What's new in Lightspeed Retail (R-Series)
Lightspeed Retail POS
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Account ID is now Support ID
When contacting Retail Support, you may be prompted to provide a Support ID (previously known as Account ID and RAD ID). This is a unique ID used to identify your account and ensure that you're connected with the right support team.
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More predictable and visible inventory reservation behavior
- Reservation updates are now tied to clear actions, making them more predictable and simpler to manage.
- Inventory logs now show more specific information for all sale, refund, void, and reservation workflows. Each item produces a single log entry, even if there are multiple lines of the same item on a sale, resulting in better visibility into reserved inventory and costs.
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Updates to sales, voids, and inventory restoration workflows
- Completing or voiding a sale now automatically restores archived items, negative inventory, and reservation states for improved inventory management across sale, refund, and void workflows.
- Now, when reservation quantity is reduced, inventory is restored in reverse FIFO order. Referenced refunds and voids will restore inventory to the original lot instead of creating new lots to improve cost tracking for reservations and sales.
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New and improved special order workflows
- When handling multiple special orders for a customer at the register, clicking the new Complete Ready button in the Special Order tab will add all the special orders with reserved stock from that location to the sale for faster checkout.
- Units for special orders are now automatically reserved as they are received, with the order marked as Ready once the full quantity is received. To manually reserve available inventory, click the Ready button on the special order.
- You can now filter special orders by employee on the Inventory > Special Orders page.
- When the quantity of a shipment is changed, special orders linked to the PO will now update automatically to help keep your inventory and special orders in sync.
- Special orders can no longer be converted into layaways.
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Inventory view permissions
Customize which employees can view the inventory for all your shops by enabling the Inventory - Show quantity-on-hand for all locations employee role permission. This allows access for selected employees to check the Show All Locations box on the item search page, giving you control over which employees can view item quantities across all your shops.
Financial Services
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Single-click card payments
Making card payments from your customers even more streamlined, single-click card payments are now available in Lightspeed Retail. Clicking the card payment button now sends the transaction straight to your terminal.
eCom (C-Series)
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Exporting gift cards
You can now export gift card information from your eCom (C-Series) Back Office, which allows you to track gift cards, assist with liability calculation, and send marketing to gift card holders with unredeemed balances.
Lightspeed NuORDER
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Integrated purchase orders in Retail POS
Send purchase orders to your NuORDER suppliers directly in Retail POS. Integrated orders placed in Retail POS are automatically submitted to the matching supplier in NuORDER, streamlining your ordering process and keeping your orders all in one place.
What's new in the Help Center
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Selling products with serial numbers
Use serial numbers to record the movements of a specific product.
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Performing inventory counts in Retail POS
Use full or partial inventory counts to reconcile inventory, determine shrinkage, and make any inventory count corrections.
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Using the Asset Report
Use the Asset Report to identify potential issues with your inventory, correct abnormal margins, costs, or prices, and compare inventory over time.