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Sales-Boosting Retail Store Tips for the Holiday Season This year’s holiday season has arrived and early forecasts predict strong sales for retailers. With consumer spending expected to be on the rise, it’s important for retail stores to be adequately prepared to sell, sell, and sell some more. If your goal is to maximize your salesRead more

Combat Homelessness: For the fourth year in a row, Advantage2Retail is giving back to the community, donating generously to two worthy charities that seek to combat, and ultimately end, homelessness on the streets of Montreal. The Old Brewery Mission: For over 125 years, the Old Brewey Mission Foundation has worked tireless to aid the homelessRead more

4 Ways Retail Consultants Provide Value In an industry as fiercely competitive as retail, effectively contending with your competitors is critical to the survival of your business. In this regard, the help of an outside expert can often be invaluable. For many small-to-medium size retailers, consulting can be a cost-effective way to uncover solutions thatRead more

Artificial Intelligence Boosts Bot Performance in Stores The future is already happening in retail stores across the globe. From robotic retail associates to virtual reality checkout counters — artificial intelligence is primed to shape the retail store of the future. Statista projects that by 2022, the U.S. market for surgical robots and AI will haveRead more

4 Retail Trends That Show No Sign of Slowing Down As the world of retail continues its steady progression and innovation, many trends seem to come and go on a regular basis. There are, however, certain retail trends that won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. In an increasingly digital landscape, today’s social media-savvy consumer hasRead more

Is Augmented Reality the Next Addition to Omnichannel? Overview: Last month at the Shop.org conference solution providers showcased some of the newest tech in the business. Among the many exciting technologies, augmented reality has some of the most practical implications that will come to affect how retailers structure their business operations. Augmented reality is definedRead more

The 3 Main Benefits of Adopting a Paperless System in Retail Digitizing a retail store can be an intimidating process. New software often comes with a steep learning curve and employees have to be retrained, which can lead to a temporary decrease in productivity. Despite the initial daunting challenges of digitization, one thing is forRead more

Introduction: Hiring retail associates is a challenge for even the most seasoned store manager or human resources representative. In fact, finding a candidate that can meet your company’s individual scheduling needs is complicated enough, without taking into account other necessary factors such as the candidate’s professional demeanor or work history. All too often in retailRead more

10 Signs That You Need a New POS System Overview: POS system updates can be a touchy topic for small business owners. You may postpone replacing your POS system due the investment required to buy a new system, but trying to hold on to an outdated POS system can lead you to lose revenue andRead more

Retail Survival 101 Three things Retailers can do Today, to prepare for the Customer of Tomorrow Overview:   The Retail Industry has changed. The last five years have more greatly impacted the industry as a whole, than all the changes across the last fifty. This year alone, as we previously reported in our article “TheRead more