Joined up approach to Fundraising

Cybertill has just been attending the Lotteries Council Conference where there were a number of charities. It quickly became apparent when talking to the charity delegates that their fundraising departments are becoming more joined up in their approach. In the […]

Tags Charity, charity retail, Cloud, cloud based systems, Cloud computing, Help the Hospices, Lotteries Council

Mobile PoS manoeuvring into a store near you

Have you ever been in a shop and the assistant has left you for 15 minutes or longer to check the stock in the back? We’ll if you’re like me you probably end up leaving to looking elsewhere. This is […]

Tags Co-operative Food Group, m-PoS, mobile PoS, retail, Virgin Media

Showrooming – an Opportunity or Threat for retailers?

The digital revolution continues apace in retail. And one of the latest trends is showrooming, when consumers go into a store to look at and test a product but then leave to buy it online. This is fast becoming a […]

Tags cloud based EPoS system, Cloud computing, cross channel retail, customer service, Cybertill, ecommerce, EPoS system, high street, independent retailers, internet, mobile, multi-channel retail, price compare, price comparison, retail, retailers, Showrooming, web based EPoS systems

Ecommerce springs into action: How retailers can boost their ecommerce sites during Spring Fair International 2013

With Christmas 2012 behind us, the sales figures are in and they all point to changing consumer patterns, with a growing share of shoppers doing more of their spending online and an emergence of ‘show rooming’ and ‘price matching’. However the […]

Tags brand, Cybertill, ecommerce, high street, independent retailers, internet, mobile, Multi-Channel approach, multi-channel retail, online, retailers, springfair, tablet, tablet computers

The card to give this Christmas is a gift card

The time of year is coming when many people’s thoughts turn to Christmas and what gifts to buy their family and friends. Many rely on giving gift cards, as buying presents can be a minefield. Indeed the value of the […]

Tags Cybertill, gift cards, multi-channel

Can Cloud Technology Reduce the Hours Retailers Work?

Independent retailers are Britain’s hardest workers, working over 50 hours a week and taking fewer than 10 days off a year, according to a recent report by the Association of Convenience Stores. Although the survey may have been aimed at […]

Tags cloud based EPoS systems, cloud based systems, ecommerce, independent retailers

Are Apprenticeships of Value for smaller Retailers?

There is a plenty of debate around about the value of apprenticeships in business. Do they add real value to organisations and individuals or are they way of businesses getting cheap labour. Here Cybertill CEO, Ian Tomlinson, shares his thoughts […]

Tags Ian Tomlinson, Retail Apprenticeships, Smaller Retailers, SME Apprenticeships

Getting Ranked on Google is not a ‘dark art’

Ask any retailer if they would like their website to be on page one of Google and…well you know the answer. The power of Google and the influence it has on websites is vast so appearing on its first page, […]

Why even Indies can’t run efficiently without Technology

Guest Blog by Clare Rayner Technology is all around us – our phones, laptops, games consoles and even our TVs can now connect us wirelessly to the web to enable us to socialise, search and, most importantly, shop. Businesses too […]

Tags Clare Rayner, EPoS, EPoS system, retail technology, The Retail Champion

Omni-channel Retailing sounds Ominous but it’s already in the Cloud

There is a relatively new term in retail “Omni-Channel Retailing”. This is an evolution of multi-channel retailing (that this blog argued in a previous column was a misnomer and should be called cross-channel) whereby that omni-channel allows a seamless approach […]

Tags Cloud Based Retail Systems, Graham and Green, multi-channel retail, omni-channel retailing