Since the Last Update In July we spent a lot of time on the new Circle gift card system, bedded Xero in further, improved the agency code, improved how costs populate in inwards goods for new items, added options so that you have control over when web orders are invoiced, added links to stock logs … Read More
Year: 2021
Circle Community Best Sellers July 2021
Three new titles take the top Best Seller positions this month. “So You Think You Know What’s Good for You?” by Norman Swan is a one-stop handbook designed to settle fruitless anxieties and allow people to focus on what matters to them. This had the most sales with 1,685. “Across the Sea (Wolf Girl #5)” is another offering in the popular Worlf Girl series by Anh Do. This sold 1,274 copies.
Third position and the Miles Franklin winner for 2021 is “The Labyrinth” by Amanda Lohrey which sold 1,270 copies.
System Updates 1 – 30 June 2021
Since the Last Update In June we bedded in the Xero integration further, continued to develop the new Circle Gift Card system, improved threshold report speed and added automatic cost calculation to the deals system. We standardised how web orders are handled which caught many by surprise and triggered further work to enable shops to … Read More
Circle Community Best Sellers June 2021
Many new titles have joined the Best Seller list this month. “Still Life” by Sarah Winman had the most sales with 1,069. “The Dictionary of Lost Words” by Pip Williams moved up again to second with 872 sales (-364). Coming in third was “Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge” Bri Lee’s latest offering by Allen and Unwin. This sold 793 copies.
Circle Community Best Sellers May 2021
“Toxic: The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry” by Richard Flanagan moved up from fifth to become May’s top seller with 1583 sales (+657). “Klara and the Sun” dropped to second place with 1370 (-228) while “The Dictionary of Lost Words” by Pip Williams dropped one place to third with 1236 sales (-72).
System Updates 1 May – 31 May 2021
Since the Last Update In May we extended the Xero beta trial to more stores, added back office interfaces for the new gift card system and got the new bin fulfilment system to a point where it is ready for live testing. We increased cart load speed, split out cash accounts in aged receivables, improved … Read More
System Updates 1 Apr – 1 May 2021
Since the Last Update In April work continued on the big things, bin fulfilment features, Circle gift card upgrade and the Xero integration which is now in beta with the first stores. We also completed the server move to Sydney, improved deals expiry time, increased speed and upgraded out system monitoring environment. New Feature Circle … Read More
Circle Community Best Sellers April 2021
Kazuo Ishiguro’s eighth novel, “Klara and the Sun” remained top of the list with 1,598 sales (-552).
“The Dictionary of Lost Words” by Pip Williams maintained second position with 1,308 sales (+139) while ‘Where’s Bluey?’ entered with 999 sales (one of four Bluey titles on the Best Seller list this month).
System Updates 29 Feb – 31 Mar 2021
Since the Last Update Work continued on bin fulfilment features, Circle gift card upgrade and Xero integration. We improved the mover’s time stamp system and changed the deal expiry to happen in the shop’s time zone. A number of improvements were also made to catch and prevent transactions getting stuck in the POS. Finally a … Read More
Circle Community Best Sellers March 2021
The eighth novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British writer Kazuo Ishiguro, “Klara and the Sun” which was published in March is the top of the list with 2,150 sales.
“The Dictionary of Lost Words” by Pip Williams moved up another spot to second with 1,169 sales (+328) while ‘Shuggie Bain’ drops to third with 989 sales (-131).