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e-Commerce for Figure Gemini

Posted on January 29th, 2013 · Posted in Controlling Retail Stock, Retail Insights, Retail Solutions

The TRC “Figure Gemini Weblink” allows your existing products, barcodes and stock levels to move seamlessly from your Epos system to your website which reduces administration time and ensures products.. read more

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Customer Loyalty For Figure Gemini

Posted on January 29th, 2013 · Posted in Loyalty Systems, Retail Insights, Retail News & Events, Retail Solutions

Since Total Retail Control became the sole authorised reseller of Figure Gemini in 2010, we have been mightily impressed by the Figure system and how effectively the customer base use.. read more

My EPOS System is the Same as Yours… Right?

Ninety percent of all EPOS systems are running Nokia-like retail software: Yes, it allows you to make calls (scan items) and yes, it allows you to send text messages (take stock), but… it does not integrate into your retail business life the way the smartphone integrates into your communications life. Let’s examine four smartphone-type functions that 90% of all EPOS software cannot perform.

6 Reasons Buying Retail Hardware Maintenance Services is so Difficult for Retailers

Posted on June 14th, 2012 · Posted in Retail Maintenance Services, Retail Solutions

When it comes to outsourcing the maintenance of your retail hardware, it seems everyone has a different view and it’s hard to decipher fact from fiction when it comes to what you actually need. This makes it extremely difficult to evaluate that retail service contract purchase.
Here is what we have discovered about why buying a maintenance service contract can be so tricky:

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How much does an Electronic Point of Sale System (EPOS) cost?

Posted on February 28th, 2012 · Posted in Retail Insights, Retail Solutions

Trying to find our how much an EPOS system can cost can be an ordeal. The choice of electronic point of sale products and companies is wide and varied. We’ll walk you through a breakdown of EPOS software and system pricing and considerations when purchasing an EPOS system.

Employee Theft and How to Prevent It

Posted on February 6th, 2012 · Posted in Retail Insights, Retail Solutions

Is the best member of your retail staff also a completely honest individual?

Does that seem like a funny question? How could the best member of your staff not be honest?

We constantly come across incidences of dishonesty from our clients’ staff. Staff dishonesty can range from cash theft to stock theft to sweet deals for friends like only ringing through one item when two were taken, etc.

Recently, in an ever more competitive and margin-reducing world, our customers/retailers posed this question to us:
Is there a retail system out there that will help me in only recruiting honest staff members?

Don’t Drive Blindly; How to Navigate the Retail Road Clearly and Strategically with Retail Intelligence

Posted on December 21st, 2011 · Posted in Retail Insights, Retail Solutions

Have you ever been driving, on a rainy, muddy day, when your windscreen washer bottle was out of fluid, and you simply could not see the road the ahead? Frustrating, isn’t it?
The retail world is not much different. In times of prosperity, retailers thrive and the need for actionable metrics is often ignored. People hum along; not paying much attention to their important key performance indicators money is flowing.

But times have changed. The financial climate is daunting. And retailers have been left without any windscreen washer bottle fluid. The typical retailer cannot see the road ahead; without a more sophisticated picture of what is going on, he will likely crash.

The Four Most Costly Stock Management Sins: How to Avoid Them & Drive Profit.

Posted on September 30th, 2011 · Posted in Retail Insights, Retail Solutions

How many times have you wondered:

  • How much inventory to hold?
  • How much to purchase?
  • Which products fly off the shelves, and which are likely to sit?
  • Should your inventory be marked down?

 
Over and over again, right? And if you make the wrong move, you end up losing money, wasting time and undermining your business.

 
STOP! There are better strategies than Guesswork!

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