Friday, 26 June 2015

Retail Technology, KSA increases presence in New Markets of Middle-East with Focus on Service delivery for Specialty Retailers

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The advent of technology has revolutionised the retail and merchandising industry to a great extent. It has replaced the traditional cash registers with efficient Point of Sale software employing a network of computers, scanners , printers and many other devices as per the needs put forth by the retailer. Middle East has been a significant centre of trade since the historic times, and is even today well known for its exquisite spices, hand knit carpets, jewelry and much more. Hence, undoubtedly it has great retail potential even today.  Therefore, the Retail Technology team has made efforts to make their presence felt in the relatively new markets of Middle-East.


Retail Technology is one of the leading POS and merchandising solution providers all over the world. Its comprehensive and advanced retail management software solutions have supported small scale enterprises and even large corporate chains alike. Also, the solutions are cost effective, customisable and easy to use. Now, it has decided to make its presence more profound in markets of Middle-East, while specially focussing on service delivery for Speciality retailers.

Some of the key features that Retail Technology’s innovative retail management solutions perfect for Specialty Retailers in Middle-East are:

1.       Easy to use:
The goal of their retail solutions is to reduce paperwork, generate repeated traffic, minimizing the inventory expense and providing a smooth POS with remarkable customer service. Thus, to meet these objectives, Retail Technology’s retail system is extremely easy to use and learn and can be easily supported by local professionals.

2.       Superior Retail Architecture:
Retail Pro system supports a superior architecture with delivers exceptional flexibility, unlimited scalability and maximises performance. Also, it can integrate flawlessly with accounting systems, ERP systems, customer management systems, business intelligence and analytics systems or any other business application that the retailer might want to deploy.

3.       Solid retail Business Practices and rules:
Retail Pro has been built with an established and rock solid retail business logic services foundation, which governs the fundamental business rules of transactional retail logic. Also, the user is free to make changes in interfaces and database independently, without any programming or customisation.

4.       Extensive Tailoring Tools:
The Presentation services under Retail Pro allow the retailers to create compelling customer facing screens to attract the users with on-going promotional sale events, discounts and ,uch more. Also, the “hot key” capabilities of this POS can help in switching between front-end and back-end office operations.

5.       Customised Reports and Documents:
Retail Pro employs the industry standard Crystal Reports Viewer and Report Manager to customise and read receipts, documents and reports available on the system. Also, no additional programming or customisation is required to include filters for graphs and charts for reports and documents.

Tuesday, 23 June 2015

24Seven Cart and Retail Technology, Saudi Arabia expand strategic partnership to cater eCommerce needs of Global Brand Stores

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Saudi Arabia is a nation where most retailers still rely upon the conventional ways to manage their retail businesses, i.e. without the use of computers. Thus, this is hampering their growth and profit margins. Therefore, 24seven cart and Retail technology have expanded their strategic partnership to Saudi Arabia in order to cater to the eCommerce needs of International Brand Stores as well as local brick and mortar stores.

Retail Pro being a comprehensive Point of Sale software solution primarily covers store operations, back office management, Business Analytics and Reporting, customer management etc. ; while the 24Seven Cart technology offers end to end eCommerce solutions to retailers who look forward to starting an online business venture. With this valuable integration, the Retailers can now efficiently manage their online stores alongside their physical stores.

Integration of Retail Pro with 24 Seven Cart has enabled retailers in Saudi Arabia to manage customer data and inventory between the web store and the POS in a real-time scenario. Further, it has allowed Retail Pro to automatically sync the web store and physical inventory with the details such as pricing and availability of the item. Also, the online store can pass along the orders and necessary customer information to POS for fulfillment. Besides, the integration has helped in mechanizing the processes of POS with the functions of the web store, giving the retailer the liberty to manage multiple stores on a single platform.

Some of the most notable advantages of the integration are:

Easy Uploading and Downloading:

The product data such as pricing, images, inventory data and other attributes of the Retail Pro enabled physical stores are automatically updated and reflected up on the online store as well. Also, physical stores can access data regarding the online orders, including the customer information, mode of payment etc. from the online store on nearly real time basis.

Scheduling of Updates:

With the integration, the online as well as the physical store can be updated on real time basis. Also, the scheduling of updates can be done on hourly or even daily basis, as per the requirements of the business.

Increase in Sales:

This seamless integration has allowed the retailers to sell their products effortlessly on a multi-channel global platform. Therefore, it has the ability to increase the sales and consequently the profits.

The above factors have highlighted the ways in which the partnership between Retail Technology and 24Seven Cart can prove to be helpful for Global Brand Stores in Saudi Arabia.