AirPOS is a scalable and secure platform that provides point-of-sale software to independent retailers in more than a dozen countries. AirPOS makes it easy for independent retailers to sell & control their stock through multiple channels – whether in-store, online or on the move.
In 2009, the owners of Backbeat Records were frustrated. They had rare records to sell, and they knew they needed to sell them online to stay competitive in what was a rapidly changing retail environment. They also needed to tightly control their inventory to make sure they couldn’t sell the same item in their shop if it had been sold online. E-commerce was difficult to implement at the time and point-of-sale (POS) was far too expensive for them and most other independent retailers.
The lack of available solutions and a near-zero budget forced them to innovate instead. In 2010 they launched AirPOS to help them, and other retailers, compete in an increasingly online world.
Today, AirPOS is a scalable, secure and mature software-as-a-service platform which enables 100’s of independent retailers in over a dozen countries to manage their business and serve their customers more easily whether that’s in their shops, online or on the move whether on a UK train network with First Onboard, in remote Scout Shop adventure centres in the rural UK or even in German pop-up stores with household names like Fossil.
The independent retail market in Europe numbers over 17 million businesses (Eurostat) but less than 12% currently sell online (NSOMS / Cambridge Econometrics). We aim to change that. Technology has created smarter shoppers, AirPOS mission is to create smarter shopkeepers.