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Success Story: How a retailer sold 5x more product by using Point of Sale data to drive a marketing campaign

For Darren Stiles of Manna Gum Building and Garden Supplies, using day-to-day sales data collected at the POS helps him create effective marketing campaigns to keep him ahead of the competition.   […]

By |2023-04-29T10:23:55+11:00April 26th, 2023|Choosing POS, Choosing POS Software, Manna Gum Case Study, Marketing, POS Inventory, POS Software, Retail Expansion, Retail Software, Retail Success Stories|Comments Off on Success Story: How a retailer sold 5x more product by using Point of Sale data to drive a marketing campaign

Success Story: How a modern retail system helped support The Landscape Centre’s vision for growth

For Behn and Tanealle Monley of The Landscape Centre Dubbo, streamlining operations and improving customer experience was essential to making their vision a reality. Inefficiencies and inflexibility of IT systems that can’t keep up with business processes is a dilemma many businesses face as they grow. Univex helped The Landscape Centre get day-to-day operations running [...]

By |2023-02-23T09:59:18+11:00February 22nd, 2023|Choosing POS, Choosing POS Software, POS Inventory, POS Software, Retail Expansion, Retail Software, Retail Success Stories, The Landscape Centre Case Study|Comments Off on Success Story: How a modern retail system helped support The Landscape Centre’s vision for growth

Success Story: Customised POS Software Is Bumps Snowsports’ Key To Success

For Peter Haley of Bumps Snowsports, a custom-tailored POS and retail solution was crucial to maintaining their market leading position. Changing POS systems is a challenging task for any retailer. It’s difficult finding the right system and making the transition without interrupting day-to-day operations. Univex helped Bumps Snowsports retain historical data and provide new, customised [...]

By |2023-01-26T09:55:53+11:00November 1st, 2022|Bumps Snowsports Case Study, Choosing POS, Choosing POS Software, Ecommerce Store, POS Inventory, POS Software, Retail Expansion, Retail Software, Retail Success Stories|Comments Off on Success Story: Customised POS Software Is Bumps Snowsports’ Key To Success

Success Story: How Nourish Organic Marketplace relocated without skipping a beat

For Josh and Bronwyn Howe of Nourish Organic Marketplace, having one POS provider that supports both hardware and software was essential for a seamless store relocation. Fitting out a new retail store is stressful, expensive, and time consuming. Trying to move an existing store in to a new space whilst trading is an even bigger [...]

By |2023-01-26T09:56:17+11:00September 13th, 2022|Nourish Organic Marketplace Case Study, POS Inventory, POS Software, Retail Expansion, Retail Software, Retail Success Stories|Comments Off on Success Story: How Nourish Organic Marketplace relocated without skipping a beat

Success Story: How Harmony Garden Centre Streamlines Purchasing With Smart Integrations

For Andrew Clark of Harmony Garden Centre, integrating systems and automating processes is a key driver of their growth and success. Purchasing is a necessary function of all retail businesses but has a tendency to trap staff in an office, particularly store managers. Andrew wanted to be out in the shop helping customers doing what [...]

By |2023-01-26T09:56:25+11:00August 3rd, 2022|EvergreenConnect Case Study, Online Ecommerce, POS Inventory, POS Software, Retail Software, Retail Success Stories|Comments Off on Success Story: How Harmony Garden Centre Streamlines Purchasing With Smart Integrations

Customer special orders: your unfair advantage over e-Commerce and chain stores

Customer special orders are those products that your customers wish to purchase, but you don’t have in stock and need to order in for them. Special ordering was once considered normal retailing behaviour. However in the race to streamline and simplify operations many retailers don’t bother. Or if they allow it they don’t actively promote [...]

By |2022-07-22T12:22:45+11:00March 24th, 2022|Business Tips, Choosing POS, Choosing POS Software, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Customer Shopping Experience, POS Software, POS Tips, Retail Software, Retail Tools and Resources|Comments Off on Customer special orders: your unfair advantage over e-Commerce and chain stores

How much is discounting costing your retail business?

If you don’t have a discount policy, or you aren’t tracking how much discount you give away, your store’s over-generosity might be the reason your retail shop is not as profitable as it deserves to be. In this short guide we look at the problem with ad-hoc or discretionary discounting, and how to get control [...]

By |2022-06-17T16:12:09+11:00March 17th, 2022|Business Tips, Choosing POS, Choosing POS Software, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, POS Software, POS Tips, Retail Software, Retail Tools and Resources|Comments Off on How much is discounting costing your retail business?

10 Easy things you can do today to sell more online

Launching your e-commerce site is an exciting time! You should be proud of all your hard work to get it up and go live. Yet there is still more work to do to get people on to your site and completing a purchase. In this practical guide we give you a selection of simple (and [...]

By |2023-07-11T11:40:04+11:00March 1st, 2022|Business Tips, Customer Shopping Experience, Ecommerce Store, Online Ecommerce, Online Retailing, Retail Tools and Resources|Comments Off on 10 Easy things you can do today to sell more online

The hidden costs of Point of Sale software

When deciding what Point of Sale (POS) software, retail management software, or e-commerce software you want to operate with, price is a common attribute that will help shrink the number of choices available. Unfortunately we see too many store owners gravitate towards the cheaper products, unaware that cheap may mean a number of additional unexpected [...]

By |2022-06-17T16:11:58+11:00January 24th, 2022|Business Tips, Choosing POS, Choosing POS Software, POS Software, Retail Tools and Resources|Comments Off on The hidden costs of Point of Sale software

Why integrating your POS and eCommerce is essential for retail success

Retailers with physical stores must have a web site of some kind to remain relevant, and ideally it will be an e-commerce site with your catalogue of products on display. Without a web presence you run the risk of potential customers heading elsewhere because they simply don’t know what you sell, or whether you have [...]

By |2022-06-17T16:11:52+11:00January 10th, 2022|Ecommerce Store, Online Retail, Online Retailing, POS Software, Retail Software|Comments Off on Why integrating your POS and eCommerce is essential for retail success