A curated list of awesome retail software, platforms, and conferences.
Contents
- eCommerce
- Point of Sale
- Order Management
- Warehouse
- Inventory
- Sourcing and Sustainability
- Product Data
- Merchandise Planning
- Supply Chain
- Customer and Loyalty
- Integration
- Marketplaces
- Insights
- Ancilliary Technologies
- Retail News
- Retail Conferences
- ElasticPath - Headless eCommerce platform (acquired Moltin eCommerce in Jan 2020)
- commercetools - Headless eCommerce platform
- Saleor - Headless eCommerce platform built on Django (Python)
- Vue Storefront - eCommerce PWA frontend built in Vue/Nuxt
- Kibo Commerce - Commerce platform with API-led focus targetting mid-tier companies (eCommerce, order management, Personalisation, POS)
- Shopify - eCommerce software as a service platform (Shopify for smaller retailers, Shopify Plus for larger)
- Salesforce Commerce Cloud - eCommerce software as a service platform (previously called Demandware)
- Hybris - owned by SAP
- Magento - open source eCommerce platform written in PHP, recently moved to being offered in a software as a service approach (previously owned by eBay, now owned by Adobe)
- Evolv - Optimized A/B testing
- Hero - Virtual shopping app, bring the store experience online.
- bambuser - Live Video Shopping
- Swym - Enhanced wishlists and back in stock notifications for Shopify Plus, BigCommerce, and Magento
- Voucherify -
- Talon.One -
- Uniqodo -
- Eagle Eye -
- Tagalys -
- SearchSpring - Site Search, Merchandising and Personalization Platform
- Algolia - Site seach with pre-built integrations to many eCommerce platforms
- Crownpeak - was called FredHopper, used by many medium to large eCommerce companies
- Cloudinary - enterprise asset management with advanced video and image processing automation
- Brand Folder -
- Avalara - Duty and tax landed cost management with tax advise assistance, plugins for WooCommerce, Shopify Plus, Magento, NetSuite and more
- Zonos - International duty and tax landed cost calculation and reporting with plugins for BigComemrce, Shopify, and Magento amoung others
- Retail Directions -
- Markinson Shopkeeper -
- Surefire POS -
- Retail Pro -
- VendHQ -
- ITVisions -
- Apparel 21 -
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- Fluent Commerce - Order management with buy online pick up in store capabilities
- Tecsys Retail Order Management - Order management for retailers, used to be called OrderDynamics pre-acquisition
- stockinstore - Buy online pick up in store (BOPIS) SaaS solution
- Doddle - eCommerce Collections and Returns
- Shipstation - Order management platform with many carrier and platform integrations in addition to workflow tools.
- ShipHero - great SaaS warehouse management system from a company which also runs over 100,000m2 of warehouses
- Manhattan (purchase of Global Bay Technologies in 2014)
- Koerber (Koerber purchased HighHump which purchased Accellos)
- Microlistics (Purchased by Wisetech)
- Peoplevox - SaaS WMS with many pre-built integrations to eCommerce and ERP platforms, also features an open API and the ability to subscribe to WMS events through webhooks.
