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Some of the most valuable tools in POS software are the unglamorous ones. Stock Manager in our Retailer POS software for local independent retailers is a good example. One screen, bulk changes to stock items, hours saved.

Tower systems makes bulk stock management easy.

A supplier emails a price rise across their whole range, effective Monday. Without a bulk tool, you open products one at a time and key new prices until your eyes glaze over. With Stock Manager, you search by that supplier, select the lot, and apply the increase in one pass.

The pricing options deserve a closer look. You can lift prices by a percentage or a dollar amount, set a fixed price, or have the software calculate new prices from a markup or gross profit percentage you choose. That last one matters more than people realise. When costs rise and you only pass on the dollar amount, your margin percentage quietly shrinks. Repricing to a target gross profit protects the margin, and the software does the maths.

There is more in the same screen. Product details can be updated in bulk. Images can be added across a whole group of items. Descriptions can have words added or replaced, which is handy when a brand renames a range or you are cleaning up copy for your website. Shopify-connected retailers use the bulk tag tools to build collections and promotions without touching products one at a time.

Selecting what to edit is flexible. Search by department, supplier or classification, then tick what you want, or highlight a group, or take the entire search result. The list stays put even if you close the software, so a big job can be done over several sittings. Nobody finishes a 2,000-item tidy-up in one go, and the software does not expect you to.

Two pieces of advice from our support team. Run a backup before any bulk change, because bulk means bulk and you want a way back. And if you are zeroing out quantities, use a custom stocktake instead. It does the same job and leaves a proper paper trail.

Step-by-step advice and a video guide are in our Knowledge Base, and our support team will happily walk you through your first bulk edit.

Suppliers will keep sending price rises. At least now they only cost you minutes.