Retail & E-commerce
Connecting local retail to its customers and suppliers
Store discovery, catalogues, inventory, ordering, purchasing and billing for retailers and the wholesalers and producers that supply them.
Operational challenges
Common operational challenges
Online visibility
Local stores are hard for nearby customers to find online.
Stock accuracy
Inventory is tracked separately from sales.
Supplier coordination
Purchasing from wholesalers and producers is manual.
Multiple tools
Billing, stock and orders live in different places.
Potential applications
Where technology can help
Local commerce platform
Store discovery, catalogue and orders, as in letshopnearby.com.
Inventory and purchasing
Stock linked to sales and supplier purchasing.
Billing and reporting
Sales, billing and business reports in one system.
Custom commerce software
Platforms built around a specific retail model.
Potential applications, not descriptions of existing deployments in this sector.
Typical implementation approach
- Understand the store network and supply chain
- Configure the platform or design a custom build
- Onboard a first group of stores
- Extend and support
Security and governance
- Role-based access for owners and staff.
- Customer data handled according to agreed privacy terms.
- Payment and tax requirements are assessed for each deployment.
FAQ
Retail & E-commerce: questions
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