Intuit POS Revel
The small business software experts at Intuit and Revel Systems, a San Francisco-based mobile point-of-sale (POS) software provider, are making it easier for salon owners and grocers to ring up sales.
By now, it's becoming fairly common to pick an item off the shelf or to order a meal and complete the purchase right then and there without having to trudge all the way to a cash register. In a bid to improve the customer experience, merchants and businesses of all sizes are turning to mobile devices like Apple's ubiquitous iPad to eliminate checkout lines.
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Of course, not all small businesses have the same needs. While mobile POS solutions seem tailor-made for boutiques and other small retail establishments, some other types of sellers and service providers remain underserved by Point of Sale payment technology, particularly salons and grocery stores.
POS Designed for Salons and Grocers
Building on a previous collaboration, Intuit and Revel joined forces again to create the QuickBooks Point of Sale for Salon and Grocery solutions.
QuickBooks POS for Salons is powered by Revel Systems.
"Last year, we launched QuickBooks Point of Sale for Restaurants and Retail, powered by Revel Systems, which addressed a huge need for restaurants and offered expanded solutions for the retail vertical we already serve, " John Shapiro, director of product management, at Intuit's Payments division, told Small Business Computing.
Intuit and Revel then turned their attention to the next two largest verticals, and the new products were born from that collaboration. Rather than a simple rebrand of existing products, the companies looked at what sets grocers and salons apart from other small businesses and adapted the technology to suit their needs.
POS Addresses Unique Small Business Needs
As small business owners quickly discover, there is no one-size-fits-all POS solution. The corner coffee shop has very different needs compared to the smartphone repair storefront down the street.
"While several challenges plague today’s business owners, both salons and grocery stores expressed the need for both real-time reporting and a mobile solution that provide anytime, anywhere access, " Shapiro said. "However, addressing the reporting needs for each vertical depends, in large part, on the nature of their work. For example, salons and spas are service-oriented, and they build their business on appointments and services/products."
