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SMS Customer Marketing

30th Jun 2011

In the latest version of our application, Swan has included several features focused on consumer marketing to aid customer retention and increase sales. The key feature for many of our clients is SMS... Continued…

Hoopers to replace Financial systems with Swan

20th Apr 2011

Hoopers department stores, the independent group whose head office is in Torquay,  is to replace their legacy financial systems with the latest technology provided by Swan’s Accounting... Continued…

Lights4Living, one of the UK's largest online lighting retailers chooses Swan

22nd Feb 2011

Lights4Living are the latest successful independent to choose Swan, and with a busy store in Bath and an increasingly active on-line presence, their requirements were both wide-ranging and very... Continued…

Bradbeers goes live with Swan in the largest Furniture Store on the South Coast

27th Jan 2011

Smith Bradbeer, the long established Hampshire retailer, has chosen Swan to develop their first automated system to cope with a predicted five-fold increase in sales following the opening of their... Continued…

Excellent Customer Service provides Competetive Advantage

24th Aug 2010

Customer Service is a key to successful retailing today, especially for the smaller retailer when competing with the high street multiples.  It can often have a big impact on both profitability... Continued…

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Excellent Customer Service provides Competetive Advantage

24th Aug 2010   In Swan Retail News

Customer Service is a key to successful retailing today, especially for the smaller retailer when competing with the high street multiples.  It can often have a big impact on both profitability and customer loyalty if any issues are tackled promptly and the retailer can be pro active in their dealings with customer issues rather than waiting to be chased by a disgruntled customer.  

The Swan Retail solution now includes an updated and fully integrated Customer Services module to help resolve any issues in a professional and timely manner.

Initial communication from a customer can be logged against any Sales Order or individual sales order line either through the use of free format notes or by attaching a file such as a letter or e-mail. User definable actions can be allocated to the relevant person or persons and then a full diary and alert system ensures that actions are carried out at the appropriate time and the customer kept fully informed of progress.

Everything to do with the issue can be followed up directly from the Customer Services module – thus credits, ordering of replacements or parts, arranging collection of the goods from the customer and return to the supplier – can all be carried out from the one place.  The module provides real time screen enquiries as well as a comprehensive set of performance reports, including both operator and supplier performance (as issues can be costed).

The latest addition to the Module sees the ability to set up template letters and for these to be produced (and saved against the issue) at the touch of a button, another time saving feature that increases the customer’s perception of the professionalism of your operation.

For more information please contact Swan on 01823 669122 or mail dave@swanretail.co.uk