You know that you need retail management software. As the days drag on, you are finding yourself sacrificing sleep and valuable personal time in order to babysit mundane, routine, business processes. Since you opened your doors, the customers have been coming in non-stop. While this is great for your bottom line, you have quickly come…
Technology around us continues to evolve at a breathtaking rate, especially mobile point of sale trends. The typical small business owner is finding themselves caught in the middle of the exploding increase of technologically advanced POS systems, consumer anticipation of technology-induced life hacks, and your own technology savvy. The territory in the middle of the…
Salons face some fairly unique challenges that differentiate their POS needs from other small businesses. Client appointments must be coordinated with an available or preferred stylist and changed on the whim of the customer or when a stylist is unavailable and forces a schedule change. Products must be stocked and tracked with the monitoring of…
Patience is thin for today’s customers, especially when faced with long lines or delays of any kind. Whether it is waiting for aisle assistance, or for a server to ask about a menu item change or even a price check at the register, can all be the cause for a customer to feel unappreciated. Our…
Using a cash register seems to be relatively straightforward at a glance. You scan the items being purchased or manually enter in labeled prices. You push another button to tally the subtotal, press the sales tax button, and present the final amount due to the customer. You accept the payment, issue change as required, and…
When running a pet grooming business, you face many of the same day-to-day challenges as those running human-focused salons. Setting and maintaining appointments are always a moving target, as is keeping your stylists’ skills fresh and up to date. Throw in some industry insurance requirements and local health department regulations and you essentially have a…
Our team at talech is as diverse as they come. Spanning the globe from Palo Alto, CA to Kaunas, Lithuania, our employees have a wide variety of backgrounds and interests. We are musicians, knitters, and basketball players. We’ve worked as waiters at chain restaurants and in tech support. But despite our differences, we all have one…
We should be having a constant conversation with our inventory. Not literally staring at a bottle of shampoo until we hear a voice in our head but having a give and take of information. That builds salon inventory best practices. Our inventory is our customer history, after all. We bring in things we think will…