputation starts with how you put your best foot forward. What is the very first thing that a customer sees when they enter your business? Is the entire sales process, from the moment of…
Stores are courageously readapting their operations to COVID-19 state directives. Many are achieving success, primarily through increases in online ordering. For restaurants, delivery services have become a critical service market overnight. Internet shopping has already increased exponentially over the past ten years. However, with stay-at-home orders, even that rate has skyrocketed. In your own…