How a California Home Gardening Store Adapted to the Pandemic with Ecommerce
With instability one week and quiet routine the next, nothing has been as constant throughout 2020 as change. It’s an inevitable part of life—but it’s how the change is managed that makes all the difference. So, when something like COVID-19 hits and consumer priorities shift on a dime, businesses must be ready to shift their […]
RapidPOS Webinar: Working With Accounts Receivable in Counterpoint (A/R)
Below is a recording of our most recent webinar, “Working With Accounts Receivable in Counterpoint (A/R)” held in August 2020. Visit our blog to see past and future webinars. www.RapidGardenPOS.com/blog/
RapidPOS Webinar: Replenishment Within Counterpoint
Below you’ll find a recording from our latest webinar which was on Replenishment within Counterpoint! This webinar will take an in-depth look at Counterpoint replenishment functionality. We will review setting min/max levels on inventory, and generating reports to recommend replenishment using a variety of methodologies. We will also cover how replenishment reporting, and other Counterpoint […]
RapidPOS Webinar: NCR Counterpoint Reporting
A recording of the webinar from June 3rd on Rapid POS & NCR Counterpoint Reporting has been posted below! Counterpoint has over 220 reports and we will expand into our favorite reports that can help you better understand and grow your business!
RapidPOS Webinar: Creating and Working with Sales Kits
The webinar topic on Wednesday (May 26, 2020 at Noon Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern) was “Creating and Working with Sales Kits”. You can find the recording below!
RapidPOS Webinar: Working with Promotions in Counterpoint
The video from the webinar that was hosted on Wednesday (May 20, 2020 at Noon Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern) has been posted below: “Rapid: Working with Promotions in Counterpoint”.
RapidPOS Webinar: Doing a Physical Inventory of Top Selling Items
“Rapid: Doing a Physical Inventory of Top Selling Items” See our past and future webinars here: https://rapidgardenpos.com/blog/
RapidPOS Webinar: Reports, Tools, & Tactics for Controlling your Inventory
Rapid Webinar: Reports, Tools, & Tactics for Controlling your Inventory You can see more about categories related posts here… .
Creating a Custom Solution – Lawn and Garden Magazine Feature Article
Learn how one garden center was able to customize its POS service to achieve its individual business goals. It can be a challenge to find the right point-of-sale (POS) service/system to meet the specific needs of your garden center. Ron Vanderhoff, general manager and vice president of Corona del Mar, California-based Roger’s Gardens, a diversified […]
Data: the Past, Present and Future of Your Business’ Success
How top garden centers use technology to increase sales, improve communication and deliver a great customer experience. Deloitte’s 2019 Retail Industry Outlook focuses on navigating disruption in retail. One of the six strategies Deloitte identifies deals with emerging technologies. Their report states: Ultimately, retailers should figure out how to scale these solutions and embed them […]
How to define technology goals that increase your bottom line.
There are many independent garden centers that currently do not use technology tools to manage inventory, transactions, and customers for their businesses—I know this because I have probably spoken with 10 green retailers in the past six months that are not even using cash registers to ring up their transactions. While I have a personal […]
Ease into Spring: Six ideas to maximize sales during the busiest season
1. Use an integrated email marketing tool to improve customer communication. Many people think of products like MailChimp and Constant Contact as marketing tools. They are ideal for that, but they can do a whole lot more. Consider using these products for automated messaging that is not marketing related. For example, you can welcome customers to your loyalty […]
Are mobile payment systems right for you?
One of the pain points for customers at any retail establishment is waiting in line. It’s also their final impression of your store, so considerations for improving the checkout process are important, and should be factored in as part of the overall experience. For the past several years, mobile point-of-sale systems have been used primarily […]
Landscaping Series: From Quote to Completion – Part 5
Part 5: Managing Billing and Payments In the final post of this blog series, we will discuss billing and payment management for landscape transactions. First, it is a good idea to identify some different ways that a landscape project can be structured: Fixed price amounts can be invoiced and paid on a recurring basis (monthly, […]