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Is Either QuickBooks or FreshBooks a Good Fit for Small Retail Businesses?
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Whether you’re running a brick-and-mortar store, or an e-commerce store, you need a robust accounting package that’s up to standard. Two of the best ones people often consider for the task are QuickBooks and FreshBooks. But are they any good for retail businesses dealing with stock/inventory?
In this article, we look more closely at this side of the equation.
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Huggg joins with British Red Cross to roll out shopping solution for the UK’s isolated and sheltered
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A new shopping ordering and delivery solution is being rolled out by UK-based microgifting platform, Huggg, along with the British Red Cross to support people who don’t have friends or family nearby to help them get the supplies they need.
Designed to help the 1.28 million people who remain shielded*, many of whom have limited access to supermarket delivery slots,...
With non-essential retail not expected to open until June and retailers prioritising immediate ecommerce initiatives to drive sales, the ability to keep up with retail disruptors is the greatest long-term challenge faced by retail businesses post-covid-19, according to new research from RetailEXPO.
As retailer businesses deal with the ongoing fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, original research of 2,227 retail professionals...
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Reopening high street will only succeed if retailers maintain strong online presence
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Over the next few weeks, the UK will take its first steps towards emerging from lockdown. Like many other sectors, retail has been hit hard, with the majority of high street outlets forced to close for a significant period. For many consumers, this has necessitated an increased reliance on online shopping. For retail sales technology expert Conversity, retaining this...
JoJo Maman Bébé is partnering with Monetate, a Kibo company, to deliver real-time, AI-driven personalised experiences, and increase customer acquisition. Parents look to the brand to purchase clothing from early pregnancy and throughout their baby’s childhood. The partnership allows the retailer to deliver personalisation at each stage, creating more value over time, also helping the brand understand various stages...
The world’s largest sporting goods retailer, Decathlon, today announced it is rolling out MishiPay’s mobile self-checkout solution across its 81 German stores. The innovative technology is already live in Decathlon Deutschland stores in Berlin (Berlin Hauptbahnhof), Munich (Munich Connect), Cologne (Marsdorf), Schwetzingen and Plochingen, with more locations being added every week.
With Decathlon Deutschland Scan & Go, customers simply scan...
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RetailEXPO Virtual Conference – Mark Price on retail in a post-Covid-19 world
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The UK High Street will be forever changed as Covid-19 accelerates many considerations – both challenges and opportunities – for retail businesses, as it ushers in a new era for retail, including the creation of exciting opportunities reinvigorating local and independent retail businesses, said former Trade Minister and ex-MD of Waitrose, Lord Mark Price.
Delivering the RetailEXPO Virtual Conference keynote...
New research from online retail experts Webloyalty launches today – looking into the science of shopping and revealing the six ways that online retailers encourage consumers to part with their cash online. This is more important than ever
The last month has seen record numbers of people shopping online for the first time – with over 600,000 new customers in...
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Reopening high street will only succeed if retailers maintain strong online presence
Terry Clark - 0
Over the next few weeks, the UK will take its first steps towards emerging from lockdown. Like many other sectors, retail has been hit hard, with the majority of high street outlets forced to close for a significant period. For many consumers, this has necessitated an increased reliance on online shopping. For retail sales technology expert Conversity, retaining this...
The retail industry is among the hardest hit by the recent outbreak of Coronavirus. The market is under a lot of stress right now, but that doesn’t mean there are no opportunities to seize. Demand for certain items is still high and despite the extra challenges, you can still serve customers in different parts of the country.
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