Eradicate shrink. Forever.
For over 18 years rascal systems has been enabling efficiency in the newspapers and magazines category. This is achieved through delivery of robust data management services combined with standardised, streamlined store processes via an app on every handheld device in most retailer partners. The result every time is an instant reduction in overhead costs – labour and shrink & waste.
Effective in every store format from petrol filling stations to hypermarkets, in the current inflationary environment these solutions are a proven game-changer.
We work with retailers on an on-going basis to clean up their underlying category data sets – primarily EPoS – ensuring that they are clean, correct and can be trusted by everyone in the supply chain. When the suppliers have confidence in your data that we are managing, we can open the door to powerful solutions which reduce or can even eradicate shrink, plus other tools that drive sales and enhance cashflow.
Our latest innovation, EPoS Based Returns (EBR) for magazines, came to market during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The EBR model has been, or is in the process of being, adopted by all major retailers stocking magazines.
A critical and unique role, ensuring an accurate and fair outcome for both retailers and suppliers.
Over 18 years of proven security, stability and resilience of apps and systems for our retail partners.
A small but significant cog in the supply chain network, ensuring confidence in retailers’ data.
Retailers consistently score rascal’s overall delivery in excess of 9/10 (3rd party managed satisfaction survey).
With shrink a thing of the past, you can stop worrying about loss and start being a growth-focused, ambitious retailer.
The simplest trading model, underpinned by app-based technology saving real labour hours on the shop floor allowing you to focus on sales and service.
EBR makes shrink on magazines a thing of the past. It’s as simple as that.
rascal technology provides one version of the truth: industry leading, trusted data that informs your decision making.
Efficient operations are key for retail success. Complex categories like magazines are seeing declining sales, opaque data, supply chain issues, and significant margin erosion – precisely because of an efficiency deficit.
This ebook gives an overview of EPoS-based Returns (EBR), an innovative trading model that can effectively address the challenges facing magazine and other complex categories. It shows how, when implemented properly, EBR can help retailers to reduce costs, eliminate shrink, and sustain profits.