CLIENT SUCCESS STORY
CHAAR - PET SUPPLIES, APPAREL & FOOTWEAR
Chaar uses Celerant’s retail software and eCommerce platform to manage their brick-and-mortar stores and online business.
Founded in 2001 by the ElChaar family, Chaar's mission is to help people find the best products and services for themselves and their pets. Chaar carries a wide variety of products, including premium pet supplies and food, as well as hiking, cowboy, and work boots, and accompanying apparel. In addition to these products, they also provide top-notch pet grooming services. Chaar prides themselves for being highly customer-centric and goes to great lengths to make sure their staff is well trained to meet the needs of everyone who walks through their doors or visits them online. Chaar currently operates three store locations in the Greater Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania using Stratus Enterprise point of sale and ERP software.
Founded in 2001 by the ElChaar family, Chaar's mission is to help people find the best products and services for themselves and their pets. Chaar carries a wide variety of products, including premium pet supplies and food, as well as hiking, cowboy, and work boots, and accompanying apparel. In addition to these products, they also provide top-notch pet grooming services. Chaar prides themselves for being highly customer-centric and goes to great lengths to make sure their staff is well trained to meet the needs of everyone who walks through their doors or visits them online. Chaar currently operates three store locations in the Greater Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania using Stratus Enterprise point of sale and ERP software.
The Retail Challenge
- Chaar's needs are diverse and complex - they have a wide range of inventory, from pet supplies to clothing and footwear. As a result, this retailer has many different methods and channels through which they buy and sell. They required a point of sale system that can help them to manage all of these channels in one singular place.
- Chaar requires up-to-date sales performance and inventory data in real time. With this data, they are able to run their retail business smoothly and efficiently.
- With inventory to manage across three stores, Chaar needed a point of sale system that could be the total package and provide instant availability of information.
The Software Solution
- Stratus Enterprise point of sale to handle high volume transactions while also allowing Chaar to manage and track shoppers, customers, products, inventory, and orders in real-time and across multiple store locations.
- Stratus Analytics advanced reporting platform that allows Chaar to anticipate a wide variety of needs. With Stratus Analytics, Chaar can monitor performance with actionable insights across their entire business, such as purchasing, inventory, assortment planning, and workforce management.
- Integration to Locally, which helps new, local shoppers find Chaar when they're searching online for certain brands or products that they have in stock at the stores.
The Retail Challenge
- Chaar's needs are diverse and complex - they have a wide range of inventory, from pet supplies to clothing and footwear. As a result, this retailer has many different methods and channels through which they buy and sell.
- Chaar requires up-to-date sales performance and inventory data in order to run their retail business smoothly and efficiently.
- With inventory to manage across three stores, Chaar needed a point of sale system that could be the total package and provide instant availability of information.
The Software Solution
- Stratus Enterprise point of sale to handle high volume transactions while also allowing Chaar to manage and track shoppers, customers, products, inventory, and orders in real-time and across multiple store locations.
- Stratus Analytics advanced reporting platform that allows Chaar to anticipate a wide variety of needs. With Stratus Analytics, Chaar can monitor performance with actionable insights across their entire business, such as purchasing, inventory, assortment planning, and workforce management.
- Integration to Locally, which helps new, local shoppers find Chaar when they're searching online for certain brands or products that they have in stock at the stores.
Having Celerant in place helps us manage that inventory very well, through reporting tools that help us anticipate needs, to min/max ordering programs that help us replenish as needed.
AJ ElChaar, vice president, chaar
What Retail Software Do You Use?
Running a retail business is challenging.
Find out how Celerant can help you run your business better!
Managing 3 Retail Stores with Real-time Software
Chaar is a family run business operated by AJ ElChaar and his father in addition to a small team of dedicated employees. The retail business started in 2001 and Chaar has now grown to have three stores in the Lehigh Valley area of eastern Pennsylvania. The stores carry a wide range of inventory – from pet supplies to clothing and footwear. As a result, their software needs are diverse and complex in order to accommodate for different buying cycles.
Creating Custom, Advanced Retail Reports
One of the primary reasons that Chaar chose Celerant’s Stratus Enterprise software was because they required something that could be an all-in-one package for managing inventory across their three stores. With Celerant’s point of sale and powerful analytics tools, retailers can create any custom report, on-the-fly, and analyze their data at a granular level to more effectively manage their inventory and help them to replenish stock as needed.
One of the most beneficial aspects of using Celerant’s retail software is the ability to have instant availability of information. Stratus Analytics help retailers define goals and monitor performance with actionable insights across their entire business, such as purchasing, inventory, assortment planning and workforce management. Chaar can also create reports that combine customer analytics with cross-sales/up-sales analytics to improve the overall shopping experience and increase revenue.
Winning More “Near Me” Searches
Celerant’s Locally integration has been essential for Chaar because many of the brands that they work with use Locally for their store finder. This integration helps consumers find local stores when they’re looking for a certain brand or product that Chaar carries, as well as lets customers know whether or not specific items are in stock. The Stratus Enterprise point of sale automatically sends on-hand inventory data to Locally, who then sends this to the major brands to make available on their websites. Chaar is able to leverage the brands' websites to gain many new, local customers in their three stores, for same-day, local pickup.
With Celerant’s retail software solutions, Chaar has better visibility throughout their business, helping them make faster decisions; they no longer have to wait several hours or even overnight to know what is going on in other locations. Through instant inventory and sales visibility across all stores, and the newer, more innovative aspects of the retail system, Chaar is able to be more competitive, gain new local customers in their stores, and simply run their retail business better, thanks to Celerant’s software.
