ShopMate's Benefits

When we designed the ShopMate EpoS, we spoke to a sample of convenience store / newsagent / sub post office retailers. One message that came back very strongly from them was: “Take the work out of running EpoS sytems! We don’t want to spend 6 – 7 hours each week adding new products, changing prices, putting in special offers.”

We listened to them – the result is the ShopMate EpoS system.

• Easy to learn, and easy to use. View our online demos to see how easy it is to use.
• Gives you the management information you need to run your shop more profitably. A wide range of reports that provide the key information about the business.
• Control over your outlet, stock and cash.
• Links with a range of top wholesalers and symbol groups
• Regular product and price file updates (many of them daily) on ALL your products, not just part of your range.
• Supplied on Toshiba ST-A10 hardware.
• Integrated PaperRound Home News Delivery service.
• Electronic ordering direct to a wide range of major UK wholesalers
• Customer technical support – 365 days a year
• Stock figures updated each minute through the day
• Optional back office and hand held scanner

The benefits to you?

• EpoS systems made easy
• EpoS systems made secure
• 3% increase in profit from your business (Click to see graph)

• You get the savings (between 2 - 4% of profit) gained through more accurate pricing, identification of shop lifting, and efficient stock control. Many customers note a major benefit: when you are scanning, customers stop questioning your prices! Some have increased their prices accordingly! See the graph that shows how the ShopMate EpoS system helps you to make more money.
• We save hours of your time by maintaining the product / price file for you. Independent research has shown that retailers normally spend 6 - 7 hours a week keeping their EpoS systems up to date. If you DON’T keep an EpoS system up to date, it is a COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY, because you lose the main benefit of an EpoS sytem – accurate data about the business. If you had a manager running the shop, paid at £6.00 an hour, you would immediately save between £36 - £42 / week. Our installation approach means that the EpoS system arrives with all your prices in it so that you start trading immediately - with a full set of shelf edge labels as well!
• You get all the information you need to run your business more profitably, without having to spend hours ensuring its accuracy. All your reports can be viewed or printed at the touch of a button.
• You can apply your normal mark-ups to the products even though we maintain the price files for you.
• You know that you are always selling your stock at the right price whoever is at the till.
• Although many people do not think about disaster recovery until it is too late, the design of the ShopMate EpoS system means that we hold a back-up copy of your data, which is never more than 24 hours old. If the worst happens - flood, fire, or general data loss, it is quickly and easily dealt with by The Retail Data Partnership.
• A weekly fee covers our service. There is a three-year back-to-base warranty on the Toshiba ST-A10 hardware, and a courier-based swap-out system.
• The EpoS system works with multiple tills and multiple shops where required.
• The ShopMate EpoS system has been designed to be easy to use. We provide full training, and help is a phone call away.