Clothing and retail shops

In a clothing store, when internet connectivity cuts out, cashiers halt while customers wait in line. A single garment model features numerous sizes and colors, yet staff cannot check inventory balances in neighboring branches. A customer requests an exchange with a lost receipt, and at shift end cash discrepancies appear in the drawer without an identifiable cause.

Bon by FoundationCX was engineered specifically for Egyptian clothing retailers from the first screen: a point of sale that continues selling offline, inventory tracked by sizes and colors, and cash drawer reconciliations printed at every shift close.

The shop:

• Bon: POS and inventory for clothing shops: saves every transaction locally and syncs once internet connectivity resumes.
• Inventory and warehouses with barcodes, stocktaking, and reorder alerts.
• Accounting: retail store sales reflect automatically in financial accounts.

Customers:

• WhatsApp notifications sending invoices and alerts to shoppers.
• Unified customer inbox: WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram messages in one screen.
• ERP-connected online store pulling items and inventory from ERPNext, or a modern online store with custom storefront UI.

Team and numbers:

• HR and payroll tracking staff attendance and leaves.
• Employee training courses for onboarding new sales associates.
• Dashboards and reports: sales and inventory performance on clear dashboards.

Migration:

• Data migration: migrating items and customer lists from Excel or legacy desktop retail software.

• POS operates offline: Every sale is saved locally on the terminal and transmitted in batches without duplicates or lost records.
• Sizes and colors: Single apparel models with full size and color matrix variations, selling via barcode scanner or size grid with multi-branch stock visibility.
• Returns and exchanges: Scanned via receipt barcode or customer lookup for lost receipts, enforcing return window policies.
• Payment methods: Cash, card, InstaPay, or split payments across multiple tenders.
• Authorized discounts: Mandatory discount reason codes and supervisor PIN approvals where configured.
• Cash drawer and shifts: End-of-shift closing with printed reconciliation summaries and cash variance alerts.
• Excel item imports, with an administrative dashboard for catalog styles, supplier receipts, branches, registers, and cashier permissions.

Under development:

• Mobile app for store owners: daily sales totals, cash balances, and low-stock alerts.
• Egyptian electronic receipt integration with the Tax Authority.
• Native desktop installer for Windows, and dedicated Android application.

• Selling never stops: The POS cashier continues operating locally even during complete network outages.
• Built for apparel: Sizes, colors, and exchanges built into the core architecture, rather than bolted onto generic retail tools.
• In Arabic: Cashier terminal and administration dashboard localized in native Arabic from day one.
• Single or multi-branch: Cashiers check real-time item availability across other branch locations.
• Hosted in Egypt: Store systems hosted locally in Egypt, sized to handle your branch and terminal footprint (infrastructure design).