System

Retail Pro Version 9 is a comprehensive retail management solution. The robust design is scaleable for single stores or multiple stores and warehouses.

Version 9 is capable of fully integrating with accounting systems, customer relationship management systems, ERP systems, business analytic programs, and virtually any other enterprise business application.

Retail Pro Version 9 encourages customization and third-party development of business and reporting applications tailored to a retailer's specific needs. The design tools and preference capabilities of version 9 offer unmatched freedom in system configuration, from company-wide standardization to particulars at the local or individual level. The openness of SQL (Structured Query Language) and the market significance of XML (eXtensible Markup Language) provide access to solid, standard development platforms for any custom development.



Point of Sale

· Retail Pro decreases transaction time by minimizing the steps required to create a new receipt. Customized screens minimize training time for new employees.
· Check in/out feature keeps track of employee hours worked, facilitating payroll processing.







Inventory Management

· Store your master inventory list and assign the complete inventory list to a store or an individually tailored subset.
· View each item's order, receiving, transfer, adjustment, and sales history.    





Reporting

· Built-in Report Viewer provides a variety of ways to view and create reports and free access for all users to more than 100 predefined reports. You can apply filters, parameters, set sort options, and view charts and graphs.
· Export a report file to a disk or e-mail the report to another location.





 Employee Management

· Assign security on a feature-by-feature basis.
· Create sales targets for the company and assign a portion to each store. A portion of each store sales target can in turn be assigned to each of the store's employees.

Customer Management

· Track each customer's total sales and total returns, year-to-date sales and returns, total number of visits, average purchase amount, average discount amount, and the average number of unique items purchased each visit to help you identify the best-performing customers and allocate marketing dollars more effectively.
· Track contact information, such as name, multiple addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses for use in direct mailings, credit card biling, etc.




Security

· Control employee access to specific program areas, information, and features.
· Control refunds by requiring a customer to be listed on any return receipts.
· Track excessive returns by employees.
· Track all changes to quantity, price, and cost, have a complete audit trail.
· If a manager performs a security override, Retail Pro can create a log entry, providing information about the event. This helps ensure that security overrides are being performed for valid reasons.

Enhancements

Retail Pro Ready Payment Processing Solutions and RBS Payment Lynk
· Fully integrated payment processing solution, operated in conjunction with Retail Pro Payment Solutions enables you to perform and process credit card, gift card, and debit card transactions (and check verification) directly from Retail Pro at the lowest cost.
· Host-based system, so closing takes place automatically at the end of each day.
Shift4, and PCCharge
· Perform and process credit card, gift card, and debit card transactions directly from Retail Pro.
· Gateways to hundreds of processing companies.

Retail Pro Planning

· Integrated Merchandise Planning, Store Planning and Assortment Planning 
· Graphical User Interface uses color-coding of measures for consistent and intuitive ease of use; provides the ability to change layout of windows and views, and hierarchies can be collapsed or expanded. 
· Three-tiered architecture can scale from small retailers with a few users to very large retailers with hundreds of users

Retail Pro v.9.1.2 includes the following important features:

· Centralized Customer lookup (a huge advancement you'll want to know more about.)
· Automated Promotional Pricing
· Seasonal Pricing
· Proposed Items

Retail Pro 9 Price Manager Scenarios

Price Manager can be used to change merchandise prices (or costs) for sales events, or to increase sales for slow-moving merchandise.

You can calculate markdown prices in a variety of ways from the current price or cost. The price changes can take effect immediately, or at a later date. You can also restore former prices, if necessary.

Retail Pro 9 Auto PO Scenarios

The Auto PO feature lets you automatically create purchase orders to restock merchandise. Orders can be created based on your Min/Max levels for each item, the quantities needed to fill pending Sales and Transfer Orders, or both. All POs generated are restricted to one vendor per PO.

Contact us today for information on all of Retail Pro's features and add-ons and to schedule a free technology consultation.