Lightspeed Retail

Lightspeed Retail is a commerce platform that unifies in person, online and social selling, with a dedicated garden centre configuration among its industry specific versions.

Its advantage for a garden centre is coming from a general retail platform with real depth rather than from a niche vendor. Advanced inventory tracking, customer management, automated reports and insights arrive already built and already used across apparel, footwear, home decor and bike retail, so the platform gets development investment a garden specific vendor cannot match, then is configured for the vertical.

Inventory is the centre of the product. AI inventory tracks complex stock across channels to prevent stock outs, and Insights forecasts demand with real time sales reporting. Demand forecasting matters disproportionately in horticulture because ordering decisions are made months before the season and stock that arrives late has missed its window entirely.

Selling everywhere covers in person, online and social platforms including Meta, unified so workflows are not duplicated per channel. A wholesale capability lets retailers buy from top brands with orders syncing straight into the point of sale, removing the re-keying that normally follows a trade order. Payments are accepted anywhere with faster settlement and reduced reconciliation time. Lightspeed publishes rates for its restaurant product openly; retail pricing is quoted on request.