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CRM

Planning a Retail Pricing Strategy to Win

How you set prices at your retail store says a lot about your business and your brand. If your prices are high, customers might expect a high-end retail experience. On the other hand, prices that are low may translate into a bargain store feel to your customers. Beyond the pressure of communicati...

01.02.2018

CRM

Should Your Retail Business Offer Store Credit?

While cash is king in the retail world, most businesses take multiple methods of paymen...

31.01.2018

Inventory

3 Ways to Find the Right Inventory Balance

Ah, Whole Foods. A new-world oasis in a desert of conventional grocery stores. Your go-...

29.01.2018

News & Trends

If You Thought Erply’s Back Office Couldn’t Get Any Better, Think Again!

Our Back Office team is on fire. Check out all the cool new features Berlin Back Office...

26.01.2018

Inventory

What Is FIFO Inventory Costing and Why Use It?

In order to run any retail business properly, business owners need to know the cost of ...

25.01.2018

Inventory

How Retail Software Helps You Get Product on Your Shelves Faster

Proper inventory management is one of the most important parts of running a profitable ...

24.01.2018

Point of Sale

Point-of-Purchase Marketing With Your POS

Marketing to customers who are already buying something at a POS might seem redundant. ...

19.01.2018

Retail Management

Four Ideas for Maintaining a Healthy Relationship with Your Suppliers

Good news! Global markets have reported a general upswing over the past year. Slightly ...

17.01.2018

CRM

How Your POS Can Help You Keep Customers Coming Back

Did you know that most retail businesses never see 45% of customers a second time? This...

16.01.2018

CRM

Retail Layaway Programs: Everything You Need to Know

While some customers may prefer to pay for their purchases with cash, debit cards or cr...

12.01.2018

Retail Management

How Your POS Can Help You Be an Effective Retail Manager

Retail managers are some of the most overworked people in any industry. These employees...

11.01.2018

News & Trends

What’s Next for Brick-and-Mortar Retail?

For the past two years, brick-and-mortar retailers have struggled to compete with growi...

10.01.2018

Inventory

What to Do with Slow Moving Inventory

It’s now the new year, and you’re ready to make your business an even greater success, ...

09.01.2018

News & Trends

Entering the Ring with Amazon: 3 Tips for Competing against a (Seemingly) Unbeatabl...

Retailers, we feel you. It’s not easy carving out a marketplace niche in the era of Jef...

08.01.2018

CRM

How to Create Retail Promotions that Work

Between online sales and in-store promotions, holiday sales continue to soar in nearly ...

05.01.2018

Retail Management

Upselling and Cross-Selling Techniques for Your Retail Business

An analysis performed by Bain & Company found that effective cross-selling techniqu...

02.01.2018

Inventory

Improving Inventory Management with Cycle Counts

When it comes time to do inventory, you could shut down all your warehouses, stores, an...

29.12.2017

Analytics

Why Your End-of-Shift or End-of-Day Reports Aren’t Matching Your Drawer

There are a number of reasons why your cashier could be out of balance when it’s time t...

28.12.2017

Retail Management

Do Better in 2018 By Swearing Off These Bad Retail Practices

Even if you’re a seasoned retailer, it’s possible you may be performing certain POS pra...

27.12.2017

Point of Sale

Essential Steps to Securing Your POS System

In late 2013, the huge retailer Target announced that some 70 million customer records ...

22.12.2017

Analytics

Flexible Retail Analytics with the Erply Report Generator

“If you invest in proper data collection and reporting, you will reap the benefits inde...

21.12.2017