Are your customers getting a seamless buying experience when they enter your store and interact with your brand? Cloud computing solutions from Stratosphere Networks can help your retail business provide customers with a branded experience no matter where or how they interact with you. With cloud-based services, your organization has access to real-time information that can help you appeal to your customers’ buying habits through location relevant and personalized offers.
Traditional core systems such as in-house POS tie up vast amounts of resources in terms of time, money and productivity. In addition, creating these systems in-house puts the burden of upgrades and maintenance on the retailer. Organizations who aren’t taking advantage of cloud-based services are at a disadvantage while their competitors who are, have access to better software, higher security and are spending less time on maintenance and more time cultivating their customer base.
Cloud computing utilizes virtualization and service oriented architecture to help retailers decrease costs, protect data and increase productivity. Retailers who transfer even a portion of their operations to the cloud are able to compete more effectively.
There is no limit to what cloud computing can help your business accomplish, from improving your day-to-day operations to marketing, supply chain and customer service. Let’s take a look at how Stratosphere Networks cloud-based retail solutions can benefit your business.
Your customers expect a seamless brand experience, no matter how or where they interact with you. They expect you to know them and their preferences, and that includes things like purchase history, customer service interactions and inventory information. Most retailers use outdated POS systems that don’t offer the capabilities for quick access to the kind of detailed information needed to deliver such a an experience.
Cloud Retail as a Service (RaaS) brings all aspects of a retail operation together and can offer insight into inventory, shipping, customer service, point-of-sale and more all on one single platform. This is beneficial because it means that inventory, purchase history and more can be checked in real time which reduces wait times and the need for customers to perform self-conducted research.
In addition, retailers can also offer personalized incentives to customers via apps and in-store marketing to help drive sales and increase their bottom line. Cloud-based inventory solutions help retailers gain better visibility of stock and lead times for products – a real benefit for small to medium sized businesses who can now access programs that might otherwise be too cost prohibitive for them to purchase on their own.
Stratosphere Networks offers flexible cloud-based packages that allow you to purchase as much capacity as you need, when you need it. That means that during peak purchasing times, such as the holiday season, you can purchase additional capacity on a cloud-based network without having to make a permanent commitment.
Cloud computing is a network model that can help businesses innovate faster, offer a more robust customer experience and gain access to real time analytics and data. Retailers can access their information via the internet – from anywhere, at any time. It’s a model that is readily scalable, easily configurable and won’t tie up vast amounts of resources.
Retailers can gain access to their own cloud-based network with literally a few clicks of a mouse.
Stratosphere Networks offers private, public and hybrid cloud solutions for retail businesses of all sizes. Whether you own a small boutique or head a large department store, we can help you find a solution that meets your needs.
