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EPoS gives British Red Cross a full trading picture

When the British Red Cross (BRC) reviewed its retail operation in a bid to benefit from more cost-effective opportunities such as the reclaiming of Gift Aid on donations, it became apparent that the answer was to invest in a new electronic-point-of-sale (EPoS) system.

The telephone, fax and electronic till that BRC was currently using could not support the charity with the sales and management information as well as communication levels that it needed to move the business forward. Mike Picken

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Cloud to double revenue and become the bulk of IT spend

As the use of cloud computing continues to grow, businesses that have adopted and stuck with the technology are now reporting to see the benefits.

According to a study by IBM, companies that are taking advantage of cloud computing are reporting a massive monetary reward of almost double revenue and profit growth. Using cloud to manage big data analytics, collaboration and customer relationship management are believed to be the key to this success.

The global study formed from of over 800 enterprise

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From rags to retail with Vend POS

 In 2010 two women in Singapore launched a fashion boutique ‘Nana & Bird’ from their apartment as an invitational pop-up store. They didn’t expect that 3 years later they would have two brands and three stores, with definitive plans to take over the world.

Nana and Bird was born simply out of two people’s love of shopping, Georgina Koh ‘Nana’ and Chiew Ling, ‘Bird’, with not an IT or retail expert insight. Doing things in an unconventional way, mostly due to lack of funds

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iPad – A tidy way to do retail POS

Retail and cloud technology have been courting for some time now, and as stores catch on to the mobile phenomenon they afford, we are seeing more and more great examples of innovative point-of-sale (POS). Vend customer Ali McIntosh, of Tessuti luxury gifts and homewares is just that, running her business with handheld, mobile devices powered by the cloud. We found out why she decided to free her store from the constraints of a traditional POS and front counter.

Ali introduced an iPad POS system

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Vend tells us how it brings delight to retailers

Vend was founded by software developer and tech enthusiast Vaughan Rowsell in 2010. Vaughan looked around at the retail software friends and clients were using and was stunned as it still looked and behaved like it was written with Foxpro, the text based programming language of the 80’s. Inspired by the elegance and functionality of a cloud-based accountancy software called Xero, he decided it was time to move point-of-sale to the cloud.

Vend sees the cloud as the future, offering retailers a

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