Industry, Supermarkets & Retail
Technology for Supermarkets & Retail in Dubai & the UAE
A supermarket going online is really building a picking and delivery operation with a website attached. The storefront is the easy part; slot capacity, substitutions, weight-based pricing and pick accuracy decide whether customers order a second time.
We build online grocery for UAE supermarkets, connected to POS and branch stock, with the picker and delivery workflows that make it operationally viable.
What we build for this sector
The technology follows the operation. We start from how the business actually runs rather than from a product we would like to sell you.
Capability
What we deliver.
- Online grocery storefront built for deep catalogue browsing
- Live branch-level stock sync from POS or ERP
- Weight-based pricing with pre-authorisation and final settlement
- Delivery slot engine with capacity limits per zone
- Picker app with aisle-ordered lists and substitution prompts
- Click and collect with branch selection and staff pick lists
- Loyalty and wallet unified across online and in-store
- Bilingual Arabic and English catalogue
How it runs
How the work is sequenced.
Assess, scope with a commercial case, deliver in phases, then measure against the number it was meant to move.
- Step 01
Assessment
We look at the systems, the process and where the cost actually sits. The finding is often that two adequate systems are not connected rather than that either is bad.
- Step 02
Scope and case
A written scope with the commercial case: cost, expected return, and what we would leave out of the first phase.
- Step 03
Delivery
Phased so something useful goes live early. Integration work is usually the substantial part.
- Step 04
Measure
Reported against the operational or commercial number the project was commissioned to move.
Why Globosoft
Reasons that are checkable.
Growth model
We would rather be paid for the growth than the hours.
For ecommerce clients we can work on growth-share: an agreed baseline from your trailing performance, then a percentage of the incremental sales we create above it. No fixed retainer. If your revenue does not grow, we do not earn. It changes what we recommend, because we carry part of the risk of being wrong.
Questions
Questions from supermarkets & retail clients.
How does an online supermarket handle items sold by weight?
An online supermarket charges an estimate at checkout using payment pre-authorisation, the picker records the actual weight, and final settlement adjusts to the real amount with a clear breakdown sent to the customer.
Can the website show live branch stock?
Yes, through POS or ERP integration, which is what prevents the cancellations and refunds that come from selling stock a branch no longer holds.
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Tell us where the operation is losing time or money. We will tell you what it takes to fix it, and whether it is worth doing.