SUCCESS STORY

THE-ARE: from closing for inventory to counting in minutes

How a retail brand left behind half-afternoon counts and checkout queues with 9nine, inside its own Shopify.

• IN NUMBERS

Results with 9nine

12 min

for a full inventory (was 3-4 h).

99.5%

stock accuracy (was ~88%).

−30%

checkout time per sale.

Jun 2026

in production since.

*Sample metrics, to be confirmed with real data.

• THE CHALLENGE

Counting stock meant closing the store

Counting THE-ARE's stock meant closing the store for half an afternoon and scanning garment by garment. Between counts, stock drifted apart between the physical store and the website, which led to selling online something that was no longer there. And during sales peaks, charging by reading every barcode created queues at the till.

• THE SOLUTION

One platform, three faces

THE-ARE uses 9nine across its three fronts, all inside its Shopify.

Web platform

THE-ARE manages inventory, stock by store and movements from a single dashboard connected to Shopify.

Mobile app with reader

The team counts the store by waving the RFID reader over the garments, no barcode scanning one by one.

RFID POS

At checkout, garments enter the Shopify POS cart by waving the reader and stock is deducted automatically.

• RESULTS

What changed day to day

Inventory in minutes

What used to mean closing the store for half an afternoon now takes a single pass of the reader.

Reliable stock across channels

Online and store match: no more selling something that was no longer there.

Checkout without queues

Charging by waving the reader removes the bottlenecks during sales peaks.

Team trained in minutes

Plug and play: the team started counting and selling by RFID the same day.

"We went from closing the store for inventory to counting in minutes, and RFID checkout removed our queues. Stock finally matches between online and store."
THE-ARE team

*Illustrative testimonial, to be confirmed with the customer.

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