retail technology
Preventive Maintenance Protects Your EPoS Investment
We all have a tendency to think of not fixing problems until something is broken.
But when it comes to high value business assets like an EPoS system, the point where something goes wrong is already too late.
Downtime leads to lost productivity, lost sales, lost profits – all round BIG damage to your business.
Like taking your car for an MoT or service, or going to your GP for a routine check-up, preventative maintenance is about proactively ensuring that your EPoS system is always in good working order.
This both helps to catch any potential problems before they can escalate into something which does real damage, and to keep the system fine tuned and performing at its optimum.
Read on to discover Five reasons why it’s important for your retail business to have a preventive maintenance contract in place for your EPoS system.
WIN AN AURES YUNO EPoS BUNDLE FROM RMS. Have you entered yet?
As a retailer you have worked hard throughout 2017 delivering a great product offering, compelling marketing activities and wonderful customer service in order to ensure a higher level of footfall in your retail business.
Would you now like to get your 2018 trading off to a successful start by winning a brand new AURES YUNO EPoS SYSTEM?
To celebrate 2017 as its most successful year of trading yet, RMS is giving you the chance to win a fantastic
AURES YUNO EPoS BUNDLE WORTH OVER £1200!!
Enter this FREE competition now for a chance to win an AURES YUNO EPoS HARDWARE BUNDLE and get your 2018 retail trading off to a successful start.
Please feel free to share this competition blog with your colleagues to increase the chances of your business winning!
RMS supports the Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards 2017
RMS is delighted to be supporting the ‘Retailer of the Year‘ category of the Borders Business Excellence Awards 2017. organised by Scottish Borders Chamber of Commerce.
In today’s era of immense choice for consumers and increased digitalisation, retail customers are not only discerning about what they want, but are putting new demands on retail customer service, and consequently retailers are having to make extra efforts to meet these consumer requirements and ensure a competitive advantage.
RMS understands the importance of highlighting retailers’ achievements and giving them the recognition they deserve for the hard work they put into growing their business – and also the positive impact that this has on the Scottish Borders community.
In recognising the challenges which all retailers face in exceeding customer expectations, maximising omni-channel capabilities, boosting efficiency, productivity and profitability in all areas of their retail business, RMS works closely with retailers to guide them on how to realise their goals.
Our Cloud managed OpSuite Retail Management Solution EPoS software is a UK market leader in the provision of strategic, innovative, retail-specific solutions that make a positive impact on achieving better retail profits through effective sales, purchasing, stock control, pricing, promotions, loyalty programs, warehousing and web store management.
We are proud to be part of recognising well-deserved work in this vibrant channel and look forward to continuing to work with retailers in the Scottish Borders during the coming year, and supporting them with exciting opportunities to further the growth of their businesses through OpSuite Retail Management Solution EPoS software.
RMS is a UK market leader of EPoS hardware and software solutions enabling your retail operation to win now and in the future.
We care about your business, if you have questions about how your retail business can benefit from our OpSuite Retail Management Solution EPoS software, please contact us today on 01750 700 527 or via our on-line enquiry form
We look forward to helping you with the future EPoS needs of your growing business.
You can also follow RMS on Social Media for all the latest information on the great benefits, features and deals on EPoS Hardware.
Mobile Computing Devices – The Retailer Benefits
In today’s era of immense choice for consumers and increased digitalisation, retail customers are not only discerning about what they want, but are putting new demands on retail customer service, and when they have made a decision, they want it now.
Brick-and-mortar retailers are not just competing with each other, they are also competing against successful on-line retailers. Compared with a simple and quick purchase from the couch at home, it is especially important for retailers to create faster and simpler ways to make brick-and-mortar purchases.
With the use of mobile devices at the POS, retailers are able to step up to the challenge and satisfy the customer’s need for pre-purchase information whilst in-store, through the integration of all relevant distribution channels.
Today’s retailers need to meet these consumer requirements to ensure a competitive advantage. One of the most important ways an advantage can be acquired is by sales assistants utilising mobile devices in-store. By using them, the sales assistant can get informed more quickly and efficiently, and therefore improve customer service and increase sales turnover.
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Your business is at threat in the digital extortion war being waged by Ransomware?
The incidences of Ransomware attacks on businesses is now at a frightening level, and still increasing, despite there being an armoury full of tools and methods which can be utilised in defence of your business system.
RMS has recently been called upon to assist several clients whose Back-office EPoS system became infected with Ransomware, probably as a result of someone in the clients business clicking on a seemingly innocuous looking link within an email. Until the system was rescued, the effect of the Ransomware on the clients business was disastrous with the system being inaccessible and unusable.
For a busy retailer having Ransomware on your back office computers and servers truly is a disaster to your daily operations. An inability for till transactions to be backed-up, for new products to be recorded into stock, to change product prices, and even check emails, are just some of the effects it can have on your business.
We care about your business and hence the reason for this Blog article asking you to take care of your EPoS and IT systems.
Read on to discover how to protect your business. ……..
Shoppers trust retailers more if they can see modern technology being used in store
Shoppers trust retailers more if they can see modern technology being used in store, claims research by payments processor Worldpay.
According to the research, conducted by Worldpay, the global leader in credit/debit card payments processing technology, three quarters of consumers (75%) said alarm bells start to ring when a store seems behind the times from a technology point of view. Londoners and the under-35s were the most judgemental. Eighty per cent of respondents in these groups said they’re more likely to trust retailers that use up to date technology than those that do not.
When pushed to qualify their answers, respondents said they thought retailers who had invested in up to date technology came across as more professional, and committed to improving the overall shopping experience for their customers.
Read more below on how to increase customer confidence in your retail business.
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