Retail Management Software
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• Ecommerce and Retail Software Trends

  Ecommerce and Retail Software Trends Articles

  

  3 Ways UGC Management Tools Can Simplify Your Life

  By Miljana Mitic

  If you’re running an up-and-coming ecommerce business then you know how challenging it is to juggle dozens of responsibilities every day. You want to interact with your customers on social media, but you also need to invest time in curating enticing content for your social pages to attract new and ... (more)

  

  MagentoGo Falls Overboard: Will SMBs Jump Ship?

  By Erin Sweeney

  eBay's MagentoGo, a major small business ecommerce solution, will shut down by February 2015, causing small businesses to reevaluate their online retail platform.

  

  5 Online Payment Solutions You Need to Know

  By N. Rowan

  As mobile devices continue to revolutionize the way we do business and go through our daily lives, software providers are finding new ways to connect businesses with their customers. One such new development are online payment solutions, which are moving beyond the old PayPal model to include mobile access and to be implemented into any electronic transaction. Here are 5 leading innovators worth keeping an eye on.

  

  How to Use Post-Purchase Email Automation to Retain Customers

  By Nirit B.

  Converting a customer does not mean that you are done doing business with them. Quite the opposite.  Conversions actually open new doors, providing opportunities to conduct additional transactions and to forge long-term and profitable relationships with your customers. Repeat business is not only cheaper than acquiring new customers, but a study ... (more)

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• Ecommerce Software

  Ecommerce Software Articles

  

  Shopify Vs. Magento - To Buy Or To Build?

  By Anand Srinivasan

  E-commerce has become a key driver of business strategy for most companies regardless of size, scale or industry. The growing demand for ready-to-use e-commerce solutions has led to the availability of hundreds of platforms. Each one caters to various permutations of business needs, technical prowess and budgetary considerations of different ... (more)

  

  Must-Have Features of Ecommerce Software

  By Robert Cecchi

  Businesses on the prowl for ecommerce software should be keeping an eye out for the best features that will yield a strong and long-lasting partnership.

  

  The Best Free Ecommerce Software

  By James Sullivan

  According to Forrester Research, by 2016 Americans will spend $327B annually shopping on the Web. Although eBay and Amazon.com attract the lion’s share of consumers, plenty of independent vendors and entrepreneurs are getting in on the “etail” space by setting up online stores. And thanks to prevalence of free, open source ecommerce tools, this is easier than ever.

  

  3 Ways UGC Management Tools Can Simplify Your Life

  By Miljana Mitic

  If you’re running an up-and-coming ecommerce business then you know how challenging it is to juggle dozens of responsibilities every day. You want to interact with your customers on social media, but you also need to invest time in curating enticing content for your social pages to attract new and ... (more)

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• Point-of-Sale Software

  Point-of-Sale Software Articles

  

  Features of Consignment Store and Pawn Shop POS Software

  By Clarissa Wilson

  A specialized consignment store or pawn shop POS software solution could help your business manage unique inventories and better track your customers.

  

  Top 5 Point-of-Sale Software Compared

  By N. Rowan

  As mobile payments are finding wider adoption, more and more vendors are entering this space. All offer some variant of the same idea: a credit card reader plugged into your mobile device, conducting your transaction over a wireless network. But each has a different fee structure, and some are expanding their functionality to incorporate more than just mobile payments. The below five vendors constitute the leaders in this space today. Take a look at what each of them does differently.

  

  Square and Xero: The Integration SMBs Will Love

  By Kiri Picone

  Deep integrations between best-of-breed solutions usually improve the user experience for both solutions, and this partnership between Square and Xero does just that. We uncover the important new capabilities and benefits that small businesses will gain.

  

  VSBs Use Mobile Payments Solutions to Get Ahead

  By Laurie McCabe

  SMBs are taking to mobile solutions like ducks take to water, as revealed in SMB Group’s 2013 SMB Mobile Solutions Study, and as I discussed in 2013 SMB Mobile Attitudes and Challenges. In reviewing the results, one of the things that really popped out is that even very small businesses (VSBs, with 1 to 19 employees) are adopting mobile solutions at a fast and furious clip.

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  Top Retail Management Blog Posts

  

  Mobile Retail Applications Invite Customers to Spend More

  By Tom Woolf

  Emerging mobile retail applications promote sales and customer engagement. See how they're changing retail management software for consumers and businesses.

  

  From Vertical to Virtual Integration: The Next Major Shift in Enterprise Technology

  By Greg Brady

  Think for moment about the amount of technological change we’ve all experienced in the last 25 years. I once listened to music with a clunky eight-track player. Now I have Spotify, which lets me instantly stream nearly any song from the cloud for free. I once booked trips with a travel agent, manually entered business contacts into a Rolodex, and physically carried important documents on a floppy disc.

  

  Brightpearl - Online Business Management Software Aiming to Help SMBs

  By Amanda Andonian

  For years the small business software industry was filled with standalone solutions that tend to do only one thing, but Brightpearl’s business management solution addresses many needs particular to smaller companies in a single platform. Brightpearl is a top retail management system for retailers and wholesalers that includes accounting, POS, inventory tools, CRM and more.

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