COVID-19 Considerations for Specialist Retailers

COVID-19 Considerations for Specialist Retailers

As industries all over the world aim to manage their way through COVID-19 and grapple with their in-flight strategies, businesses need to balance managing the ongoing situation with preparing for their future journey post COVID-19.  Our focus here is on non–essential specialist retailers which is an area which Island Pacific has operated in for over…

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Do you Need a Unified Commerce Solution?

Do you Need a Unified Commerce Solution?

Today global consumers are increasingly mobile and wish to be able to purchase from any channel whether that be online, catalog, direct mail or in-store as well as have that product delivered to them to the location and at the time that suits their schedule.   Managing stock and sales in a multi-channel retail environment is…

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Unified Commerce – the next phase of Omni-Channel

The difference between Omni-Channel and Unified Commerce Omni-channel retail is typically associated with selling across multiple channels for example in-store, on the web via franchise and wholesale or via Amazon or eBay. However, these channels may not be in anyway connected. A challenge for many retailers with their current systems is that the channels operate…

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Is mobile POS the future to brick-and-mortar retail?

Is mobile POS the future to brick-and-mortar retail?

As the evolution of in-store retail continues to cater to fast paced shoppers who are not looking to waste the day standing in line for ten minutes on a transaction that will take one minute to complete. The Omni-Channel approach to sales seeks to provide the customer with a seamless shopping experience whether the customer…

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Introductory Blog

So it begins, the Island Pacific blog has finally arrived and we are tremendously excited to inform and create a network for discussion in the wonderful world of retail. The consistent evolution of retail has resulted in the need for retailers and retail software to keep up with the pace of the modern shopper. Why…

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