- Vanderlande - Warehouse Goods to Person automation systems and robotics (Nike/Amazon/Alibaba/Zalando/The Iconic)
- Locus Robotics - Autonomous Mobile Robots for warehouse automation
- 6 River Systems - Autonomus Mobile Robots for warehouse automation
- HAI Robotoics - AMR picking totes from fixed racks
- Korber Supply Chain - AMR and 3D storage solutions
- Unleashed Inventory -
- Cin7 Omni - Inventory system with wide ranging 3PL integrations, not very modern, API isn't great
- Cin7 Core - solid Iventory/ERP for small to medium businesses (was called DEAR Inventory), good core API, API depth isn't great though
- Trade Gecko - purchased by Intuit and shut down
- Fulfil.io - Modern Product inventory and finance sytems with great 3PL APIs
- TradeBeyond - SaaS sourcing software for supplier management, product lifecycle management, sourcing and procurement, order management, quality control, and shipment tracking
- Pivot88 - Supply chain resilience, transparency & sustainability PaaS
- amfori - Business association for sustainable trade, supporting companies across the globe to operate successful and responsible businesses
- WRAP - Climate action NGO working around the globe to tackle the causes of the climate crisis and give the planet a sustainable future
- Higg Index - Higgs Material Sustainability Index, how to assess materials used in production
- Wordly - Consumer goods supply chain and product social and environmental impact
- Pimcore - Product master data and asset management
- Arkeneo PIM - Product Information Management and Product Experience Management
- TXT Retail - (Aptos acquired 2018)
- RELEX
- BlueYonder (was JDA Demand and Fulfil)
- Infor Demand Management (was Predictix - used by Whole Foods and Home Depot)
- 7thonline
- JustEnough (acquired by Mi9 Retail)
- Logility
- Anaplan
- Shipwire - 3PL as an API
- project44 - delivery API's
- Flexport
- Wisetech Global
- Cheetah Digital - Customer Engagement Suite, loyalty, personalisation, messaging, and experiences (API-first approach)
- bLoyal
- Kognitiv - was AIMIA Loyalty
- Arkade Loyalty - Loyalty and clientelling
- Givex Loyalty - Loyalty, gift cards, ticketing, POS
- Lexer - Customer data collect, analyse, segment, and integrate audiences to external platforms
- Segment -
- Simon Data - First party data collection, 60+ integrations with existing platforms, audience generation, email marketing
- Hull -
- Rudderstack -
- Twilio - IVR, SMS, Voice, Video, SIP, Email (Sendgrid)
- Freshdesk - Customer service ticketing (+ voice, chat)
- Moengage - Customer engagement plaform for apps and websites, handling analytics, app push, SMS, and email
- Dot Digital - Email, SMS, Social
- Klaviyo - Email marketing
- Emarsys - Email marketing
- Dash Hudson - Social media management platform
- Gorgias - Customer service for online stores
- Zendesk - Customer service ticketing (+ voice, chat)
- Hearsay - Platform to facilitate qualitative customer conversations
- CrazyEgg - User interface heatmaps and recordings
- data zoo - Identity verification and digital onboarding (100+ countries)
- RapidID - Identity verification and anti-fraud prevention
- Apigee - API management platform (owned by Google)
- Mashery - API management platform (owned by TIBCO)
- Mulesoft - API management platform (owned by Salesforce)
- Apiary - API management platform (owned by Oracle)
- Kong - API, service discovery and mesh management platform
- Celigo - iPaaS, integration platform
- FarApp - integration between Netsuite and many eComemrce/3PL platforms
- Glew - SaaS integration platform more than 150 pre-built integrations
- Mirakl -
- Tradebyte -
- IZBERG -
- Marketplacer -
- Amazon Web Services - Composable cloud analytics tools (AWS RedShift, AWS Glue, QuickSight)
- Prefect - Dataflow automation
- Python - PANDAS/SciKitLearn
- Apache Spark
- Sentient.ai (example: shoeme.ca)
- Tableau
- Metabase
- Superset
- Redash - Open source dashboard creation tool with integrations to many data storage solutions
- Yext - Search for customer queries, listings, pages, reviews, and more
- Purple Wifi (Social Wifi connectivity)
- mPort MyPassport - fashion and health measurements
- Queue It - Ensure bursty, high traffic eComm sites stay up.
- FittingBox - The mirror reinvented
- Clerk - Sophisticated user authentication
- RetailWeek
- RetailWire
- Inside Retail - Australian retail news
- Power Retail - Australian retail news
- Retail Info Systems News
- Inside Retail Live - Sydney
- IMedia Retail Summit - Gold Coast
- Seamless Expo - Melbourne
- Shop Talk - Las Vegas
- Retail Leaders Forum - Sydney
- Online Retailer - Melbourne, Sydney, New Zealand