Red Hat SummitRETAIL
Change is inevitable – you need to be ready
Shifting customer demands and expectations are driving rapid change. Red Hat has the technology and expertise to innovate and enhance your existing retail infrastructure, shaping your future.
Red Hat can help retail businesses like yours to build on existing foundations, while managing cost and risk, empowering your infrastructure with agility, optimisation, and scalability.
AGILITY
Havan cuts application delivery time from 6 weeks to less than 3 days
Brazilian department store chain Havan, reduced application development time and costs with better code quality and hardware use.
By adopting a container-based infrastructure using Red Hat OpenShift, the retailer has reduced delivery times from weeks to days, improved its code quality, and gained an advantage in recruiting and retaining skilled IT talent.
Seize a competitive edge with the freedom of headless commerce
Take your customer engagement to a new level with an online store that’s more flexible and secure, powered by Red Hat OpenShift.
Create website architecture for your business that separates the customer-facing digital storefront from core back-end functions like shopping cart management and product catalogue databases.
Optimising resources with data
To succeed in today’s digital business arena, organisations must make intelligent decisions that maximise the return on finite resources.
Decision optimisation is becoming a new competitive differentiator, with industry leaders pursuing AI and machine learning to make data-driven decisions.
OPTIMISATION
REWE's mobile app improves productivity, service and stock control across 3,600 stores
German supermarket chain REWE have provided staff with faster access to reliable information on freshness of produce and inventory management.
Using a mobile inventory application developed with Red Hat, staff can reliably assist customers and help them find the products that they want, improving in-store customer experience and reducing waste.
SCALABILITY
The Schwarz Group automates across 12,500 stores to deliver new, innovative apps and services
The fourth-largest retailer in the world based on revenue, The Schwarz Group, which includes retailer Lidl, can manage its stores consistently whilst flexibly adapting to local demand, thanks to the group's migration to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Automating workflows and management helps Schwarz IT create and launch innovative digital services to stores, while maintaining central control and visibility into operations worldwide.
"Edge powers applications to make data-driven decisions for business growth"
Edge computing allows businesses of all sizes to derive greater value from IT investments, enhancing their success.
Read this e-book, to see why you should consider expanding your existing IT infrastructures to the edge, or increasing your edge presence further.
Why Red Hat?
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open-source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.
Well positioned for retailers, we can help you integrate new and existing IT applications, allowing you to automate, secure, and manage complex environments. This, along with our strategic partners, makes us the best choice to prepare you for the digital future.
Further reading
Red Hat surveyed global IT leaders in the retail industry as part of our annual State of Enterprise Open Source report. Our two page infographic shares why they choose open source.
Edge computing is a growing opportunity. Used effectively, it can deliver insights and experiences exactly at the moment they’re needed. It’s not easy, but that’s why we’re here to help.
