Retail
Keep inventory accurate and reorder before you sell out
Imagine keeps retail inventory accurate by syncing counts across your store and online channels, then watching sell-through so it can flag what needs reordering before it sells out. It drafts purchase orders at the right quantity using recent sales pace, lead times, and the thresholds you set, and holds them for your approval. Shelves stay stocked and counts stay trustworthy without a manual audit every week.
The manual reality today
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Counts drift the moment you stop checking
A sale in store, a return, a damaged item, and an online order all move stock in different systems. Within days the numbers no longer match the shelf, and nobody trusts the report.
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Bestsellers sell out before anyone notices
The items that move fastest are the ones that hit zero without warning. By the time a gap on the shelf gets noticed, the reorder is already late and the sale is lost.
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Reordering is guesswork squeezed between customers
Deciding how much to buy means remembering lead times, last season, and what is already on order. Done in spare minutes, it leads to dead stock in some SKUs and stockouts in others.
How Imagine handles it
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Sync counts across every channel
Sales, returns, and online orders from Shopify, Clover, or Lightspeed are reconciled into one accurate count per item and location.
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Watch sell-through and lead times
Sales velocity, current stock, and supplier lead times are tracked per SKU so items trending toward a stockout are surfaced early, not after the shelf is empty.
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Draft reorders at the right quantity
Purchase orders are prepared using recent pace, reorder points, pack sizes, and what is already inbound, then held for your review before anything goes out.
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Flag the exceptions worth a look
Slow movers, count mismatches, and items that need a manual decision are grouped with the context to act, instead of buried in a full inventory export.
Works with the tools you already run
- Shopify
- Clover
- Lightspeed Retail
- QuickBooks Online
- Google Sheets
What changes
Counts you can trust
One reconciled number per item across store and online means staff stop second-guessing the system before promising stock to a customer.
Fewer stockouts on bestsellers
Fast movers get flagged for reorder while there is still time to restock, so the items customers actually want stay on the shelf.
Less cash tied up in dead stock
Reorder quantities follow real sell-through, so buying matches demand instead of gut feel, and slow movers get flagged before they pile up.
Frequently asked questions
Does this work across both my store and my online shop?
Yes. Imagine reconciles in-store sales, returns, and online orders into a single count per item and location, so a sale on either channel is reflected everywhere. It uses your POS and e-commerce platform as the source of truth rather than holding a separate count.
How does Imagine decide how much to reorder?
Reorder quantities are based on recent sales pace, your reorder points and pack sizes, supplier lead times, and stock already on order. You can adjust thresholds per item, category, or season, and every draft purchase order is shown before it is sent.
Will it send purchase orders automatically?
Only if you choose to allow it. By default, reorders are drafted and held for approval. You can let low-risk, routine reorders go out automatically under rules you set while keeping larger or unusual orders in review.
Can it handle multiple locations?
Yes. Counts, sell-through, and reorders are tracked per location, so each store gets its own picture while you keep a combined view. Transfers between locations can be suggested when one store is short and another is overstocked.