Reducing waste and encouraging people to recycle is important for protecting our natural environment.  Throughout the world, many countries have implemented recycling programs to help increase the collection of recyclable materials so they can be reused instead of going into a landfill.  Scotland is set to start the first…

Like many retail businesses, garden centers need efficient and effective customer communications to ensure they are conveying accurate messaging, including displaying the right…

Most of the time, customers come to a grocery store and other retail stores with an idea of what they are going to purchase.  However,…

At ECS Global Inc., we offer a solution to help streamline the process of printing signage and shelf tags in retail settings.  ECS5 is a cloud-based solution that integrates product information, planograms, price, promotion, and inventory as well as signage and shelf tag design and printing into one place. …

Retail stores have always used a variety of print media to communicate with their customers about pricing, as well as sales and promotions.  Many businesses have a long-established process for designing, printing, and placing paper signage, changing them out when necessary.  In recent years, digital signage, displays and electronic…

In both retail and hospitality, it is important for customer communications concerning prices and promotions to be accurate and up to date.  However, it can be difficult to manage all of the communications especially when there are multiple stores or locations involved, and those locations may be in different…

Retail stores are mapped out and arranged in a way that best appeals to the customer.  There is always thought behind the product placement to entice customers and convey the information they need to make an informed purchase.  This makes it important to ensure that the planogram is followed…

In most retail stores, much of the work happens in the front on the sales floor.  This includes greeting and helping customers, stocking products, changing shelf tags, selling items, and keeping the store clean.  The interaction between retail employees and customers is important, as is keeping the store clean…

ECS5 & Kitchen Stuff Plus

Vending Sense is a provider of vending machines and a consultant for businesses that want to add refreshments to their work environment.  Recently, Vending Sense expanded their business model into micro markets that they manage and maintain in workplaces throughout the UK.  Micro markets are retail food markets…