Technology is always changing the nature of sales and shopping throughout the market. However, even with the popularity of online shopping, it is important to remember that a lot of shoppers still come into stores looking for a better customer service experience. It is crucial to provide our customers with the best service possible whenever they are in our stores. With this in mind, it is important to find tools that help keep our stores up to date and help us create the best shopping experience for our customers.
Top Apparel Retail Management Software Tools
This list of 5 of the best apparel retail management software systems can help you manage your store inventory and help you create an organized, customer-oriented system to better provide shoppers with the experience they want. All companies have at least an 85% customer satisfaction rating.
Gift Logic
The Gift Logic System provides stores with everything they need to keep the business running smoothly. Gift Logic includes applications for:
- Point of sale
- Inventory management
- Customer management
- E-commerce
- Gift registry management
- Maintenance of items on consignment.
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The system is also able to manage employee back office needs, such as time clock management and fingerprint or signature integration and works with QuickBooks. The Gift Logic System runs on an intuitive system and is easy to use, making managing your store simple and easy.
Springboard Retail
Springboard Retail system is designed to increase profits and make store management easier. The system can run on any modern browser on any device, including touch-screen systems, PCs, and Macs. This sophisticated point of sale system analyzes customer 
preferences and purchase history to help your sales staff better assist customers.
The Springboard Retail system creates real-time reporting and inventory management including purchasing and receiving information. The system is modern and fast but designed to be user-friendly and intuitive to help users reach the information they need quickly.
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Shop Keep
The Shop Keep integrates with IPad’s. It combines the use of the IPad as a register and enables shops to use the IPad to manage sales, inventory, customer tracking and account management. The system allows you to take cash or credit card payments and integrates the input immediately into QuickBooks. All information is stored within the IPad so that transactions can be completed on or offline, and the system syncs with the background cloud system as soon as the connection is restored.
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The Shop Keep system is great for smaller businesses, especially those that may have mobile business needs, such as time spent at farmers markets or flea markets. The system integrates all information and conveniently stores it in one place, even allowing you to email receipts or promotional content.
ProphetLine
The ProphetLine retail management system is designed for small or medium businesses, especially those that have multiple stores. The system tracks point of sale and allows for inventory planning and control, accounting, and employee management. ProphetLine tracks serial numbers and warranty information and allows for gift card and multi-tender transactions, as well as rental management and loyalty program tracking.
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The ProphetLine system follows retail analytics and helps with inventory control planning. It offers great accounting features and creates instant inventory control updates with every transaction so that the system is always up to date.
Alert Tech Sense System
The Sense System by Alert Tech is not an inventory control system, but a customer service control system. The Sense System helps to create communication between customers in the fitting room and sales associates.
It can also be used to connect chain stores and communicate real-time alerts to the IOS systems. Sense System manages the use of the fitting room and helps customers to get additional support from the sales staff while in the room by allowing them to press a button and communicate with the staff.
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The tracking system used by Sense System allows you to train your staff and keep track of what needs may exist within your stores and how to provide better inventory and assistance for your customers. The system allows you to set goals and track performance in your stores. Its modular nature lets you purchase as many or as few features as you need for your unique business, and allows you to add more features as you go if desired. The Sense System allows stores to meet their clients’ needs and provide the best possible service.
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Wrap Up
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When you consider an apparel management system for your stores, it is important to consider what specific needs you are trying to meet. Many systems work with QuickBooks and integrate accounting features quickly. Others are more focused on customers, buying trends, and helping to improve sales. And still others are focused primarily on inventory management. Whatever your needs may be, there is an effective system designed for a store like yours that can help you create a better experience for your customers and employees and improve your business as a whole.
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