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How Your Google Business Listing Can Help Grow Your Retail Store
When consumers Google your business, what comes up? Will they see a nice display with your location, address, hours of operation, phone number, a link to your website, and customer reviews in your Google business listing? “New businesses need all the help they can get...
eCommerce Logistics for Retail Stores
eCommerce has dramatically disrupted the retail sector in recent decades by changing how people shop. The accessibility and convenience offered by online shopping platforms have led to significant shifts in consumer behavior, and traditional retailers must adapt to...
Live Selling is Shaping the Future of E-Commerce
Live selling, also known as live streaming or live commerce, is an emerging trend in e-commerce that is changing the way retailers interact with their customers. Live selling involves broadcasting a live video stream to customers in real-time, giving them an...
Choosing an All-In-One POS System for Retail Stores
A POS (Point of Sale) system is a major boon in retail. It gathers all sorts of valuable data, including inventory, sales, and customer data. As a result, retailers can easily manage important aspects of their business and streamline inventory, quickly access relevant...
Top Retail Marketing Tools to Boost Your Business
The marketing tools and advertising strategies you employ make or break your business. Regardless of your retail niche, you need and deserve the best high-tech marketing tools. The challenge lies in finding and implementing the right tools for your retail business,...
Advanced LinkedIn Strategies for Retail Businesses
LinkedIn is a wonderful source for finding both talented employees and searching for top-quality customers for your retail business. As a small company, you can fully utilize LinkedIn strategies to pull in clients and to find experienced, qualified employees in your...
Customer Loyalty Programs: The Statistics You Need to Know
Customer loyalty programs are one of the reasons consumers switch to and/or stick with a particular brand, but sometimes it’s hard to know which aspects of a loyalty program shoppers really want. We’ve put together a list of compelling statistics that will shed some...
Optimizing Retail Customer Experience: Proven Best Practices for Success
In the ever-evolving retail sector, one element remains a crucial determinant of success – customer experience (CX). As customers grow more discerning and expect more personalized, seamless shopping journeys, enhancing your retail customer experience becomes...
Work Order Management for Retail Stores
Work order management isn’t just a key approach and technology type for maintenance companies and workers. Truth be told, it’s highly important for retail stores and organizations as well, and having the right software streamlines operations minimizes mishaps, and...
4 Tips for Increasing Ecommerce Conversion Rates
So, you've got a beautifully designed website, you invest in SEO, and you've got paid campaigns running on all the right platforms – but your ecommerce store still isn't converting. Unfortunately, this is not a rare occurrence. According to Wolfgang Digital's 2020 KPI...
Customizable Solutions: POS Payment Processing for Specialty Retail
In the world of specialty retail, where passion and a deep understanding of niche products and services meet, the quest for providing an exceptional shopping experience for your unique clientele becomes the heart and soul of every decision you make. As a specialty...
Choosing an Alternative to Worldpay for Payment Processing
Worldpay has captured a considerable percentage of market share, attaining the status of top acquirer with acceptance in 146 countries, spanning 135 currencies in more than 220 markets. Worldpay processes more than 130 million transactions on a daily basis,...
Intuit Discontinuing QuickBooks Desktop and Point of Sale
Intuit has decided to discontinue QuickBooks Desktop. As of June 1, 2023 QuickBooks Desktop will no longer be available for sale. And on October 4, 2023 QuickBooks Point of Sale will end operations. From time-to-time organizations will decide it is no longer...
What You Need to Know To Run a Successful Online Business
Total worldwide e-commerce sales are expected to reach $4.5 trillion by 2021. Its significant growth is indicative of the fact that online business works. But while e-commerce is working for hundreds of thousands of businesses around the world, it's also important to...
How To Ace Team Building Activities At Your Business
We work in fast-paced business environments where employees must perform at maximum productivity, race against strict deadlines, and find the time to complete a list of daily duties every single day. Obviously, employees could use some quality time out, but mention...
7 Effective Ways to Promote Your Classes
"Your class may teach an invaluable skill," says event technology platform, Eventbrite, "but does your marketing effectively prove its value? If your attendance is slacking, a lackluster promotional strategy is likely to blame." There is tough competition for...
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