As retailing, of both goods and services, becomes a highly competitive business domain, the computerization of the point-of-sale operations becomes imperative. Further, especially in the cases of retail service chains such as salons and spas--where a business may have thousands of small units as affiliates or franchisees--these point-of-sale applications may need enhanced functionality for functions such as reporting, control, monitoring, and running focused marketing campaigns.

InApp has developed a point-of-sale application that can be deployed in a single retail unit or in multi-store chains. This application automates all activities of a retail outlet and manages the customer database, loyalty programs, special services, gift registry and much more. In addition, it manages the Inventory and Payroll at retail chain outlets. It also lets the franchiser collect and analyze information on sales, customers, inventory, cash flow and other details for any number or group of retail service outlets.

Managing a retail business has become an increasingly difficult task, often taking management away from the real grass-roots activities of buying, selling and providing services. Real-time and accurate information is fast becoming a pre-requisite for most dynamic retail management businesses. Retailers face a volatile set of factors, such as wider competition, higher capital costs, rising consumer expectations, and decreasing customer loyalty in their daily business.
InApp’s point-of-sale application, coupled with its use of retail logic makes it an ideal choice for any specialist retail business, regardless of size and nature. InApp’s Point of Sale Application is ideal for the following retail verticals:

• Supermarkets / Hypermarkets
• Specialty Retail
• Gift Stores
• Convenience Stores
• Salons
• Health Clubs
• Spa Chains
• Restaurants
• Food Courts
• Apparel and Footwear based retailers
• Furniture

Modules Provided

• Employee Time and Attendance System
• Customer Appointment management
• Operations planning
• Inventory control
• Flexible Billing
• Store-HQ and inter-store
• Messaging Reporting
• Manager Module for inter-store reporting, review and consolidation
• 'Push' technologies for pricing and discount changes
• Ability to run campaigns in stores on individual, clustered or regional basis

The product architecture of InApp's POS facilitates customization for any point-of-sale application. The GUI is multilingual and currently provides English and Spanish interfaces. It allows users to add languages of their choice. It also allows multi-currency transactions. Reports are customizable and are generated based on user inputs.

Features

• QuickBooks Format Report
• Audit Trails
• Color Skins
• Internationalization
• Access Authorizations
• Soft Keyboard and
• Menu display based on permission settings

The POS is integrated with hardware components such as:

• Touch Screen
• Receipt Printer
• Bar code reader/scanner
• Credit Card Reader
• Cash Drawer
• Pole Display
• PIN Pad
• Check Reader and
• Signature Capture Device

The Import Wizard facilitates importing customer and sales data from other preexisting POS applications. The application allows different mode of payments like credit card, cash, cheque and gift certificates

The POS developed by InApp uses the Java platform for increased scalability, portability to different operating systems, and flexibility in deployment to a variety of devices ranging from touch-screen shop-floor systems to PDAs and mobiles.