Retail Networking Solutions
Compete for the Future of Retail Starting at Your Core
Your network infrastructure is the bridge between the digital and physical worlds for your customers and employees. Many retailers are hurriedly pushing to fortify that bridge with technology that improves their operations and creates a connected shopping experience.However, these new initiatives pose their own set of challenges. Nearly 3 in 4 retailers (72 percent) say that they struggle with integrating their new technology with the old.1
That’s why you need an IT partner who takes a holistic approach to your business to ensure every facet works together in unison, from your inventory management software to your POS systems to employee devices and more. But that all starts with your network infrastructure.
Connection’s Retail Networking Solutions are designed to help your organization:
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Call a Connection IT expert today: 1.800.800.0019Right-Fit Retail Networking Solutions
Our experts understand the complexities and challenges of today’s retail market and will partner with you to help you navigate them. We take the time to gather the necessary data and learn about your organization before devising a customized strategy.With Connection’s Retail Networking Solutions, we’ll satisfy your unique network infrastructure needs to help you compete for the future.
Enhance Your Network to Unlock Smart Store Capabilities
Even with ecommerce skyrocketing in 2020, it only accounted for 21.3 percent of all U.S. retail sales for the year—and a third of that came from Amazon.2The best way for retailers to compete with the ecommerce goliaths is to improve the in-store experience with smart store technology. A smart store leverages modern mobility, digital signage, and POS systems to create more digital touchpoints in stores to deliver the personalization and convenience shoppers want. But retailers can also dig deeper to unlock emerging technologies like AI/ML, virtual and augmented reality, edge computing, IoT, and big data that create more opportunities to engage customers in real time.
Implementing these types of initiatives will be a waste of your resources and budget, however, without a network infrastructure that can support them. That’s why you need to enhance your network now and partner with a trusted team of IT experts who can ensure your new and existing technologies can integrate without disruption.
Connection’s Retail Networking Solutions are ideal for SMB and enterprise convenience stores, specialty retailers, and quick service restaurants (QSRs).
Like all of Connection’s services, our Retail Networking Solutions are customizable to your needs. You can pick and choose the specific services and scope you need to upgrade your infrastructure.
Retail Networking Solutions
Network Assessment and DesignUnderstand your network landscape, capabilities, and opportunities to develop a comprehensive strategy for upgrades and expansion. Learn more about network assessment and design. |
Managed IT ServicesSome retail organizations may want to manage their workloads on their own. Others, especially those with a leaner IT department, prefer to work with a partner like us who helps them boost network performance, infrastructure security, and cost-efficiency. We give you the control and visibility you need, without the complexity of managing everything on your own. Learn more about managed IT services. |
Network Infrastructure ServicesBuild your ideal network with the help of our retail IT experts. We’ll help you make your network IoT-ready, build optimal branch networks, enable WAN automation, improve security for data center and hybrid multi-cloud assets with DC-LAN assessments, and upgrade communications with modern voice and video capabilities. Whatever your needs, our services are designed to lay a strong foundation for your future growth. Learn more about network infrastructure services. |
Network OptimizationManage an increasing number of connected devices with network automation and orchestration. We can help you increase your network availability and reliability by more than 50 percent3 with intent-based networking (IBN). These services can also improve your end-to-end visibility and security, while reducing your operating costs. Learn more about network optimization. |
Custom ServicesConnection specializes in custom networking enablement for retail. Our offerings such as managed infrastructure services, distribution and configuration services, and lifecycle services are designed to help retailers maximize the benefits of modern networking for their unique organizational needs. We even have our all-in-one Location in a Box solution that sources all of your equipment from Connection. Our experts provision and test all units and send them directly to your location to reduce setup time and save money with units that are ready right out of the box. Get all the hardware and hands-on support you need to make your networking investment worthwhile. |
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2 Digital Commerce 360, “US Ecommerce Grows 44.0% in 2020,” January 2021.
3 Cisco, “2020 Global Networking Trends Report,” 2020.