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…
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…
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…
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…
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…