--- title: Expand Your Retail Prowess With the MBS System description: The new and upcoming MBS system enhancements to ensure streamlined operations for college bookstores. image: https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/hubfs/Foreword_Online/2023%20FO%20art/Stay-Current-with-the-MBS-System_FO-Header_Proof-v2_230127%20(1).jpg --- - [Home](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com) - [View All Posts](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/all) - [Visit mbsbooks.com](https://www.mbsbooks.com/) [![MBS Foreword](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Foreword_Online/logos/fo-logo-whiteblue-400x87-nj-26080601.png?width=400&name=fo-logo-whiteblue-400x87-nj-26080601.png "MBS Foreword")](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com) # Ideas, information and industry news for collegiate retailers # Expand Your Retail Prowess With the MBS System Posted by Liz Schulte on 1/30/23, 6:45 AM Topics: [college bookstore industry trends](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/college-bookstore-industry-trends), [future of bookstores](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/future-of-bookstores), [college bookstore system](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/topic/college-bookstore-system) Keeping up with retail and educational trends can be a challenge for college stores, especially without the right hardware and software. That’s why MBS Store Technology Solutions works tirelessly to ensure our store partners have the tools and resources they need to efficiently manage every aspect of their business in-store and online, from textbooks to merchandise. ## ![Expand Your Retail Prowess With the MBS System](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Foreword_Online/2023%20FO%20art/Stay-Current-with-the-MBS-System_FO-Header_Proof-v2_230127%20(1).jpg?width=1200&height=627&name=Stay-Current-with-the-MBS-System_FO-Header_Proof-v2_230127%20(1).jpg)2022 system enhancements Last year, the MBS system had multiple updates to provide our partners with enhanced tools to streamline operations and improve the customer experience. Watch the video to learn about our system features that save college stores time, improve customer relationship management and marketing, and strengthen eCommerce sites. In 2022, we also added Arc Report Builder to the wide array of business intelligence tools available to college stores. This tool helps stores easily create and customize reports to their exact specifications. The tool provides elevated reporting and analysis of key data points, uses pre-set parameters, and allows stores to easily customize their data analysis in the ways that work best for their goals. Additionally, customers also benefited from [mobile order processing updates](https://foreword.mbsbooks.com/simplify-web-order-fulfillment-processes#gsc.tab=0) as well as POS updates to further improve EMV, PIN pads and receipt options. To learn more about any of these updates, system partners can watch the recording of the Fall Forums session MBS Features and Year in Review — as well as replay any of the Forums webinars — in the Resource Center. ## On the horizon for MBS Store Technology Solutions Keep a close eye on the New and Upcoming MBS Features page in the Resource Center to learn about upcoming Arc, inSite and MBS POS releases. 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