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RMS Introduces Metro Portal
RMS always aims to keep our customers up to date on the latest and greatest coming to our Metro Solutions when it comes to communication. With the introduction of Metro Portal, we take that communication a step further by giving our customers a platform that not only...
Metro Forum 2019 – Post Event Report
25% increase in attendees to the Forum, 91% of attendees stayed for the Awards, 96% satisfaction rating overall for the event, 100% want to attend again - These are just some of the headlines from this year's Metro Forum and Awards event where more than 120 retailers...
Metro Forum 2019 – Photographs
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Winners announced at 2019 Metro Awards Ceremony
What a terrific evening everyone had following Metro Forum 2019 on the 27th June 2019. A full report of the evening with pictures will follow but for now, our congratulations go to all our award winners below! Newcomer Award – this award recognises a customer...
More Speakers Confirmed for Metro Forum 2019
With now more than 120 leading brands and retailers set to attend Metro Forum 2019, we are delighted to confirm three more superb guest speakers presenting at this year's event. This action-packed day will see presentations from The Watches of Switzerland Group, The...
RMS Blog
Metrogram – for when words are not enough.
Have you ever noticed how easily written instructions can be misunderstood? Perhaps you find your instructional emails sometimes turn into short novels yet still manage to produce multiple versions of ‘what good looks like’? Thankfully RMS customers don’t have this...
Price checking the Metro way.
I’ve written blogs before on poor ticketing and these have generally been aimed at poor Promotional signage. However, as Tesco found out today on Monday 13th Feb 2017 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-38893887), it’s not just Promotional Point of Sale...
Getting a grip on shop crime and shrinkage.
News this week from the Convenience Store website reports that shop crime is at its highest level since 2003. With theft increasing at 5% per annum according to the ONS, retailers of all types are frustrated at the lack of attention shop theft is given in relation to...
Why internal software development is a bad idea…
How many times have you heard someone say ‘Let's develop a system like that ourselves and save some money'. 'We can do it much cheaper’? I know I have - sat both sides of the table - and have heard it many times since, but most commonly as a software vendor who is...
5 things to help your retail business prosper
Against a backdrop of uncertainty with rising cost prices, rents, inflation and staff wages, the pressure to remain competitive is going to be the difference between many retailers surviving or thriving
Charity News: The Castle Malwood Great British Bake Off!
Each week, for the past 2 months RMS colleagues have 'donned their aprons' and got baking for personal pride, calorific indulgence, honour, and charity! Members of the RMS team presented a range of fantastic creations to the CMGBBO judging panel where, after...
Best bit of Point of Sale material we’ve seen this week!
One of the golden rules about great Point of Sale material (and trust us, there are many rules to be aware of!) is to ensure it is up to date, relevant and memorable - this week, our friends at Poundland did exactly that with this great piece of POS seen in one of...
What makes a really successful brand?
RMS works with more than 80 of the UK’s most well-known retail, healthcare and hospitality brands – each operating in extremely competitive marketplaces, so what makes these brands so successful? Well, according to leading Marketing commentators such as Professor...
FAQ’s
I’ve been out with Karen this week, Managing Director of RMS…it was hot and sunny as my sunburnt 'follically challenged' head can now testify, but we often go out and see prospective clients together as she just loves meeting and speaking with retailers. As Karen was...
London to Paris Cycle Ride in support of The British Heart Foundation – Chris Ferns
In a little over two weeks time, RMS' very own Chris Ferns will again be mounting his bicycle and riding from London to Paris to raise money for the British Heart Foundation, a charity Chris has supported for a number of years. This is likely to be his third and final...
Are you frustrated?
I read a great post this week that even technology people are frustrated with the new-age tech salesmen – apparently, modern salesmen (and saleswomen!) have become ridiculously vague about what they sell. The author of the post (Joe Adkins) hilariously goes on to ask...