Retail Management Software Blog Blog
If you use a third-party payroll services provider, you can integrate your accounting department’s functions with your payroll provider so that sales commissions, expenses, and taxes can all be accessed by your third-party provider...
Whether your footwear products appeal to upscale ladies, children, or casual wearers, the way to be successful in retail today is to focus on three things – the product, the customer, and the bottom...
Retail budgeting has its challenges, but all of them can be overcome with the right solution. Here are five common challenges to effective store budgeting and the solutions that go with them. Spreadsheets –...
Every retailer struggles with accurate forecasting. How many of a particular product should you order? How much should you spend on merchandising for a particular season? Which trends will dominate next year? These are...
The apparel industry is very competitive is built around trends. What’s popular this year may not be popular next year. On top of that, the trends are seasonal. So apparel retailers have to be...
Every retailer today knows that e-commerce is here to stay, but how important is web order fulfillment? If you don’t get this right, your e-commerce strategy will fail. ChainDrive offers these six keys to...
Retail warehouse managers have a tough job. They aren’t just transferring product from the warehouse to your stores. They are also receiving orders, stocking it in the warehouse as it awaits movement, and managing...
Retail chain operations managers can make their stores and chains more profitable simply by understanding the retail product life cycle better. In general, there are five distinct life cycles for any retail product. Below...
Eyewear retailers have a special relationship with their customers. Once a person needs glasses, they’ll require them for the rest of their lives. If you take care of your customers, you’ll keep them for...
Understanding your customers is one of the most important aspects of retailing. No matter which sector of retailing you’re in, you should know the following seven things bout your customers–at a minimum. How much...