WEB INFRASTRUCTURE + DATA SYSTEMS

Regional Cannabis Retailer

A multi-location cannabis retailer needed to operate as one business without losing the local feel of each store. We built the infrastructure that made it possible.

The Outcome

Before: The operations team was spending an estimated 12-15 hours a week pulling reports across locations from disconnected systems. Staff manually checked inventory across stores when customers asked. There was no reliable way to see what was actually selling where, or to give customers a consistent experience across locations.

After: Real-time visibility across all locations from a single dashboard. Staff answers "is it in stock at the other store" in seconds instead of minutes. Operations team gets the reports they need automatically instead of building them by hand.

Specific business metrics are confidential at the client's request, but the time savings on reporting alone made the project pay for itself in the first quarter.

The Challenge

A regional cannabis retailer with multiple Arizona locations was operating on disconnected systems. One platform for their main website, separate tools for inventory tracking, manual processes for cross-location reporting, and a customer experience that varied by store. Each location was effectively its own island. They needed to operate as one business while maintaining the local feel each store had built.

The standard cannabis-industry web platforms didn't fit. They're built for single-location dispensaries or for vertically-integrated operators with massive budgets. Nothing in between served independent multi-location operators trying to maintain quality and brand consistency without becoming a chain.

What We Built

A web platform that connects all their locations through one system. Customers get a consistent experience whether they walk into one store or another. Staff sees real-time inventory across the network. The operations team gets dashboards they used to spend hours building manually.

Each location keeps its own customer-facing presence (the local feel matters), but pulls from shared inventory and customer data behind the scenes. The site itself is built for performance: fast load times, mobile-first design, and local SEO optimization for each store. Custom data integrations connect to their existing point-of-sale and inventory systems so nothing has to be re-entered manually.

The technical implementation runs on modern web infrastructure (Next.js, Supabase, Vercel) chosen for speed and reliability. The point isn't the tools. The point is that the platform handles their specific operational quirks without constant maintenance, and scales as they add locations.

Engagement Type

Project + ongoing retainer

Timeline

6 weeks initial build, ongoing platform development

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