Category Archives: CRS Posts

5 Key Areas to Consider When Considering a POS

You’re at a point where you think you’ve narrowed down the point of sale solution you want to use for your retail business. You’ve combed through the features and the price looks right for your budget…the hard part is almost over! BEFORE you commit and sign on the dotted line, there are 5 key areas you need to pay attention to in order to make sure it’s the right solution for your retail business.

Retail Pro Software Assurance Explained

Retail Pro is an investment for your retail business and ideally, we don’t want our investments to depreciate in value. When we make an investment, either personally or for our business, we go into it hoping that investment will only increase in value (or increase the value of our business).

Mission Critical: Your Data Back-Up Strategy

No – that’s not an exaggeration. This IS mission critical! If you don’t have a data back-up strategy in place, then you and your retail business are at serious risk! One wrong move could cost you thousands of dollars in downtime and recovery costs…and recovery of the most important business data is likely impossible if you haven’t been actively backing it up.

The Benefits of an Integrated Payment Processing System

Accepting electronic payments is an essential part of running a retail business. In fact, according to Statista, cash sales through a POS have plummeted within Canada in recent years down to roughly 1% of all transactions. With digital wallets on the rise throughout the country, it’s imperative for retailers to have the technology they need in order to stay current within today’s consumer trends.

Why Retailers NEED an Online Store

If you’re a retailer and don’t yet have an online store, we have 7 reasons why you NEED to get online in today’s retail industry!

The Simplicity of Shopify POS

My day as a marketer turned retailer – the story of how I learned Shopify POS in mere minutes with zero experience in retail…

Retail Pro Prism is SO Much More Than a Traditional POS System

Discover the reasons why more than 9,000 retailers world wide have chosen Retail Pro Prism as their brain behind their retail business.

POS Solutions – Comparing Apples to Oranges

New Year, New POS – A direct side-by-side comparison of the POS solutions we currently offer to better assist in your POS search!

5 Reasons Why You NEED a Retail Operations Partner in 2023

Many retailers made it through 2022 thanks to their Retail Operations Partner. Here are 5 reasons why you NEED an ROP in 2023!

The Different Types of Cyber Attacks We’re Facing in Our Digital World

There are dozens of different types of cyber attacks retailers may not even be aware of. Here’s 10 of the most common and what they do!