Lifestyle retailer DTLR and footwear and apparel chain Shoe Palace — both owned by JD Sports — will deploy mobile POS and inventory orchestration solutions from Jumpmind across their combined 450 stores in the U.S.
The UK-based JD Sports acquired Shoe Palace in December 2020 and DTLR in February 2021 as part of a push into U.S. retail. In North America, the JD Sports family of brands now also includes The Finish Line and Hibbett Sports. The partnership with Jumpmind is part of a larger push by JD Sports to reorganize its retail technology around a composable, cloud-based architecture.
Associates at both DTLR and Shoe Palace will now be equipped with mobile devices through which they can accept payments, manage inventory and place online orders to be shipped to customers’ homes. Through its microservices-based, API-first and cloud-native architecture, Jumpmind Commerce offers a mobile-first architecture that enables store associates to execute tasks with ease and engage seamlessly with customers throughout the store.
“The move to Jumpmind Commerce for point of sale on mobile devices is part of a larger initiative to modernize our stores and elevate the shopping experience for our customers,” said DTLR CEO Todd Kirssin in a statement. “We’re moving to larger store footprints so we can carry more of the hottest sportswear and streetwear brands; mobilizing access to information and processes will help associates stay close to customers and provide a rich and rewarding shopping experience.”
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“DTLR and Shoe Palace enjoy supporting the communities where our customers and associates live and work,” added Shoe Palace CEO George Mersho in a statement. “Our new Jumpmind Commerce mobile point-of-sale implementation will enable our associates to serve customers at community events, pop-up displays and in-market activations, with an all-in-one mobile POS.”
