Industry Overview

Apparel

Gifts

"We can see that having information at our fingertips will keep us competitive in the marketplace."

"Since we have been able to shave off two days from our total system time-from the receipt of stocks to the actual display of items in our stores, this means less manpower is needed and provides us with a reduction in total operation expenses."

Some things to keep in mind as a gift, souvenir, and novelties retailer would be to ensure your system can handle multiple vendors, that you can effectively get data on the aging of your product to move out what is not making you money, and also that you have a purchase order management system that will monitor windows of opportunity like getting late merchandise for the holidays but still being able to get a full sell through of it.

Case Study: Gift Shop:

A family business that started in 1933 didn't use any POS system and carried out all operations manually.

Retail Pro was installed and provided the store owner to have more control over his inventory and reduce human error when making a sale. It enabled him to feel more comfortable by knowing minute by minute what's happening and allows him to see if he makes a mistake. The reports feature of Retail Pro help to navigate the future actions at the store.

"Retail Pro seemed to be the most practical and user-friendly. It also allows us to keep our labor costs down. A person isn't needed to draw reports, invoices or correct mistakes. Retail Pro takes care of it for us."