You worked hard to make your first retail business a success. Now that your store, restaurant, flower shop, or coffee shop is turning a tidy profit, it’s only natural that you think about expanding to a second location. But as many growing businesses find out, duplicating your success requires a different approach than the one…
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…
Perhaps the greatest misconception in the restaurant industry is that a high percentage of establishments fail in the first year. You’ll find “experts” who claim that from 60 percent to as many as 90 percent of restaurants close in their first year of operation. Such long odds for success would be enough to discourage even…
Businesses love a bargain, and there’s no bargain better than “free.” That explains why a lot of small businesses are interested in using POS systems with no monthly fees. POS systems have become standard equipment for retailers of all types, allowing them to streamline their credit card transactions and accept more forms of payment. While…
Never before have retail businesses been so portable. That’s why knowing how to run a mobile business is important. In an age where food cart vendors earn Michelin stars and the latest fashions are as likely to be found on a flea market table as on Fifth Avenue, it’s clear that mobility is taking retailers…
Clothing store inventory management is probably not one of the activities that make you rush to start each business day. Yet without a thorough understanding of the stock on hand, a clothing store will be challenged to keep its customers happy and its cash registers ringing. Coming to the rescue of clothing store managers struggling…
Clothing and boutique point of sale systems should be able to help you answer some key questions, like: “Have you got it in black?” “Does this come in a 12?” “Do you have anything with a higher collar?” These are the kinds of questions your point of sale system must be able to answer. Where…
The digital age has changed the meaning of affordable point of sale software. The move to subscription and Software-as-a-Service models where the cost of accessing the best business software is spread out over monthly and annual payments rather than a big upfront purchase means even small salons can use the best technology. Finding the most…