The #1 Rated Point of Sale &
eCommerce Solution for Pet Shops
Celerant designed a point of sale and eCommerce solution that's easy to use, and can manage every aspect of your business in real-time - whether you have 1 store or multiple locations.
Founded in 2001 by the ElChaar family, Chaar's mission is to help people find the best products and services for themselves and their pets. Chaar carries a wide variety of products, including premium pet supplies and food, as well as hiking, cowboy, and work boots, and accompanying apparel. In addition to these products, they also provide top-notch pet grooming services. Chaar prides themselves for being highly customer-centric and goes to great lengths to make sure their staff is well trained to meet the needs of everyone who walks through their doors or visits them online. Chaar currently operates three store locations in the Greater Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania using Stratus Enterprise point of sale and ERP software.
Founded in 2001 by the ElChaar family, Chaar's mission is to help people find the best products and services for themselves and their pets. Chaar carries a wide variety of products, including premium pet supplies and food, as well as hiking, cowboy, and work boots, and accompanying apparel. In addition to these products, they also provide top-notch pet grooming services. Chaar prides themselves for being highly customer-centric and goes to great lengths to make sure their staff is well trained to meet the needs of everyone who walks through their doors or visits them online. Chaar currently operates three store locations in the Greater Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania using Stratus Enterprise point of sale and ERP software.
The Retail Challenge
- Chaar's needs are diverse and complex - they have a wide range of inventory, from pet supplies to clothing and footwear. As a result, this retailer has many different methods and channels through which they buy and sell. They required a point of sale system that can help them to manage all of these channels in one singular place.
- Chaar requires up-to-date sales performance and inventory data in real time. With this data, they are able to run their retail business smoothly and efficiently.
- With inventory to manage across three stores, Chaar needed a point of sale system that could be the total package and provide instant availability of information.
The Software Solution
- Stratus Enterprise point of sale to handle high volume transactions while also allowing Chaar to manage and track shoppers, customers, products, inventory, and orders in real-time and across multiple store locations.
- Stratus Analytics advanced reporting platform that allows Chaar to anticipate a wide variety of needs. With Stratus Analytics, Chaar can monitor performance with actionable insights across their entire business, such as purchasing, inventory, assortment planning, and workforce management.
- Integration to Locally, which helps new, local shoppers find Chaar when they're searching online for certain brands or products that they have in stock at the stores.
The Retail Challenge
Chaar's needs are diverse and complex - they have a wide range of inventory, from pet supplies to clothing and footwear. As a result, this retailer has many different methods and channels through which they buy and sell.
Chaar requires up-to-date sales performance and inventory data in order to run their retail business smoothly and efficiently.
With inventory to manage across three stores, Chaar needed a point of sale system that could be the total package and provide instant availability of information.
The Software Solution
Stratus Enterprise point of sale to handle high volume transactions while also allowing Chaar to manage and track shoppers, customers, products, inventory, and orders in real-time and across multiple store locations.
Stratus Analytics advanced reporting platform that allows Chaar to anticipate a wide variety of needs. With Stratus Analytics, Chaar can monitor performance with actionable insights across their entire business, such as purchasing, inventory, assortment planning, and workforce management.
Integration to Locally, which helps new, local shoppers find Chaar when they're searching online for certain brands or products that they have in stock at the stores.
Having Celerant in place helps us manage that inventory very well, through reporting tools that help us anticipate needs, to min/max ordering programs that help us replenish as needed.
AJ ElChaar, vice president, chaar
What Retail Software Do You Use?
Running a retail business is challenging. Find out how Celerant can help you run your business better!
Managing 3 Retail Stores with Real-time Software
Chaar is a family run business operated by AJ ElChaar and his father in addition to a small team of dedicated employees. The retail business started in 2001 and Chaar has now grown to have three stores in the Lehigh Valley area of eastern Pennsylvania. The stores carry a wide range of inventory – from pet supplies to clothing and footwear. As a result, their software needs are diverse and complex in order to accommodate for different buying cycles.
Creating Custom, Advanced Retail Reports
One of the primary reasons that Chaar chose Celerant’s Stratus Enterprise software was because they required something that could be an all-in-one package for managing inventory across their three stores. With Celerant’s point of sale and powerful analytics tools, retailers can create any custom report, on-the-fly, and analyze their data at a granular level to more effectively manage their inventory and help them to replenish stock as needed.
One of the most beneficial aspects of using Celerant’s retail software is the ability to have instant availability of information. Stratus Analytics help retailers define goals and monitor performance with actionable insights across their entire business, such as purchasing, inventory, assortment planning and workforce management. Chaar can also create reports that combine customer analytics with cross-sales/up-sales analytics to improve the overall shopping experience and increase revenue.
Winning More “Near Me” Searches
Celerant’s Locally integration has been essential for Chaar because many of the brands that they work with use Locally for their store finder. This integration helps consumers find local stores when they’re looking for a certain brand or product that Chaar carries, as well as lets customers know whether or not specific items are in stock. The Stratus Enterprise point of sale automatically sends on-hand inventory data to Locally, who then sends this to the major brands to make available on their websites. Chaar is able to leverage the brands' websites to gain many new, local customers in their three stores, for same-day, local pickup.
With Celerant’s retail software solutions, Chaar has better visibility throughout their business, helping them make faster decisions; they no longer have to wait several hours or even overnight to know what is going on in other locations. Through instant inventory and sales visibility across all stores, and the newer, more innovative aspects of the retail system, Chaar is able to be more competitive, gain new local customers in their stores, and simply run their retail business better, thanks to Celerant’s software.
The #1 Rated Point of Sale &
eCommerce Solution for Pet Shops
Celerant designed a point of sale and eCommerce solution that's easy to use, and can manage every aspect of your business in real-time - whether you have 1 store or multiple locations.
