Technology can improve your daily operations while making it easier to outdo competitors; even when competing with businesses larger than your own. But finding the right solutions can be hard for small business owners who need professional, industry-grade tech that offers the greatest number of benefits. Depending on the size of your staff, you may…
Starting and operating a small business has been your passion for as long as you can remember. The creative freedom it gives to you and watching your vision evolve into a successful venture provides you with a well-deserved sense of accomplishment. A key component of success that small business owners must retain is the initial…
Salon owners are faced with many unique challenges including how to improve salon performance. Managing appointment bookings and coordinating with stylist schedules are only the tip of the iceberg. Having the right stylists on hand is a difficult challenge in an employment marketplace that is trending towards a gig economy. You must examine social trends…
If you’ve ever wanted the power to say, “make me an offer that fits my budget or I walk away”, then you are going to love the 2020s. Never has even the smallest of businesses had so much clout in the marketplace. That’s because the same forces that are acting on retailers, restaurants, and family…
Beauty salon technology is only worthwhile if it brings a real benefit. In the salon, that benefit is measured on the bottom line, with ROI. Tempting as it is to consider some of the more spectacular uses of digital technology, such as virtual reality reading materials, you have to ask yourself whether your customers are…
Take a moment to look at your current POS solution. Is it allowing you to manage your business more effectively? Has it allowed you to remove repetitive, manual tasks from your daily to-do list? Analyzing the answers to this short list of questions will provide you with the information you need to make an informed…
Business owners such as yourself take pride in noticing the little things, including point of sale industry trends. An item on the shelf slightly out of alignment, garments hung in the wrong sizing area, or dust buildup on a display shelf. Even walking into big-box retailers or chain restaurants, you can’t help but glance around…
Introducing new point of sale hardware and software into your business is full of careful considerations. Determining the right feature set, usability concerns, payment acceptance, and security are all checkboxes on your shopping list. But what about POS solutions that offer to bundle hardware with software? Are the sales speak you are hearing indicating that…