In the race to provide a personalized customer experience, retailers face ultimate tests—from customer retention to premium customer service and inventory management to employee productivity—during their daily retail operations. To overcome these challenges, managers are leveraging technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and beacons to implement a more customer-centric sales floor strategy. LNL Systems, based Natick, MA, helps brick-and-mortar retailers with its customizable application, FlorLink bridge, to smartly manage sales floor staff and instantly assist shoppers.

“Our FlorLink bridge accepts inputs from different IoT sensors and triggers an alert or notification to in-store devices including two-way radios, tablets, digital displays, and network printers,” says Mark Barnes, Founder and CEO, LNL Systems. He explains further with an example of a grocery store where, if a freezer’s door is left open, a thermal sensor will detect the temperature drop and activate an alert through the FlorLink system. This is then transformed into a message that is sent to an onsite associate, informing the staff to take immediate actions. “We provide an exciting product and services suite that improves store associate productivity and enhances the customer experience,” adds Barnes.

LNL’s all-inclusive product suite, FlorComm, enables retailers to improve communication between in-store associates, identify understaffed zones, and deliver targeted promotions and product information to shoppers. FlorComm integrates four sales floor solutions—FlorChat, FlorCall, FlorAlert, and FlorData. Each component of the FlorComm suite addresses a particular pain point such as understaffed areas of the store, disconnected omni-channel loop, and slow response times. “We address these concerns through a variety of sales communication systems that help to power your smart sales floor,” assures Barnes.

FlorChat solution equips store associates with easy-to-deploy, two-way radios that enable staff to stay in constant intercommunication loop. It helps manager’s direct sales staff on the floor to assist customers instantly when a need arises. FlorCall includes call button implementations in the store.