Aren’t we all looking for ways to make our life easier and our business work smoother? If you use barcodes in your inventory management, you will know they are a great help to your day to day workflow. Here are 3 tips that we love to making barcodes work even harder for you: 1. Print…
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9 Marketing Ideas To Make Your Store Stand Out This Holiday Season
This is a guest post by guest contributor Krista Fabregas from Fit Small Business The holidays is a season of giving, and it’s also a season of spending! If there was any time of the year where consumers are in a frenzy to spend, it’s now. According to forecasts, holiday retail sales in 2017…
Getting the Most out of Cyber Monday
With Cyber Monday less than month away, holiday season is quickly approaching. Last year on Cyber Monday, consumers spent nearly $3,5 billion according to Adobe Digital Insights. These results easily blew past initial estimates. How this year will be? Well, if we take into account the ongoing increase in online sales, it looks that…
Selling or Purchasing on Consignment using Megaventory
Selling on consignment is a useful arrangement that allows a supplier and usually a retailer to create a “win-win” situation, where they both share part of the risk of holding inventory. Consignment occurs when the consignor (the supplier) sends goods to a consignee (the retailer), who later sells them to their clients. The goods remain…
15 Tips from Retailers on How to Compete with the Big Stores
It is that time of the year again when businesses across the world celebrate the Independent Retailers Month. This campaign runs annually throughout July to highlight the important role smaller, local, independent retailers play in the communities they serve, the local economy they contribute to, and in the retail sector as a whole. Following the…
How to Choose the Right Inventory Management System For Your Small/Medium Business
Last month Software Advice announced Megaventory’s inclusion in the 2017 FrontRunners quadrant for Inventory Management software and we think it is a good opportunity to discuss some tips that the buyer should have in mind before committing to a new solution. The right software solution is the tool to survive in a highly competitive market,…
How to Prepare for Your Annual Inventory Taking
The end of the year is great to perform a physical counting of your inventory to start fresh in the new year. On top of that, as people cease shopping after Christmas, it is usually the slowest time of the year, making it a perfect time for you to minimize or stop your sales operations…
How to survive as an independent retailer
Following the success of our other two posts on the importance of the right retail software and the top online tools and services, we decided to give a final round to our series of retail articles. In this article, we asked successful retailers and experts what are the challenges an independent retailer has and what…
How important is the right software in retail business
It is Independent Retailer Month and we are going to dedicate July’s posting on helping you to get the most out of your retail business. In this article, we want to highlight the importance of using a software solution in your retail business, and most importantly implementing the right one. Therefore, we asked the opinion…
How to manage your franchise business successfully
5 Experts share their tips and experience You have probably heard and read numerous stories about the benefits of franchising. Usually, they are about how to successfully get under the umbrella of a bigger company, which allows you to reap the financial rewards of a well-known brand name. But what about the hurdles involved in…