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Stein’s Garden and Home connects 17 stores and eCommerce with omnichannel POS

Robert Josefs

August 21, 2026

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SUCCESS STORY

Stein’s Garden and Home connects 17 stores and eCommerce with omnichannel POS

Stein’s Garden & Home has served customers since 1946, growing into a seasonal retail business that requires technology capable of handling changing inventory demands.

The business needed a POS system that could provide real-time visibility across 17 stores and eCommerce while simplifying inventory management and reporting.

With Celerant, Stein’s Garden & Home uses automated inventory management to create electronic purchase orders based on min/max stock levels and keep shelves stocked.

COMPANY

Stein’s Garden and Home

INDUSTRY

Garden & outdoor living

SOLUTIONS

POS, eCommerce, inventory management, automated ordering, reporting

Stratus Enterprise since 2016

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

Measurable impact that drives growth

Since partnering with Celerant, Stein’s Garden and Home has seen significant improvements across key business metrics.

Store locations

1946

Founded

Real-time inventory visibility

Automated purchase orders

THE JOURNEY

Challenge → Solution → Results

A strategic partnership built on understanding, innovation, and measurable outcomes.

CHALLENGE

Outdated POS crashes during peak seasonal sales

Stein’s Garden & Home relied on an outdated POS system that operated store by store and could not keep up with its highly seasonal business. During major sales periods like Mother’s Day weekend, the system frequently crashed, causing downtime and lost sales.

Peak-season failures: The legacy POS struggled with heavy spring and summer sales volume
Limited inventory visibility: Store-level batch updates made inventory reconciliation slow and manual
Disconnected operations: Reporting across locations was difficult, and the business lacked an integrated eCommerce presence

SOLUTION

Real-time system syncs 17 stores and eCommerce

After switching to Celerant, Stein’s Garden & Home connected 17 stores and eCommerce through one cloud-based retail system that updates in real time and can handle seasonal spikes in demand.

High-volume POS: The system keeps transactions moving across all stores, even during peak weekends
Automated inventory: Real-time updates and min/max ordering help keep stock levels accurate and replenished
Unified eCommerce and reporting: Store, online, inventory and transaction data flow into one system for easier fulfillment and monitoring

RESULTS

Reliable peak-season sales with automated inventory

With Celerant in place, Stein’s Garden & Home can handle high transaction volumes across 17 stores and eCommerce, even during its busiest seasonal periods.

Automated purchase orders and real-time inventory updates help keep shelves stocked while reducing manual work.

With store and eCommerce data feeding into one centralized system, reporting and end-of-day analysis are faster and easier to manage.

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When you have 12 registers working at once in a single location and lines are filling up, you need a system that can handle that stress. I can not describe how important it is to have that ease of handling to get through a transaction during those busy times. That ultimately leads to a pleasant shopping experience for the customer.

Bob Young

CEO, Stein's Garden & Home

ABOUT THE CLIENT

About Stein's Garden & Home

Stein’s Garden & Home is a family-owned garden and outdoor living retailer founded in 1946 in Shorewood, Wisconsin. Today, the company operates 17 locations across Wisconsin, helping customers create gardens, outdoor spaces and homes with local expertise and personalized service. Stein’s is also committed to community involvement, sustainability and supporting organizations throughout the areas it serves.

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