"Imagine for a moment that the profits of your retail business were cut in half. If your business was suddenly confronted by an aggressive new competitor, or a market downturn, halving your profits may actually become reality."
We said this back in 2007 but nobody thought that it could really happen.
Today, more than ever, the best protection is to put into place processes and systems that can handle such a situation. When times are tough, you need maximum business efficiency, accurate and fast information, and solid controls.
This is what you gain from Retail Directions - and by changing your systems now, you can make your business stronger. If you're not one of our clients, there is a strong possibility that you are vulnerable.
Retail Directions software not only offers protection in challenging times, it also improves business performance from the moment it is implemented, making money for our customers.
If you want to check whether your current systems are slowing you down check the following points.
- Do you have more staff in your IT department than two people per 100 stores?
- Does your POS system require cashiers training before staff can use the system?
- Do you routinely fail to get all the trade data from your stores?
- Do you experience frequent system failures or slow-downs?
- Do you have to perform system backups in the stores?
- Do you have to run batch jobs in the stores?
- Do you have more than five systems in your head office?
- Are you spending too much on your IT department?
- Do you have difficulties getting support from your system vendor?
- Are your mark-downs too high?
- Is your inventory information inaccurate?
- Does your system have data integrity issues?
- Do you find it difficult to get the data you need to make decisions?
If you answered YES to any of the above questions, you will find it highly beneficial to give us a call. You will be surprised at what we can do for you.