31 Mar How to make sure that your retail merchandising is executed perfectly
Retail in 2019 is cut-throat. If you're not ahead of the curve, you're most likely stuck in a sale pattern that is not profitable and is causing stress in all...
04 Mar What this home care industry player can save in a year will blow your mind!
We met with a customer last week who asked us to look at their inefficiencies. The resulting discovery output is typical of what we find upon meeting clients for the...
10 Dec How the VIPS Consultant Productivity Dashboard can change the lives of your sales consultants
Most of our customers come from the FMCG, Cosmetics, and Retail world but you would probably be surprised at some of the industries that VIPS software has made a difference...
04 Dec 5 Ways to Reduce Your Sales Staff Turn Over
Working as a sales field consultant can be a lonely job. More often than not, your sales staff are overloaded with tasks and meetings, there are no guarantees that they...
26 Nov If you Manage Field Staff, Here are 8 Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid
It doesn't matter what you sell or service, your field team can be much more effective now than they’ve ever been before. VIPS offers innovative mobile solutions to improve your process...
26 Nov How just $5 per month can make you highly productive.
If you are part of a mobile sales team, a.k.a a "road warrior" out on the road, you know the challenges involved in planning an efficient route every day. As managers,...
17 Sep You send an email blast to the 1000+ customers in your database. Now what?
Very often, you're then left with crickets. Yes the sound of crickets while you're waiting for those hundreds of customers to ring each counter in the country and take advantage...
09 Sep Can your systems keep up with your counter orders?
The Challenge: Orders from your sales channels come through so many different channels - phone, email, face to face, post it notes, and sure, you're fulfilling most of them...
16 Jul 3 reasons why you should consider having a BYOD Policy.
In a quickly evolving digital world where many businesses are adopting mobility, why should leaders in the Cosmetics, FMCG, and Retail industries consider a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy?...
03 Jun If your business hasn’t got an online counter resource solution, here are 3 reasons why you should… ASAP.
The image of a sales consultant, weighed down by bulky sales catalogues and documents, is a thing of the past. Paper catalogues are impossible or very expensive to customise for...