EPoS solutions are conventionally developed for use at a fixed location with mains power, wired connections and tills. Advanced Retail recognise modern retailing is more dynamic than this and their systems have been evolved to operate for fixed and remote locations, such as pop-up stores.
The pop-up store has become part of the fabric of our retail economy. Not just charity shop takeovers, but a whole range of temporary retail opportunities; stores-within-store; retail at occasional events and pop-up restaurants; to name a but a few; have all become de rigueur.
The commercial opportunities have not been overlooked by the retailers served by Advanced Retail including customers in the museums, theatres and heritage sectors.
The challenge has always been, how to extend the sales and stock control aspects of their fixed retail operations to a remote location? It is this that Advanced Retail’s second generation MPoS system robustly addresses.
Advanced Retail are constantly looking for ways their clients can use EPoS to improve their retail opportunities. Whether that is efficiencies in stock taking, increasing margin or improving sales. So the objective in developing a second generation MPoS was to enable their clients to take advantage of or create pop-up retail opportunities… seamlessly.
David Billingham, Managing Director at Advanced Retail said “The last thing you want to be doing when running your retail operation remote from your base is dealing with the complication of traditional tills, mains power, wired connections..”
“We also wanted to make it as simple as possible for our clients to keep things in sync with their data in the cloud. Whether that be in other retail space, with partner cultural organisations or at outdoor events.”
The Advanced Retail MPoS system runs effortlessly from the Cloud and does not rely on fixed tills, tills with drawers, receipt printers or wired devices. With a tablet and a mobile connection, the system gives a seamless customer experience.
Some of the flexibility and service levels this next generation MPoS offers are only revealed when used in earnest. Advanced Retail’s Business Analyst, Paul Wilson highlighted some these features “Not only can you easily set-up new customers accounts, you can also access existing customer account records, offers and promotions they are entitled to and offers and promotions available to non-account holders. It really is so capable. So much so we are looking forward to trialling its use in ‘queue busting’ to maximise the visitor experience.”
Advanced Retail are committed to packing the EPoS systems they deliver with as much added value as possible – driven by their own retail experience and a deeper understanding of their client’s operations.
