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Hotel retail shops can have the same purchasing and inventory controls as large retailers

Retail shops, whether at zoos, country clubs or hotels, often run at less than capacity, even when business at the facility is booming.  Yet, guests and patrons are a captive audience.

Adaco’s Emporium software is a complete retail procurement, inventory management and retail analysis product.  Enhancing the performance of retail environments, Emporium can be used with a variety of point-of-sale systems and provides tools to handle seasonal fluctuations at a single pro shop or at hundreds of gift shops throughout a hotel chain.

Retail shops can take full advantage of their retail traffic by ensuring that their racks and shelves are fully stocked with the hottest selling items, in the right categories, the right quantities, the right colors, the right sizes and the right prices. 

“Small and medium-sized retail business now have the same controls as The Gap,” said Mark Pinsley, President and CEO of Adaco Services.  “We’re very focused on purchasing and inventory vs. a POS system, which is focused on the goods being sold.” 

Emporium does markdowns and sales, e.g. the costs of goods, how many are on the floor, and when and what to reorder, Pinsley said.  The “just-in-time” inventory control feature enables retail shops to reduce inventory and investment by reducing the number of overstocked or slow-moving items.

“The guest or customer has a markedly improved experience at the store, which drives up sales and improves the bottom line,” he said.

With total scalability, Emporium can be customer-tailored to meet the needs of almost any retail operation.  A purchasing manager can instantly analyze and control the total cost of doing business with suppliers.  Inventory re-order reports, electronic purchasing orders (via the Adaco Assistant laser scanner), customized purchase orders, and detailed price history by category, product and vendor can be generated.  Requisitioning is faster and paperless.

Emporium also has receiving and reporting features.  Freight and local taxes can be allocated automatically.  Its reporting function converts historical usage patterns and current trends into projected demand.

Adaco provides intensive training either via the Web or as an onsite option. 

Since 1985, Adaco Services, LLC has managed all aspects of the hospitality industry’s procurement and operations needs.  It has continually enhanced its software, with global input, to accommodate the industry’s changes and growth at both single and multi-property hotels. The software is considered the market’s best automated solution for full service hotels.