Tool Selection When Launching a Retail Store
Launching your retail business includes countless details to consider. From choosing your space, picking branding, messaging, and attempting to staff your store, you have a lot to consider. One of the greatest challenges is selecting the tools needed to grow your business and knowing what to prioritize. It can be intimidating to visit website after […]
Guest Post: Owning Your Opening Inventory Process
A note from Streamline: Today’s post is from Dana Kantalis. Dana is an expert retail strategist with vast experience in wholesale, online, and brick and mortar retail. Having worked for majors like Neiman Marcus, Horchow.com, and Tootsies, she now aptly guides independent retailers to growing their business by managing inventory and improving cash flow. In her […]
3 Misconceptions In-Store Retailers Believe About their Online Store
Most brick and mortar retailers are coming around to the idea that eCommerce is going to be a central part of staying relevant and continuing to scale their business. What was once a novelty for your customer has become an expectation (haven’t we all had the “Can I get this online?” conversation more than once) […]
Jumpstart 2019: 4 Things To Consider For Your Retail Business
We’re a few days into 2019 and we’re coming out of a great 2018. In general, retail saw tremendous growth as we leave one of the best holiday seasons in recent history. For Streamline, we saw tremendous growth with new partnerships, the launch of Retail Initiative, and some additions to the team. All in all, […]
Guest Post: Are You Creating the Right In-Store Experience for your Customers?
A note from Streamline: Today’s guest post is from Lightspeed. Lightspeed is a major leader in the point-of-sale software industry. With nearly 50,000 merchants using it, Lightspeed now operates in more than 100 countries, in multiple languages and currencies, and processes over US $15 billion in transactions annually. We greatly enjoy partnering with them in our […]
Black Friday and Independent Retail
Black Friday is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. I’m not sure I even have to actually say that, it’s just one of those “intro”-y kind of things you say to start off a post. I remember my mom leaving the house early every Friday after Thanksgiving in hopes of getting our […]
Guest Post: How to Use Data for Painless Store Staffing
A Note From Streamline: Today’s post comes from Springboard Retail. The team at Springboard have built an incredibly robust, customizable POS/Inventory Management tool designed to help independent retailers scale their business. We are honored to partner with them in our work to see independent retailers thrive. Your staff is your biggest asset. Just having sales […]
Sears: What Should Independent Retailers Learn?
Most people under the age of 40 (which includes me) may never understand how big of a deal Sears declaring bankruptcy is for retail. It’s not that they were a major player today, it’s that they were THE major player in big box retail. Essentially, they were the Amazon of their day. Once upon a […]
Guest Post: Competition over Competition, the Boutique Owner Way
A note from Streamline: We are excited to have a post from Jessie Jarvis at The Boutique Hub. For people in the Boutique industry, The Boutique Hub has been a huge resource in helping retailers learn how to scale their businesses but also in giving a way for boutique owners to connect with one another. […]
Inventory Planning Explained
If you’ve attended any events designed around independent retail, there has likely been a “retail expert” that is talking about inventory planning. These guys, most of them legitimate retail experts, will elegantly talk about open to buy and creating inventory plans and inspire you with the idea of keeping more money, seeing sales grow, and […]
