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If you're a
specialty apparel
store owner, you
know how difficult
it is to keep
business thriving —
especially against
large retailers.
Microsoft Retail
Management System,
an affordable,
easy-to-implement
apparel retail
software solution,
can help you
streamline business
processes so your
store grows more
profitability.
The apparel retail
software solution
from Microsoft
Retail Management
System is designed
to help you, the
specialty apparel
store retailers,
improve business
processes. Among
other things, you
can improve your
apparel business by
setting up
specialized item
matrices for easy
look-up, create
custom sales and
inventory reports on
what's selling and
customize
point-of-sale (POS)
displays to help
employees speak
knowledgeably.
Effective, inventory
tracking
Apparel
retailers
need to know
when to
restock
popular
items — and
when to
eliminate
items
dragging
down
profits.
Microsoft
Retail
Management
System helps
you get
complete,
accurate,
and current
information
so you can
make
intelligent
reordering
choices.
It's
adaptable to
your unique
needs.
Specialty
apparel
retailers can
easily:
-
Track
and manage
hard goods,
soft goods,
and
convenience
items.
-
Work
with matrix
and lot
matrix
methods.
-
Simplify
inventory
tracking
with
serialized
items and
multiple
serial
numbers.
-
Produce
assembly
kits and
items.
-
Track
inventory
by
specifics,
such as
weighed,
measured,
and by bin.
-
Manage
an unlimited
number of
inventory
items and
transactions.
-
Place
items on
backorder
for future
deliveries
from the
POS.
-
Automate
your
inventory
replenishment
based on
reorder
point/restock
level or
quantity
sold.
-
Compare
multiple
suppliers
and their
pricing on
individual
items.
-
Create
purchase
orders
that
reflect the
matrices you
set up
within your
system.
Enhance
your
customers'
shopping
experience
Your
sales staff
will have
access to
complete
customer
information
that helps
them sell
more
effectively.
They will
also be able
to process
complex
transactions
seamlessly.
You can
also:
-
Capture,
show,
or
hide
customer
contact
and
demographics
on
the
POS
screen.
-
Instantly
access
a
complete
history
of
customer
purchases,
payments,
and
account
information
at
the
POS.
-
Suggest
relevant
up-sells,
sale
items,
and
volume
discounts
to
customers.
-
Reprint
electronic
receipts
to
resolve
disputes,
speed
rebates,
and
verify
purchase
dates
and
amounts.
-
Target
your
mailings
directly
to
customers'
special
interests.
-
Accommodate
partial
payments
and
account
payments.
-
Handle
work
orders,
backorders,
layaways,
and
quotes.
-
Grant
automatic
discounts
and
differential
pricing
to
special
customers.
-
Serve
others
while
keeping
a
stalled
transaction
"on
hold."
-
Accept
multiple
tenders,
credit
cards,
debit
cards,
coupons,
gift
vouchers,
foreign
currencies,
and
government
stamps.
-
Sell
when
your
network
is
down.
Save time
and money
Jump-start
productivity
at
your
specialty
apparel
store
with
a
solution
that's
easy
to
learn
and
use,
yet
offers
the
power
and
flexibility
you
need
to
adapt
quickly
within
a
changing
marketplace.
-
Installs
and easily
set up
Microsoft
Retail
Management
System Store
Operations
so that
employees
can learn
POS
functions in
minutes.
-
Lock out
— or empower
— any
employee's
access to
sensitive
data.
-
Automate
inventory
management
to reduce
shrinkage
and
slow-moving
items.
-
Speed
time-consuming
tasks; for
example, use
wizards to
bulk-update
prices and
inventory
data.
-
Know
which
employees
sell best.
-
Predict
which days
or hours to
staff up
—
or cut back.
Use
customizable
management tools
You'll have
the power to
quickly
identify
sales trends
and track
results from
sales
campaigns
because
you'll have
immediate
insight into
daily
transactions
and
operations.
-
Configure
your
point-of-sale
screens to
show exactly
the
information
your
cashiers and
sales clerks
need.
