Square POS Lacks Store Credit Tracking and Reliable Inventory Workflows for Brick-and-Mortar Retail
Small physical retailers using Square face critical gaps: no native store credit tied to customer accounts, a cumbersome item creation flow, and persistent data integrity issues when recategorizing historical sales. These limitations force workarounds involving gift cards that incur fees and break customer linkage. The problems grow more acute as inventory complexity increases.
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