#15 Becoming a Retail Scientist Using Data, with Geoff Tease the VP of Client Success at RICS Software
Boutique Chat
Ashley Alderson
4.9 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Repeat after me, "I NEED to analyze data for my boutique." There is a huge difference today in tracking data and analyzing the right data. Today, without having access to the quality information a robust POS system provides, you are operating in the dark. Today, we are diving into the top 5 reports you need to analyze weekly in your business, helping you better analyze sales, categories, brands, inventory, customer patterns, team performance and more.
In this episode, Ashley and Geoff, a man with 30 years of retail experience with well-known brands, break down what reports, what the data means, and why it matters so much. Get ready to take notes with LOADS of actionable takeaways this week!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is all about being a retail scientist and decoding your data. |
| 0:04.2 | Get ready for episode number 15 with Jeff Tees, the VP of Client Success with Rick's Software. |
| 0:14.0 | Let's talk about your business, strategy, and the juicy details of what actually works, |
| 0:18.4 | from mainstream fashion to fashion on Main Street and the entire |
| 0:22.2 | ecosystem behind it. How do we scale your company and do it with the balance and the happiness |
| 0:26.8 | that we all seek? Let's hear from those insiders, experts, and strategists that actually make |
| 0:31.6 | it happen. I'm your host, Ashley Alderson from the boutique hub, and I can't wait to chat. |
| 0:56.7 | They say that being successful in retail is a balance between being both an artist and a scientist. Many of us get into this business because we love the allure of fashion and beautiful clothes and serving other women. |
| 1:02.4 | But to stay in this business, it takes being a scientist and digging into the numbers and the data |
| 1:08.7 | and the technology and all the things that make |
| 1:11.6 | our business stay for years and years strong into the future. Today we're going to be talking |
| 1:16.9 | to Jeff Tees, who's the VP of Client Success for Rick Software, which is a point of sale |
| 1:21.5 | and inventory management software for specialty retailers. That's you guys, boutiques, right? With a long |
| 1:27.3 | history in retail at all sizes, |
| 1:30.0 | with companies like Reebok and many more, Jeff brings such a wealth of knowledge to the table |
| 1:35.0 | to retailers every single day. And he helps them to build both the art and the science sides of the |
| 1:41.0 | business. So what we're talking about today is really critical and help me |
| 1:45.6 | here. I'm going to nerd out as I interview Jeff. Just be prepared because what we're going to be |
| 1:50.3 | talking about is decoding the top five must use reports for retailers that you want to check |
| 1:55.6 | into on a regular basis. We're going to be sharing with you how to use this data to provide a better customer |
| 2:01.8 | experience, to have better team management, to have higher sales numbers, and most of all, |
| 2:08.5 | better inventory management and smarter buying strategy for you every single day. So let's dig in. |
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