Top ten Features in the latest Futura release – 3.36
The latest version of Futura, V3.36 is available now, it contains a wide variety of additional features to improve your Futura experience. Some of the enhancements add new or extend capabilities either requested by users, or identified as part of a programme of continuous improvement, and others are improvements to processes and screens you are already familiar with. If you need help with implementing or understanding any of the features or are undecided about upgrading to the latest version don’t forget we are here to…
Making Till Receipts Work Harder
How often do you think about the humble till receipt? It is, of course, an essential record of each transaction and if a customer needs to return something they need to hang on to it. But in the run-up to the festive season you might be thinking about how you can turn your till receipts into promotional tools, or at the very least make them work harder. Perhaps you want to change or modify the text printed on your receipts. Maybe add a Christmas greeting,…
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…
RBTE 2015 – Futura Retail Solutions demos full EPOS retail management system on stand 556
Next week the Retail Business Technology Expo (RBTE) 2015 will opening it doors at its new venue, Olympia Grand, London. Here at Futura we are looking forward to a busy two days finding out about the latest exciting industry innovations and showcasing our own latest developments. Lifestyle retailers, department stores and fashion retailers attending RBTE can find out how to enhance their customers’ buying experience dramatically, Futura’s core system can manage multiple functions including EPOS, merchandising and gift cards and includes full CRM and Ecommerce…
EDI – the secret to supply chain control
Retail systems specialists Futura explain why EDI is the next big thing for mid-tier retailers. Successful retail operations depend on strong supply chain control. This is especially important for lifestyle and fashion retailers, where the agility to respond rapidly to seasonal demands and changing styles is critical. But with more channels and more products, an increasingly switched on consumer and a truly global supply base, it gets more and more complex. Manual systems simply can’t keep up which is why we believe electronic data interchange (EDI)…