Elevating In-Store Experiences: Fashion Company’s POS Modernization Journey with SkillNet

Executive Summary

The client, a fashion and flagrance company, sought to enhance its retail operations and support business growth across brands and geographies. With a portfolio comprising prestigious fragrance and beauty brands, the client recognized the need to modernize its Point of Service (PoS) systems to align with its strategic objectives.

Client

The client boasts a heritage dating back to 1914, renowned for its high-end fragrance, makeup, and skincare brands. With a commitment to crafting captivating narratives and resonating with customers emotionally, the client’s portfolio includes a number of global brands

The Challenge

Facing limitations with an existing POS systems that hindered business needs and growth aspirations, the client embarked on a strategic initiative to modernize its PoS software platform. This initiative aimed to upgrade store infrastructure, provide a centralized solution, enable new capabilities within the system, and support store expansion efforts across brands and geographies. This initiative coincided with the expansion of the retail footprint of client-owned stores and had to be aligned with a large number of global store launches.

The client selected SkillNet for its knowledge and experience on Oracle Retail POS and its capability as a global leader in omnichannel implementation.

Our Solution

SkillNet collaborated with the client to develop a comprehensive solution tailored to its multiple brands and geographical locations. The deployment of Oracle Retail solutions, including Xstore, Xoffice cloud service, Order Management Orchestration cloud service and Xmobile, formed the foundation of the modernization initiative. SkillNet’s expertise facilitated seamless integration with payment providers, CRM systems, and gift cards, enhancing the overall retail experience.

A rapid implementation methodology that minimizes need for extension has been deployed in United Kingdom, Spain, France, Ireland, Chile, USA, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore & Taiwan.

Other countries are expected to go online over the course of 2024.

Key Solution Highlights:

• Adoption of Oracle Retail Software as a Service (SaaS) architecture for scalability and cost reduction
• Implementation of Customer Facing Screens for video campaigns and streamlined customer data capture
• Incorporation of omnichannel capabilities for more seamless customer experience

Results:

SkillNet’s solution and implementation delivered transformative outcomes for the Fashion and Fragrance company’s retail operations:

• Increased customer engagement through innovative video campaigns and streamlined consent capture processes.
• Improved customer experience with Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS) during peak times.
• Cost savings through hardware peripherals sharing and cloud migration for Xoffice.
• Enhanced operational efficiencies with centralized POS updates management globally
• Expanded payment options in-store

“SkillNet’s partnership has been instrumental in modernizing our POS systems and elevating our in-store experiences. Their expertise and dedication have enabled us to enhance customer engagement and drive positive growth while keeping the very ambitious deadlines for implementation of the solution globally.”

Director of Operations

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