Going paperless… at the till
Sometimes an innovation comes along that’s so obvious you wonder why it hasn’t been done before. yReceipts, which delivers email receipts direct from the till, falls straight into that category. It’s certainly worth a closer look. It’s one of the simplest ways to add value to your customer experience and at the same time encourages customer interaction beyond the store. You can use it to automatically promote offers and related products, and it is straightforward to implement with your Futura EPOS platform. yReceipts makes the…
Lifestyle fashion retailer Saltrock expands with Futura
While the economy might be looking brighter, fashion retailers still have to be on the ball to ensure both their stores and websites perform to the max. Futura’s new Web Services can help by integrating the latest technologies to give a single view of real time inventory, with sales and management information all in one place, cutting waste and duplication. North Devon-based lifestyle brand Saltrock, which set out selling T-shirts with surfing motifs, has just gone live with Futura’s EPOS and head office retail management…
Pushing sales beyond the magic £100 million
It’s been a busy time for Morleys Stores, the London-based independent department store group. Camp Hopson in Newbury, a feature of the Berkshire market town since 1921, became store number eight at the end of 2014. It’s clearly a good fit for the group and Morley’s head office management team expect the acquisition to help push sales beyond the magic £100 million mark. Of course integrating the new business to take advantage of centralised buying and streamlined operations, while maintaining the independent character of the…
WHAT’S NEW FROM FUTURA in 2015? – an update from Futura’s recent User Group Forum
What did you miss? Well, in addition to exciting new features to standard Futura ERS, Futura’s new POS solution was unveiled in Reading last month to leading lifestyle retailers at our UK user forum. Database and operating system independent, Futura4POS works seamlessly with Futura’s Enterprise Retail System, but is equally at home with other standard ERP platforms such as SAP. Using an entirely modern, Java based, IT architecture, Futura4POS delivers what progressive lifestyle and fashion retailers need, especially brands looking to expand and trade internationally. A…
Are your systems talking?
Keeping your store and online customers happy means delivering great performance. This depends on a multitude of fine-tuned elements and functions covering every aspect of your business. Ensuring all these systems and processes talk to each other, is more important still. I believe your challenge is not just about integrating online and offline channels. The key is real time inventory, but this requires your EPOS and retail management systems, warehouse applications, e-commerce systems, customer analytics, loyalty programmes and accounting to be connected seamlessly. The fall-back…