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When you perform a physical count of your inventory, you can find discrepancies between what’s on the shelves and what’s in the computer...

Simple reports and analytics from your point of sale software help you run your daily operations more efficiently. They give you important sales and...

Usually, when we hear the term total cost of ownership, we think of the costs associated with owning a car or a computer. Total cost of ownership is typically...

For retailers, inventory represents the largest portion of their assets. This is why, if you’re a retailer, you need to understand the true costs of your inventory...

In today’s retail environment, small retailers need to be thinking about what the “Next Big Thing” will be. Some products can create such a buzz that everyone...

Many small retailers don’t use purchase orders because they have strong relationships with a handful of vendors. This type of organic procurement process...

A referral is the best recommendation customers can give about your products and services. Referrals are the most influential and trustworthy source...

Market research can tell you if your company is meeting the needs and expectations of your customers. Best of all, it doesn’t need to be a time intensive...

Disruptions in the retail market over the past two decades have changed the relationships between vendors and buyers. In many industries, the power...

If you find your business is struggling with inventory control, there are several things you can do to resolve any pesky issues. The first is having an automated...

Managing inventory is one of the biggest challenges for retail businesses. Your business can have hundreds of SKUs to keep track of throughout the year...

Yes, you can incentivize your employees to be more productive through simple workplace perks that won’t hurt your bottom line. Supporting their extracurricular...

The paradigm has changed with serving customers. Because of increased competition, shifting your thinking about customer service is as easy as calling...

Mobile/handheld point of sale software holds a tremendous amount of potential for small retail businesses, allowing them to operate like a big box...

Automation is a major theme for small businesses in 2017. Many of the tasks to operate your business can be scheduled and run automatically through...

Last year was exciting. Overall, the American economy continued to grow with most projections at 2.1%, which is a slower pace than what some would...

For small businesses, a complete point of sale (POS) system can provide many of the same benefits large corporations receive from their enterprise...

Keeping information and applications in the cloud has become a wide-spread practice for many small businesses. The primary factor for migrating to...

The sign of a healthy small businesses is year-over-year growth. Any slow-downs or steady declines in sales can be detrimental for your business. A loss in sales...

Many gift stores have SKUs numbering in the hundreds, even thousands, and actual counts exceeding those numbers. This makes inventory management...

In 2009, credit card fraud cost businesses and consumers over $190 billion. Over the past seven years, credit card fraud has doubled. And, in 2014...

The preferred method of payment for consumers is credit or debit cards. Only 20% of consumers pay with cash, while 80% of total consumer spending...

Some of us can remember when Windows 95 came out. It was the wildly unsuccessful roll out of a software that changed the personal computer world...

The generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are recommended for privately owned companies, but not required. Created in the 1970s, these...

Product ratings are tied to the level of customer service as much as the product’s performance. Best of all, great customer service techniques generate...