-
Customize
receipts and
price labels
with logos
and
promotional
messages.
-
Use various
pricing
structures
for markups
and
discounts.
-
Set up new
sales and
promotions
—
fast.
-
Get
intelligent
information
for buying
with
ordering
levels,
best-price
suppliers,
and
automatic
POS.
-
Make our
wizards do
your work.
It takes
just minutes
to input new
items,
manage
inventory,
and perform
everyday
chores.
-
Create
different
security
levels
for
each
employee.
-
Data fields
can be
hidden,
view-only,
or
changeable.
Get
quick,
comprehensive,
flexible reports
Accurate and
timely data
help you
make smarter
decisions.
Know exactly
what sold
best in
every
department,
category,
and season;
quickly
decide what
to buy or
mark down;
and track
return on
investment
for
marketing
initiatives.
-
Generate
sales
and
inventory
reports
that
help
make
it
easy
to
decide
what
to
buy
or
mark
down.
-
Track
return
on
investment
(ROI)
from
your
ads,
mailings,
promotions,
sales,
and
discounts.
-
Preview,
print,
or
export
data
in
multiple
formats.
-
Filter,
hide,
and
group
data
as
you
like
it.
-
Add
logos
and
graphics
for
formal
reports.
Get the
benefits of
centralized
information
Need to
generate
custom sales
reports?
Send
financials
to your
accounting
program? Or
sell through
an
e-commerce
storefront?
Microsoft
Retail
Management
System Store
Operations
can help
deliver.
Built on the
latest
Microsoft
technologies,
this
integrated
solution
keeps
information
moving
smoothly
across your
entire
business and
connects
easily with
other
applications,
platforms,
and
peripherals.
Here are a
few ways it
can help:
-
Works
with
the
Microsoft
Office
System,
making
it
easy
to
create
and
deliver
communications
that
connect
you
with
your
best
customers.
-
Can
be
integrated
with
legacy
systems,
accounting
or
financial
software,
Electronic
Draft
Capture
(EDC),
credit
card
services,
and
e-commerce
storefronts
—
with
the
help
of a
Microsoft
partner
and
third-party
solutions.
It
also
can
be
integrated
with
all
your
business
channels
—
in-store,
catalog,
phone
and
e-commerce
— to
provide
a
superior
customer
experience.
You
can
ship
and
track
orders
online.
-
Manages
accounts
receivable
and
it
trades
summary
POS
data
with
popular
accounting
software
to
eliminate
double
entry.
-
Uses
EDC
to
integrate
with
leading
credit
card
services
to
reduce
fraud
and
keyboard
errors.
-
Smoothly
integrates
Web
sales
from
multiple
sites
with
the
help
of a
Microsoft
partner
and
a
third-party
application.
-
Uses the POS as a
data collector
for
back-end
Electronic
Retail
Planning
(ERP)/Customer
Relationship
Management
(CRM)
applications.
You
can
also
work
with
a
Microsoft
partner
to
set
up
your
system
to
enable
PDA
and
mobile/wireless
stations.
Grows
with your
business
Ready to
open a new
store? You
can help
protect your
investment
and keep the
same
software and
systems as
your
business
grows into
multiple
stores and
retail
channels
with
Microsoft
Retail
Management
System. Here
are a few
things to
keep in
mind:
-
You
can
add
new
lanes
or
stores
to
your
system
with
minimal
disruptions
to
retail
service.
-
A
common
point-of-sale
platform
that
spans
single
or
multi-store
locations
is
offered
through
Microsoft
Retail
Management
System.
-
Add
customers
and
products
to
your
system,
and
flexible
Microsoft
SQL
Server
technologies
let
you
store
and
manage
virtually
unlimited
amounts
of
information.
-
Invest
in
your
business,
not
in
IT
support.
Microsoft
Retail
Management
System
does
not
require
an
expensive
IT
staff
to
set
up
and
maintain,
and
it
adapts
to
meet
specific
retail
needs.
-
Count
on
Microsoft.
Start
a
long-lasting
relationship
backed
by
one
of
the
world's
leading
technology
providers.
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