That means spring forward
change the batteries on the smoke detectors
and
— BACKUP YOUR DATA —
Backing up your data is like flossing your teeth.
and
Backing up your data is like flossing your teeth.
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Advocacy cards. They don’t have quite the same ring as loyalty cards do, but maybe get used to the idea?
While advocacy cards are not a living, breathing thing, advocating for customers is fast becoming the new way retailers should approach customer relationship-building beyond simple loyalty efforts.
While a loyalty card program rewards consumers for quantity of goods and services bought, advocacy cards could go a step further to inform the qualitative aspect of the retailer-customer bond— rewarding shoppers who buy healthy foods, for example, with points, gift cards or other incentives.
Sounds like a daunting task for a retailer, but it’s one that all retail channels should think about.
Retailer advocacy for customers was discussed during the webinar “Top Food Trends for 2016.” Sponsored by The Food Institute and BMO Harris, the session was comoderated by Phil Lempert, known as the “SupermarketGuru,” and The Food Institute CEO Brian Todd.
In addition to citing consumers’ thirst for additional product information along with coming to grips that the “retail world is in flux,” Lempert said advocacy might be the new loyalty. In that spirit, “focus beyond relationships and think beyond loyalty to advocacy,” he said.
Your consumers are already vigilant when it comes to the food selection process—like vetting a political candidate. They abide by concepts of “free from” and “less is more,” the latter meaning products with five or fewer ingredients and no artificial ingredients. Foods labeled with health attributes saw sales increase 13%, said Lempert, citing the National Grocers Association-SupermarketGuru 2015 survey.
The broad picture: A new way of eating will be defined by new proteins, algae, insects, vegetable, yeast, cricket flour and nut powders. Rewarding your customers for participating in the trend could incentivize those higher-margin items, and earn you goodwill and higher sales in the process.
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According to a recent research study from Forrester, EDI continues to prove its worth as an electronic message data format. This research states that “the annual volume of global EDI transactions exceeds 20 billion per year and is still growing.”1 For buyers that handle numerous transactions, using EDI can result in millions of dollars of annual savings due to early payment discounts. From a financial perspective alone, there are impressive benefits from implementing EDI. Exchanging documents electronically improves transaction speed and visibility while decreasing the amount of money you spend on manual processes. But cost savings is far from the only benefit of using EDI.
Source credit: http://www.edibasics.com/benefits-of-edi/
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Instagram has been around since 2011 and started as a way to quickly snap a photo, use their cool editing filters and put those pics out in the unfiltered world. Instagram allowed its users to post photos without having to send friend requests or worry about much of anything. But then in 2012 Instagram was purchased by Facebook and the bar started to rise. Suddenly there were more cool filters, video capabilities and sharing between Facebook and other Social Media sites became easier and people started to jump on the bandwagon. The users grew from teenage girls and college kids to movie stars, sports teams, TV Shows and businesses. On March 25, 2014 Instagram announced having more than 200 million active monthly users beating out Twitter in terms of number of mobile customers in the US. They also shared the fact that Instagram had already surpassed the ’20 billion photos shared’ mark. Instagram became a household name.
Facebook has friends, groups and pages. Instagram’s feed is unfiltered and can be seen by anyone. People (or let’s say ‘Shoppers)’ have a plethora of content available from friends and businesses they follow, and chances are – they want to see what you have available for sale! So, keep your smartphone close and snap often! Remember this, snap now, edit later if you need to. You would be amazed at how wonderful a quick photo can look on Instagram! A great way to advertise a new product, a new shelf placement or just something fun. Once you become a pro, you’ll be snapping and posting with no real interruption to your day.
2. Showcase yourself!
Everyday photos are a huge hit on Instagram. Snap a photo of an employee with a new or fun product. Better yet, have your employees post a photo on their Instagram showing the store, various products or a special event. Use the many cool filter effects to turn a quick snap into something that looks professional.
