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Technology Solutions for the Retail Sector

No two retail locations are the same, but we've helped a huge range of retailers to overcome challenges of all shapes and sizes. Our retail technology solutions have been designed to meet a wide range of requirements: 

  • Printing point of sale material, price tags and shelf edge labels
  • Sharing information between stores and head office electronically
  • Printing on location with customers
  • Using space efficiently 
  • Operating within strict budgets
  • Predicting and preventing downtime and lost business
  • Seamless integration with legacy and bespoke systems

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Brother Retail Solutions

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Warehouse

Stock management

Print delivery, goods-in and shelf-edge labels with ease.

  • Accurate and clear, avoiding illegible handwriting
  • Quick and easy to scan barcodes
  • Reduce media wastage

Warehouse printing

Effortlessly print customer orders, dispatch notes and invoices.

  • Quickly print large volumes of dispatch notes and invoices
  • Save time by using high-yield toner cartridges
  • High-quality, easy to read text

Archiving

Scan and automatically save delivery notes and goods received notes to your business database.

  • Share delivery notes and good-in notes with the warehouse
  • Accurate avoiding mis-filing
  • Save time, with administrative tasks

Back office

Back office printing

Effortlessly print customer orders, dispatch notes and invoices.

  • Quickly print large volumes of dispatch notes and invoices
  • Save time by using high-yield toner cartridges
  • High-quality, easy to read text

Secure printing

Ensure sensitive customer information is kept confidential.

  • Confidential information only printed by authorised staff
  • Access can be added or removed based on individual profiles
  • Manage costs, only printing information that is need

Archiving

Scan and automatically save delivery notes and goods received notes to your business database.

  • Share delivery notes and good-in notes with the warehouse
  • Accurate avoiding mis-filing
  • Save time, with administrative tasks

Customer services

Capturing customer data

Remain with the customer while you take copies of their identification.

  • Confidential information automatically saved to the correct location
  • Data only accessible by authorised staff
  • Maintain high customer services, by remaining with the customer

Staff identification badges

Save time and money by creating your own durable staff and visitor ID badges.

  • High-quality staff and visitor badges
  • Quickly and easily printed, as and when needed
  • Protected with unique lamination

Shop floor

Price remarking

Save time with labelling and re-labelling products and shelves.

  • On-demand printing in the aisle
  • Exact number of labels are printing
  • Reliable WiFi and Bluethooth connectivity

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Food labelling

Easily create labels for allergen content, ingredients, barcodes and expiry dates.

  • Quickly and easily create food labels
  • Accurate and easy to read
  • Integration with existing internal systems

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Queue management

Effectively manage customer queues at the check-out.

  • Manage customer waiting time expectations
  • Flexible, can be on-person or integrated in kiosk
  • Connectivity, compatible with Apple devices
 

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Learn more about how Brother products and services can support different parts of the retail process.

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Featured retail reports

Keep ahead of the competition with our research led insight reports. Backed with comprehensive analysis from market research leader Savanta, our reports showcase how businesses can use Brother products and services to create extraordinary experiences for their employees and their customers.

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Latest report: Retail revolution

Our latest report looks at the current state of play within retail. It explores the latest technology trends across the continent and details how the last 18 months have impacted the sector. Find out more about: 

  • Which technologies retailers invested in during the pandemic
  • Retailers' plans following the pandemic and their investment objectives
  • How to achieve long-term success
  • How to improve the customer experience.

Download the report (PDF)

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Technology in retail

This report explores how retail SMBs can transform their workflows to both unlock growth and keep ahead of the competition as the businesses across the world enter a 'new normal'.

Download the report (PDF)
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Digital transformation

Series of reports which detail how businesses can use digital technologies to overcome workflow challenges, minimise administrative burdens and unlock revenue & productivity growth potential.

Read the series

Label printing solutions for retail

Discover our label and receipt print solutions to help optimise your retail processes, from the warehouse floor to doorstep delivery, and everywhere in between. 

Learn more about our specialist labelling solutions
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Retail label printing


It’s in the bag


Find out how Brother’s range of reliable shop floor retail labelling solutions can support you in speeding up processes, improving accuracy, and providing a better customer experience.  And explore additional resources on retail label printing here.

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Find out for yourself why industry professionals rely on Brother printers to get the job done by trialling one of our printers FREE for 30 days.

 

What’s included?

  • Consultation to assess requirements and assist with set up
  • A printer that’s designed with your industry in mind
  • Starter media and supplies you need to support your trial
  • Relevant accessories you need to fully test your solution
  • Ongoing Brother “At your side” service and support

 
 

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Access the latest insight into key retail challenges

Discover our retail blog at our Insights hub and discover the latest in retail printing.

Find out how Brother has helped businesses with our retail solutions

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  • Unrivalled service and support levels
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Empowering retail with Auto ID labelling solutions

Improve productivity, accuracy and customer satisfaction with Brother labelling solutions.

  • Shelf-edge and pricing labels
  • Sale, mark-down and discount pricing labels
  • RFID tags

Discover Brother Auto ID