# Retail and Commerce Software Development

> Commerce platforms, native mobile storefronts and omnichannel operations, including StorefrontOS for Shopify merchants.

Source: https://www.koombea.com/industries/retail-and-commerce/

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The storefront is the visible part. What determines whether it works is inventory, pricing, fulfilment, and the systems that have to agree about all three.


## What makes this different

Retail projects are usually described as a website and delivered as an integration project. The catalog lives in one system, prices in another, stock in a third, and the store is only as trustworthy as the agreement between them.

We treat the operations layer as the real work: unified order and inventory management, point-of-sale and accounting integration, and pricing rules that can vary by region without becoming unmaintainable.

We are a Shopify Plus Partner, so the store itself is built with Plus-tier access rather than around its limits, and for merchants who want a native app, StorefrontOS removes most of that build. The commerce foundation is already there, so the engineering goes into your brand rather than into reinventing a cart.

- Unified inventory and order management across channels
- POS, ERP and accounting integration with reconciliation
- Regional and segmented pricing that stays maintainable
- Native mobile commerce in 2 to 3 weeks through StorefrontOS

## What we build here

- **Commerce platforms**: Shopify and Shopify Plus builds, including replatforms. A Plus Partner since 2018.
- **Native storefronts**: Owned mobile channels on StorefrontOS, not a wrapper around a website.
- **Omnichannel operations**: Buy online, pick up in store, and the inventory truth behind it.
- **Catalog and data**: Master data management so product information stays correct.
- **Merchandising analytics**: Numbers that inform buying, not just traffic charts.
- **Peak readiness**: Verified against your actual seasonal burst, before it arrives.

## A Shopify Plus Partner since 2018

Plus Partner status is granted by Shopify rather than claimed, and Koombea has held it since 2018. It gives Plus-tier access for builds and replatforms, checkout extensibility that the standard platform does not permit, and an escalation path when the blocker turns out to be Shopify rather than the code.

Higher API limits are what make real-time ERP and OMS sync viable at volume. Company accounts and price lists carry B2B without a second storefront to maintain. And Shopify keeps PCI scope and flash-sale traffic, which are two things you would otherwise own.

- Replatforms from Magento, WooCommerce and custom carts, with order history intact
- Checkout extensibility for B2B terms, custom validation and payment routing
- Higher API limits, so ERP and OMS integration holds up at peak
- Headless storefronts where the theme layer is the constraint

## StorefrontOS, the native storefront

For Shopify merchants who want an owned mobile channel, StorefrontOS ships the commerce foundation already built and tested: cart, checkout hand-off, authentication, order history, and product variants. Launch is 2 to 3 weeks from kickoff, on a fixed scope and one price.

The native clients read the Shopify Storefront API directly, so there is no parallel commerce backend and no second copy of the catalog to reconcile. Shopify stays the source of truth for products, inventory, pricing, and customers, and your team's workflow does not change.


### What ships with it

- Discover and browse: CMS-controlled home modules, product grids, filters, search, and variant previews.
- Cart and checkout: A native cart handing off to Shopify checkout, including Shop Pay and Apple Pay.
- Accounts and retention: Customer profiles, order history, and a push channel you own.
- Operations: Real-time Shopify sync, multi-market support, and analytics.


## Proof

Do It Center's replatform cut bounce rate by 90%, reached an NPS of 70, and saw average purchase run 5X higher than in physical stores, with 75% of online transactions collected in store.


## Where to go next

If you are on Shopify and want an owned mobile channel, start with StorefrontOS. If the operations layer is the problem, start with the case studies.

- StorefrontOS: Your Shopify store as a native app in 2 to 3 weeks, with Shopify still the source of truth
- Shopify Plus Agency: Plus builds and replatforms, and what Partner status since 2018 actually gets you
- Do It Center: Case study: bounce rate down 90%, NPS of 70, and 75% of online orders collected in store
- Jamar: Case study: PDF catalogs to Shopify Plus, with regional pricing preserved rather than flattened