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Greetings!
We know you're busy this time of year, so we'll keep this newsletter short and sweet, with happy news and a few reminders for your month ahead.
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Seasonal Projections
Good news - retail groups are projecting that sales will be up this year about two and a half percent.
Of course, projections aren't a guarantee of the future, but they tend to be within a percent or so. In addition to that, the economy as a whole has grown about 2% over the last year, so news has started to turn towards the brighter side from the malaise of 2008 and 2009.
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Upcoming Features - Inventory Device Update
Among other features coming out in the near future is a couple of new uses for the Cipherlab 8000 series mobile batch scanner.
In order to make these devices more useful on a daily basis, we're adding the ability to add items to purchase orders and vendor returns, and to receive items on purchase orders, from these devices.
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Mercury Gift Cards
Those on the latest version with ExtremePOS Payment now have the ability to use gift cards from Mercury. These cards differ from the internal gift cards, but it is possible to use both on the same system.
The primary benefit of using Mercury gift cards is that a customer can use the card at any of your stores, unlike the internal gift cards which are only valid at the issuing store.
If you are a 2.9 customer with ExtremePOS Payment, and are interested in using Mercury Gift Cards, please contact your Mercury representative for more information.
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Version Sunset
As a reminder, support for versions 2.5.48 or older of ExtremePOS, Musicware, and Praiz ends on December 1st. If you're on an old version, just some of the features you might be missing out on in addition to the support issues include:
Added support for Baker and Taylor and Anchor EDI
Added ExtremePOS.net launcher functionality
Added support for SQL Server 2005 and 2008
Added support for ExtremePOS Payment Integrated Mode Credit and debit cards
Added support for ExtremePOS Payment Integrated Gift Cards
Added support for the Zebra barcode printer
Professional Full Invoice has updated look
Added ability to import physical inventory count from wireless scanning device
Added inventory reports by Street Date (Release Date)
Adds breakdown by new and used to the Sales Analysis by Dept Report
Added import capability from STL database (Praiz Only)
Added support for Extreme Digital Display
Added import capability from AEC database
Added support for inventory transfer feature in HQ Store
Added new "Price only" label style for Samsung label printer
New option to set the number of receipts to print for credit card receipts (independent of non-credit card receipts)
Added breakdown of new and used items to the sales analysis by category report
Added capability to scan in item numbers on the barcode label printer screen
Added support for new pole display devices
Added option to popup customer notes when a customer is selected for an invoice
Added option to restrict access to sales and tradein reports
Added item name and category to PO and Vendor Return reports
Option to select which taxes apply to used products (in options -> invoice settings)
New option to collect above the sales price on pre-books (in options -> invoice settings)
Ability to designate an item as a service (no in stock quantity)
Added Support for Samsung label printer
Added support for Christian Soundscan reporting
New report - sales for last week/month
Update to purchase orders and vendor returns to allow purchase/return of used items
Added cashier permission to expressly allow / deny access to instant PO function
Added casher id and station id to the insant PO report
New feature - Ability to pre-order items for later pickup.
Integrated special orders into the new pre-order feature (replaces back order functionality)
Added special order / pre-order lookup screen to easily add special orders and pre-orders to the invoice
Support for multiple credit card processing in one invoice
Added category id to reorder report
Added Category to item grid on invoice
New capability to view/print both open and closed POs and vendor returns
Added physical inventory by dept and category (for desktop inventory only, not mobile inventory)
Added STL EDI Ordering functionality (Bookstores)
Added ability to print logo on receipts for some printer models
Added summary report for trade-ins by dept
Added details-only sales by dept report
Added feature to allow used price to be set based on tradein price on the fly
Added option to prevent sales of out of stock items
Added option in label utility to filter PO items to be printed by last date received.
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For customers on an update plan, the most recent version of the software is 2.09.0002.
Support is ending for versions 2.05.0048 and older of ExtremePOS, Musicware, and Praiz on December 1st, 2010. Get more information This date is rapidly approaching!
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You may view an archive of our emails here!
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Sincerely,
Jeremy Spencer
Support Manager
Extreme Point Of Sale Inc
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