Geoff Nairn

2 min read In today’s tough retailing environment, your store associates are in the front line in the battle to keep customers coming into your stores. But sales staff who are pushy or

3 min read Retailers need to become more agile, yet many are hindered by legacy in-house IT systems that are difficult to integrate with new technologies and are costiy to run. Cloud computing

2 min read Consumers often assume that the more choice, the better. Having “hyperchoice” at the click of a mouse is seen as one of the big advantages of shopping online over shopping

3 min read Brick-and-mortar retailers must feel they are having to run as fast as they can just to stand still. According to the Retail Bay Report 2018, between 2012 and 2017, the

2 min read We read a lot about the Retail Apocalypse but it is clear to Openbravo that physical stores are never going to disappear. Indeed, they will play an essential role in

2 min read Data privacy is a hot topic particularly after Facebook’s shock admission that it had improperly shared information on up to 87m users. And it’s going to get hotter, especially in

3 min read What’s so special about Openbravo Web POS? It is a question many retailers ask us so let’s take a  closer look at Openbravo’s POS solution and how it helps you

2 min read Is your POS system giving customers what they want? The rise in mobile payments and the growing popularity of customer self-service are two recent trends that retailers cannot afford to

2 min read Amazon is often blamed for the difficult conditions facing many brick-and-mortar retailers, and with good reason. Amazon’s aggressive expansion into almost every retail sector including, most recently, convenience stores and its

2 min read Mobile technology has changed the way customers interact with the world, given them new ways to buy goods and services – and new ways to pay for them. By the