In celebration of the United Nation’s World Book and Copyright Day on April 23rd, 2018, we would each like to share our top 5 books! Read More
World Book and Copyright Day
System Updates March 1 – March 31 2018
March has been spent improving the migration tool to speed up and improve the process of migrating data from other systems to Circle.
Circle Community Best Sellers – March 2018
Tim Winton’s latest novel ‘The Shepherd’s Hut’ is March’s Best Seller, selling 1722 copies. Followed by Andy Griffith’s ‘Terry’s Dumb Dot Story: A Treehouse Tale’ with 880 copies sold, and Mark Manson’s ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck’ remains in the top 3 selling 753 copies last month.
Leading Edge Special Conference Offer
This year for our conference special we will be giving an 11.6″ Acer 360 Touch Chromebook to every store that decides to become a Circle Software customer.
Budgeting for Bookstores, the Barefoot Investor Way
Budgeting for Bookstores, the Barefoot Investor Way Scott Pape, author of the best-selling financial advice book The Barefoot Investor, urges readers to divide their income into 60 per cent ‘safety’, 20 per cent ‘saving’, and 20 percent ‘splurge’. In other words – to set up their buckets.
Ruby on Rails 4.2
Ruby on Rails 4.2 Over the past year our developers have been upgrading the framework that the Circle system is built on, from Ruby on Rails 3.2 (R3.2) to Ruby on Rails 4.2 (R4.2).
Independent Bookstores on the Rise
Between 2009 and 2015 the number of independent bookstores across the USA grew by 35%, from 1,651 stores to 2,227. So, how did they do it? Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School, Ryan Raffaelli, puts this down to booksellers ability to reinvent and redefine the bookstore.
System Updates February 1 – February 28 2018
The focus in February has been on the DPS EFTPOS integration, data migration tools, and Rails 4.2 testing – which we need more of to ensure fewer problems arise when we push to prod.
Payment Express Integration
This Payment Express integration has the potential to give you Circle POS on a hand-held device, like an iPad. Contact Lucy at sales@circlesoft.net if you’re interested!