Monday, September 23, 2019

Fall Promotion

As we wind our way through the end of 2019, I wanted to pass along the following promotion valid through November 15th, 2019:

My hourly rate is waived for all on-site consulting services.  All you pay is actual travel expenses for on-site point of sale consulting at your business location.

This offer is valid for contracts signed by November 15th, 2019 and only available to retailers located in the United States. Maximum on-site time is limited to 6 hours a day for up to 5 consecutive business days. Actual travel expenses include airfare, rental car, food per diam, fuel and lodging.

Please contact me at 208-340-5632 or kevinantosh@gmail.com for more information.

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Goodwill POS Meeting Updates

I've had the opportunity to speak with a couple more regional Goodwill's about their POS plans - a summary appears below.
  • Generally, all Goodwill's are still dealing with tight technology budgets but realize that outdated technology costs them more money in the long run via break/fix hardware costs, excessive labor costs for manual processes that could be automated, and employee errors due to using older technology.
  • When looking for a new POS system, major consideration has to be given specific to whether their new POS system "wish list" includes features like production tracking and donor tracking.
  • Consultants are proving to be very helping in identifying areas that a new POS system could increase revenue, reduce labor costs, and reduce employee errors.
Now, since y'all don't like it when I share your location information in too much detail, here are the Goodwill's that I have spoke with recently (or consulted with), what POS system they currently use, and what they plan on doing about their older POS system.
  1. Southern US - Using Microsoft RMS/HQ - general discussions to replace in 2021 but no formal plan yet.
  2. Southeastern US - Using Microsoft RMS/HQ - general discussions to replace RMS in 2021 - have looked at Retail Management Hero and Cloud Retailer - no formal plan yet.
  3. Midwest - Using custom POS system - no plans to replace
  4. Southwestern US - Using PC America - RFP is presently out to narrow down search for a new POS.
  5. Rocky Mountain - Using NCR CounterPoint - no plans to switch away
  6. Northeastern US - Using NCR CounterPoint - no plans to switch away
  7. Southern West Coast - Using Microsoft RMS/HQ - starting searching for RMS replacement
  8. Pacific Northwest - Using Microsoft RMS/HQ - started search for RMS replacement by looking at Retail Management Hero and Cloud Retailer - budget limitations mean using RMS through at least 2020
  9. Pacific Northwest - Using Microsoft RMS/HQ - have not started looking at RMS replacement options
  10. Pacific Northwest - Using Microsoft RMS/HQ - have not started looking at RMS replacement options
  11. Northern Rock Mountains - Using NCR CounterPoint - no plans to replace CounterPoint at this time.
If you would like more details about the consulting that I have done for Goodwill Industries, or just have general thrift store point of sale questions,  please contact me at kevinantosh@gmail.com or 208-340-5632. Thanks!

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Welcome!

I really enjoy these types of posts!  A quick shout out to the following retailers that I am helping with new point of sale equipment:
  1. Smokin' Willy's in Washington State: Replacing Microsoft RMS with Cloud Retailer at all store locations
  2. Asia Grocery in Kansas: Replacing Revel with Cloud Retailer
  3. Good Stuff in Louisiana: RMS Maintenance Agreement
  4. Mary Janes House of Glass: Replacing Microsoft RMS and HQ with Cloud Retailer at all store locations.
  5. Point Liquor in Texas: RMS/HQ Maintenance Agreement for all store locations as well as some new hardware
I enjoy working with all of you! If you would like to learn more about why these retailers are working with me, please contact me at kevinantosh@gmail.com or 208-340-5632.