Retailers must consider current needs, but more importantly future needs are essential for an expanding business. Another factor to consider is that lenders are much more friendly to retailers that have a viable automated system because the statistics for success are much greater when the owner has taken steps to control their business. Every business owner struggles to keep on top of all areas of their business. Realistically, this is impossible without a viable system to gather real-time numbers in an easy to read format. If a business owner has the capability to track sales, monitor inventory, calculate balances and all the other important aspects of management on a daily basis, they're obviously not generating enough business.
Every retailer struggles to find the right help.
The perfect employee should be someone you can trust with your life because they handle your front counter and are the direct connection between your business and your customers. It is also important to remember but difficult to admit that 7 out of 10 thefts occur by employees themselves. The only effective way of monitoring your staff's performance and honesty is through point of sale technology. When a cashier is required to log in to the register, it is easy to track down problems. It could also be that an employee is honest and simply making a correctable error.