3. Take Instagram behind the scenes
Shoppers get a warm and fuzzy connection when they get a taste of what everyday life is for store owners and store employees. Share a few photos of trade shows, your participation in charity events, trips to market, a video of food parings, etc. Do whatever is relative to your business. Let the customer know who you are [with limits of course].
#4. # Hashtags !
What are they and what is their purpose? I’ll let Wikipedia have the honors:
A hashtag is a word or an unspaced phrase prefixed with the number sign (“#”). It is a form of metadata tag. Words in messages on microblogging and social networking services such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Instagram may be tagged by putting “#” before them,[1] either as they appear in a sentence, (e.g., “New artists announced for #SXSW2014MusicFestival”)[2] or appended to it.
Hashtags make it possible to group such messages, since one can search for the hashtag and get the set of messages that contain it. A hashtag is only connected to a specific medium and can therefore not be linked and connected to pictures or messages from different platforms.
#anyquestions #thatWASlong #annoyed #didNOTreadthat
Create your own hashtags to interact with your customers using your store name, a catch phrase, a charity event or a product name. Make it fun and take advantage of this opportunity to reach new customers while staying connected to your current customers. A great way to promote sales, events, products.
Take advantage of the CAPTION section by directing shoppers to your website or Facebook page where more information can be found. Don’t forget the videos! A quick video from a customer or a video walk around the store or product demonstration videos are all great marketing tools. With one click your photo or video capture can be pushed to your Company Facebook Page. This gives you double coverage for the same effort.
Instagram is a fun and easy way to promote your business! Get started today!
Good luck!
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A new customer to Insight reported that backOffice™ just saved him $280 because as he was adding in a purchase order from Lay’s he realized they were not giving him the items at the agreed upon sale price so he was actually selling the items below his cost.
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“Three things are certain: Death, taxes and lost data. Guess which has occurred?” ~ David Dixon
Years ago my Dentist said “You don’t have to floss all of your teeth, just the ones you want to keep.”* Your data files are the same way. Although a full system backup is recommended, backed up DATA files are a must. Insight Retail Software has a diversified group of customers ranging from smaller Mom and Pop Stores to larger chains of stores. The common thread between Big Stores, Little Stores, Liquor Stores, Convenience Stores, Hospital Gift Shops, Retail Stores, Beauty Supply or Flea Markets is valuable computer data.
Doesn’t matter if you are using Gilbarco Passport, VeriFone Ruby or Sapphire, Datasym, Sam4S [for example] backOffice™ Software’s “SCHEDULER” will allow you to automatically save a copy of your very valuable backOffice™ data.
My Monday morning advice is: Floss your teeth and backup your computer!
* “You don’t have to floss all of your teeth,
just the ones you want to keep.”
~ Dr. Edwina Hunter
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Many C-Stores have already upgraded their G-Site to Passport, have successfully converted their backOffice™ Software from Insight Retail Software to their new Passport POS and are successfully running their business. Other C-Stores have waited to purchase a back office package, looking for the best software at the best price. BackOffice™ Software is the final step to make your G-Site to Passport conversion successful without breaking the bank. If you answer YES to any of these questions, backOffice™ is a perfect fit for your business and your Passport POS.
BackOffice™ Software is the final step to complete your G-Site to Passport conversion.
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Walmart has launched a new “Pay with Cash” option for its Walmart.com customers. Online shoppers can now pay for their purchases with cash at any physical Walmart location. At checkout, web shoppers who choose “cash” as the payment option will receive an order number and an email receipt. Customers then have 48 hours to present that order number at the cash register of any physical Walmart store to complete payment, at which point the shipping process is initiated.
Walmart says its decision to offer a new payment option is motivated by FDIC statistics on the underbanked. The FDIC estimates that 25 percent of U.S. consumers have limited banking options, and therefore prefer cash to make purchases. The release also revealed that just 15 percent of Walmart transactions are completed with credit cards.
A full release announcing the new feature is available at Walmart.com.
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