What can UK retailers Expect? With Black Friday just hours away shoppers from across the UK are looking out for the best deals. This year is expected to be even busier than last years rush, and by a significant amount. Sales during the 24 hour period of Black Friday are expected to exceed £1bn…
Increased Retail Theft And Temporary Seasonal Hiring When you own a retail business, you’re well acquainted with the highs and lows of busy seasons. Hiring temporary staff is a smart way to have the extra help you need in a retail rush — but that’s not to say seasonal help comes without downsides. When…
What changes have impacted the payments sector this season, and what’s there ahead in 2015? Individuals are increasing their love affair with eCommerce and creating a record number of online purchases in 2014, several now being initiated from their tablets. Most retailers have recognised that they might require effective websites if they are to…
If any one of the stores loses an internet connection it can begin to cause problems across the chain, whereas with a localised version you can run a Virtual Private network among the branches. If the Cloud service itself goes down, like the case with Sony’s services or the Apple leaks in 2014, then not…
We are pleased to announce that we have completed the installation of PosXpress point of sale and Retail Manager back office software on over 20 machines at the Glasgow Pram Centre. Glasgow Pram Centre is one of the leading retailers of baby related products with the UK’s largest display of prams, cots, pushchairs, travel systems,…
Healthwise Pharmacists began trading over 15 years ago, operating as a single independent pharmacy under the name Tieneys in Ireland. Since then the business has grown to include a modern warehouse facility and 16 independent stores who trade as a co-operative. The outlets distribute and sell over the counter and prescription drugs in the community.…
TOYS Plus another 25 Departments Run by Opus Retail Manager Background Cameron’s Department Store has been trading from Ballymena, Northern Ireland for almost 30 years. During this time they have built a reputation with customers for blending a quality range of products in a traditional department store setting. Built over 5 floors, the main…
Freshways is a family run business based in Stoke on Trent, they provide quality catering supplies to local businesses as well as operating multiple supermarket locations. Our first install for Freshways happened late last year when we supplied them with four new Sango tills running our Retail Manager software for one of their supermarket…
We have recently completed our largest intallation of the year to date at the Tweedmill Outlet Shopping center in St Asaph, Wales. This was a farily large job with 19 tills being installed as well as several back office machines. Tweedmill are a large outlet store offering over 300 brands for sale in a 50…
Opus Retail Solutions understands the challenges you face when it comes to choosing the right EPoS system – you have multiple choices at your disposal. EPoS systems are now much more than just tills or cash registers. In the retail world, they have evolved into scalable management systems that integrate and streamline all the…