Perfume & cosmetics retail · Kenya
Perfume and cosmetics shops move a lot of fast, high-value stock — dozens of fragrances, shades, and sizes that all look similar behind the counter. Tallium AI puts a quick barcode POS, live inventory, and VAT-ready accounting in one app, so you can serve the queue fast and still know exactly what sold and what's running low. It's built for Kenyan retailers, with KRA VAT terminology baked in and one flat USD price for unlimited users.
From $79/month per shop · billed monthly · no free trial
Key takeaways
A 50ml and 100ml of the same perfume, or five shades of the same lipstick, are easy to mix up at the till. Without barcodes and proper variants, you sell the wrong item, misprice testers, and lose track of what's actually on the shelf.
Small, expensive bottles and compacts are a shrinkage magnet. When you only count stock every few months, theft and breakage hide inside the numbers until a big, painful surprise at year end.
Cosmetics have shelf lives and fashions change fast. Foundations, sunscreens, and seasonal fragrances can quietly expire or gather dust while your money sits frozen in dead stock you didn't notice.
Reconciling daily till takings, supplier invoices, and VAT for your KRA return in spreadsheets eats evenings and invites errors — especially once you cross the registration threshold and need clean, defensible records.
Scan each bottle, shade, and size as its own item so the right product and price ring up every time. The POS is quick on busy Saturdays, handles discounts and gift sets, and works on a phone, tablet, or counter screen.
Every sale, return, and delivery updates inventory instantly, so you always know how many units of each SKU you hold. Fast cycle counts and low-stock alerts help you catch shrinkage early and reorder best-sellers before they run out.
Sell-through and ageing reports show which lines move and which are stuck, so you can run promotions or clear slow movers before they expire. That frees up cash for the fragrances and brands your customers actually want.
Sales and expenses post to your accounts as you go, receipts scan in with AI, and reports line up with your VAT figures for the KRA VAT3 return on iTax. Less manual entry, fewer errors, and books that are ready when you are.
Fast barcode checkout for busy counters — variants, discounts, gift sets, and returns, on phone, tablet, or till.
Track every fragrance, shade, and size in real time with low-stock alerts and ageing reports for slow movers.
Daily takings, supplier bills, and expenses post automatically, with AI receipt scanning and clear reports.
Kenyan VAT handled cleanly so your figures are ready for the KRA VAT3 return and eTIMS e-invoicing.
Build your plan in a minute — pay only for the parts of your business you run. From $79/month per shop.
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