Look at Instagram, email marketing, videos, Facebook, and new and emerging social media. All have given new startups and incumbent retailers a phenomenal new path to be a part of their customers lives, every day. There are thousands of what we call “garage front” retailers. Fast Fashion and the Internet have created an easy access […]
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How do people find your store today? Customers may use their iPhone, Android, iPad, tablet, laptop or car but they ultimately will use a search engine to find you. Google is the GIANT. Estimates range between 65 and 70% of all searches are made with Google. There is a reason that the company name is also […]
New Business Consultants We are happy to announce that we have 2 Business Consultants at CRS. We are excited about what this means for retailers. Both come to us with vast Retail experience and a passion to help retailers. Marc and Samantha are happy to use their experience, along with our Winning@Retail™ solution, to help your business grow and succeed in today’s competitive […]
Canadian Retail Solutions is happy to be celebrating 25 years in Retail; providing our clients with point of sale solutions, and business consulting services. It has been our privilege to be part of your Retail Success and we want to thank you for your business. Here are the faces in different places at CRS. Management […]
Surviving the retail Christmas shopping season doesn’t have to be difficult. Here are our top 5 tips to help retailers get through it easily. Train your staff Few investments pay greater dividends than retail sales training. Take time prior to the rush to train your staff on handling stressed customers, stock lookup, gift wrapping and […]
Exciting growth and expansion at Canadian Retail Solutions Following some outstanding growth and developments at Canadian Retail Solutions over the past year both in the areas of Inventory Planning and Point of Sale technology, we are very excited to announce some major team developments. CRS is committed to further growth and most importantly supporting and […]
Start Your Research EARLY & Take Your Time Use the tools available to you: Google, other retailers, trade magazines, retail consultants, retail associations, etc. Gather Information on the POS Systems That You Are Interested In Go to the company websites, call them directly, request information packages, get a demo of the program from a qualified […]
Customer Service: Little Things Go a Long Way. A little love for your customers can go a long way in creating a brand experience. This story is about how one small beverage made such an impression on me, it influenced my decisions as a consumer. Over the Christmas season I was shopping with my wife, […]
There’s a new Sheriff in town… CMROI When it comes to merchandise planning we have always used Inventory Turn and GMROI (gross margin return on investment) to measure our inventory performance. While both are very effective KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) they don’t always give us a true picture on how the CASH invested in that […]
iWatch says … Stand Up iWatch says …Sit Down iWatch says … Retail Redefined The Canadian Retail Solutions office was all a buzz this past week when a sexy white package arrived at our front door for our beloved sales manager Chris Olson … you got it!! It was the long anticipated little package […]