Once a little-known retailer tucked away in the dense forests of Ullared, Gekås now claims the nickname ‘Sweden’s Walmart’. With a net revenue of €450 million, over 4 million yearly customers and its own reality TV show, we’re proud to be a part of this extraordinary journey.

Challenges

• Over 150 000 unique articles across a broad assortment to be purchased and kept in stock in-store, requiring a high level of automation.

• The entire store stock is replenished 3 times per week during the busy season, requiring efficient tools to manage store stock levels.

• 133 million receipt lines per year, requires high efficiency and speed at the cash register.

• Each hour of cash register downtime costs the company over €400 000 euro, requiring excellent reliability.

Solutions

Gekås uses the full advantage of Heads commerce platform and all its modules:

• Point of Sale

• ERP for purchasing, order management and product / stock management

• E-commerce

• Loyalty

• Restaurant ordering system

• Warehouse management system

Key benefits

• Exceptional point of sale uptime - ZERO downtime since go-live.

• Finely-tuned Point of sale to minimize wait-times, including XXXX

• Efficient in-store stock replenishment routines, using real-time sales data to estimate replenishment priorities.

• High level of purchasing automation including algorithmic order suggestions based on projected sales 

A close partnership

Since 2003, Heads has been Gekås Ullared’s software advisor, with a focus on the company’s long term vision. As part of our goal, Heads continually works with Gekås to learn and understand their organizational needs to unlock maximum growth and profitability.

Exciting as our journey with Gekås’ is, we're just getting started. Keep a lookout for a new generation of innovative and thrilling modules soon to come!