Group Training dates 2019
Now available on the Futura website are the dates for 2019’s Group Training sessions. These sessions are open to all our customers and are a highly cost effective option for training new staff or refreshing existing staff knowledge. At a cost of only £175-00 + VAT per delegate per day, including light refreshments and lunch, this is unbeatable value. To ensure the quality of the training delivered the maximum number of delegates that can be accommodated in one session is 8.* At the beginning of each session the…
Creating Black Friday deals – promotions that hit the mark
Whether you love it or hate it Black Friday is fast approaching – November 25th is just around the corner – so you’ll be gearing up to ensure you can capitalise on this annual retail event to drive performance over the festive period. Of course, you’ll need to be sure you can satisfy demand, but just as crucial is striking interest with your customer and above all getting your promotions right. Fortunately, Futura’s EPOS and stock management solution provides a host of options for creating…
Create more sales opportunities
Smart suggestions from Futura’s intuitive EPOS and retail management system now enable fashion companies to suggest bundles of different product lines. For example, chinos, shoes and accessories can be set up in the system as combinations to promote the latest collection or a new range. The clever technology that supports links to different product lines empowers the sales assistant to suggest other lines which complement the customer’s initial choice, thereby creating greater opportunity to up sell in store. British menswear brand Steel and Jelly, previously…
Not all doom & gloom
Spring has been a tough time for UK retail with the sad news first of British Home Stores (BHS) and then, almost immediately after, Austin Read the gentlemen’s tailoring brand, both tumbling into Administration. Of course these aren’t the only retail failures over the last months, but they stand out for being two of the most enduring and well known high street brands. Fortunately, not all retail failures end this way and some have risen, Phoenix-like from the ashes. T J Hughes, the much-loved Merseyside…
Designer brand Santoro steps onto the high-street
You could be forgiven if you haven’t come across the London design house Santoro, which started life in 1983 not far from London’s Carnaby Street. But girls, and mums with daughters everywhere, will surely recognise some of the celebrated gifts and accessories that have driven the company’s success – the Gorjus range of bags, accessories and stationery for instance, the Kori Kumi collection or the Mirabelle range. Until now Santoro’s range of gifts and designer-led products, covering bags and accessories, gifts and stationery, as well…