Anupama Kumar, Author at Zoho Blog

Top 5 Restaurant Tech Trends in 2022 to enjoy delicious success!

Anupama Kumar — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:25:56 +0000

As restaurants continue to face pandemic-induced challenges like online ordering, delivery, demand, or supply chain stability, they are one of the fastest evolved industries. They have become more agile, resilient as they are continuously transforming to serve the ever-demanding consumers.Customer experience, understanding them to serve them better...

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Top 5 Retail Tech Trends to Watch Out for in 2022

Anupama Kumar — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 12:41:23 +0000

2021 saw good disruptions in Retail, with businesses optimizing their inventory and supply chain to ensure their fulfilment is immediate. They evolved to add fulfilment centres in their store to cater to new consumer needs like BOPIS (buy online and pick up in-store) or BORIS (Buy online and return in-store), curbside pick-up and same-day...

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How do retail businesses vaccinate themselves and Build immunity by adding store pick-up and scheduling delivery slots

Anupama Kumar — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:43:39 +0000

2020 has seen a disruption in technology as businesses around the world digitally transformed and served their customers remotely with contact less ordering, delivery. According to a study (source: IoTNOW), COVID has accelerated the digital transformation in retail/e-commerce by 6.1 years. However, sadly some of them struggled to manage the huge...

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Future of Retail Stores – Physical is the new Digital!

Anupama Kumar — Wed, 05 May 2021 13:32:22 +0000

The year 2020 saw an acceleration in the adoption of technology. Businesses of all kinds upgraded themselves to be omnichannel and served the customers remotely. Logistics and supply chain played a crucial role in effective delivery. Even though some businesses were affected, Target, Best Buy, Walmart stayed open, digitally transformed to handle...

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5 Emerging Retail Trends 2020

Anupama Kumar — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 15:05:04 +0000

The retail ecosystem in India is at the forefront of change. The sector is experiencing exponential growth, expanding not just in major cities and metros in the country, but also in Tier II and III cities and towns. The last decade has witnessed inordinate market growth in the online retail space due to the increased usage of smartphones and...

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Data is the new fuel and now it is time for businesses to protect their engines

Anupama Kumar — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:34:09 +0000

Organizations are generating more data than ever, with market pundits throwing frightening market statistics. IDC projects that by 2025, the “global data sphere” will expand to 163 zettabytes (ZB) or 1 trillion gigabytes. Moreover, that figure will be 10 times the 16.1 ZB created in 2016. That is a substantial amount of data, especially when...

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8 tips to drive more sales this Pongal

Anupama Kumar — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:44:22 +0000

1. Groom your staff, Wishing customers and greeting them with a smile . Create a festive mood at the store 2. Ensure you stock up Jaggery, Rice, Milk basic festive needs not to run into stock-outs 3. Consider pre-packaging the products i.e create Kits with different quantities Eg: 500gm Jaggery+1Kg rice + 10gm cardamom. This helps the customer...

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Top 5 New Year Resolutions for Retailers

Anupama Kumar — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 15:50:48 +0000

It’s the last week of December, are you thinking about Resolutions ? Your business also needs some resolutions for this new year 2018.We have compiled a list of resolutions to pick from to become more profitable, offer better experience this new year1. InventoryI will keep my Inventory up-to-date. Will review stock reports on every day basis. I...

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8 Tips you should follow before opening a new store?

Anupama Kumar — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:03:43 +0000

Opening one more store is a very critical decision in the life of a store owner. From one store to two stores, is a big leap! But if you dont think beforehand, things can go wrong. Here is a Checklist to see if you are ready to expand:1. You have a good software such as GOFRUGAL installed.Having a POS software is a sign of a progressive thinking on...

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Have you filed your July GSTR-3B?

Anupama Kumar — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 12:41:01 +0000

Last date for Filing GSTR-3B is on 25th August 2017. Some quick information GSTR-3B has to be filed mandatorily by all normal registered tax payers. Last Day for making payment & filing GSTR-3B is 25th August 2017 For Tax Payers wanting to avail transitional credit with FORM GST TRAN-1, Last day for payment is 25th August 2017 and Last date...

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