Home and Garden Retailer

Stein’s Garden and Home uses an omnichannel POS system to connect 17 stores and their online business to streamline reporting and inventory management.

Stein’s Garden & Home opened their doors in 1946. The business is more than 70 years old, so a POS system that could handle the seasonal nature of their business was necessary.

Real-time POS software provides instant transparency across 17 stores and eCommerce sales. Inventory is easy to manage, and reporting just as fast.

With automated inventory management, the system creates electronic purchase orders using min/max stock levels and keeps shelves full.

Home and Garden Retail Store Challenges

As a home, hardware, and garden store chain, Stein’s Garden & Home relied on an outdated POS system that couldn’t keep up with its seasonal nature. The old software operated store-by-store and didn’t tie together business activity or keep track of inventory. As soon as Mother’s Day weekend would arrive, the legacy POS system couldn’t handle the high sales volume and would frequently crash causing lost sales and massive down time.

Outdated Technology Old POS system struggled to keep up on the busiest days, and a complete nightmare for the spring and summer seasons
Inventory Visibility Batch updates to inventory were tedious and had to be reconciled one by one from each store, then processed
No eCommerce Wanted to establish an online presence, but other business challenges made starting difficult
Reporting Difficulty Because no one system was interconnected, reporting across all stores was incredibly convoluted

Garden and Home Retail Store Solution

Stein’s Garden & Home streamlines the management of its 17 stores inside ONE cloud-based enterprise software that updates in real-time. Real-time inventory is accessible at any of their locations, and online orders are simple to fulfill. As the seasons change, their systems can keep up with any volume of demand. Min/max ordering ensures inventory remains full with electronic purchase orders.

Powerful Point of Sale New system keeps track of high volume POS transactions across all stores and keeps up, even during the busiest of weekends
Inventory Optimization Batch updates now happen automatically and save employees time with reliable analytics
eCommerce Integrations Custom-built eCommerce is easily managed with seamless integration from a single database between stores and online
Reporting Unification Transactions, business activity, and inventory data all flow into one place for easy monitoring, with access from anywhere

Stein’s Garden & Home meets the demand of any season using Celerant’s Stratus Enterprise software.

Garden and Home Retail Omnichannel Software Success

Stein’s Garden & Home operates 17 stores all over Wisconsin and has a custom-built eCommerce website that serves customers regardless of season. The POS retail system for their garden and home store connects their stores, offers reporting, and automates their purchase orders to keep shelves stocked.

With real-time updates and automation built into the powerful retail software, they can handle any volume of transactions, given their seasonal nature.

Batch reporting and record analysis is simple at the end of the day because all the POS systems and eCommerce feed into one cloud-based retail software, with a centralized database.

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“When you have 12 registers working at once in a single location and lines are filling up, you need a system that can handle that stress. I can not describe how important it is to have that ease of handling to get through a transaction during those busy times. That ultimately leads to a pleasant shopping experience for the customer..”

–Bob Young, CEO, Stein's Garden & Home