Retail task management Drive operational consistency with retail task management software
Ensure frontline teams can easily understand, prioritize, and complete their daily tasks while management can measure, assess, and improve retail operations.
Retail task management software Keep employees engaged and leadership in the loop
What can you do with retail task management tools designed specifically for the store environment?
- Send communication and assign tasks
- Manage upcoming or recurring tasks
- Set prioritization to targeted audiences
- Put everyone on the same page
When you’re able to bring all these features together:
- You’re making your retail operations successful.
- You Keep Today on Track™
How our retail task management software works for everyone
You have inventory to push, sales goals to meet, and customers to satisfy. How do the plans created at HQ move down to the floor? Through effective task management. Zipline offers a retail task management system that serves as one source of truth for everyone in your retail business.
True brand consistency happens when communication and action occur together. Discover how the complete Zipline retail operations platform unifies your entire fleet’s operations.
Centralized retail task management for HQ
“We need to move Summer Clearance to the front of the store today.”
Zipline’s fluid calendar view improves resource allocation by giving leaders and associates a simplified view of monthly, weekly, and daily task lists for each store and department.
Simplified daily task assignments for store teams
“Jess will set up new end displays promoting Summer Clearance. Hayley will fold and stack the product.”
Every team has a Day Sheet, automatically populated with messages, assigned tasks, and task statuses for each shift, giving store leaders and associates a simple and focused understanding of the work that needs to be done.
Role-based views for frontline and store managers
“All store tasks related to the Summer Clearance promotion have been completed on time!”
Zipline automatically publishes a Daily Digest of task status to every level of your store team hierarchy, improving visibility and consistency across the org. Field leaders and Store Managers now see all of the upcoming and complete tasks that are sent to their team in a single, easy-to-access location.
More time for customers, less time chasing tasks
Retail task management made simple Task management for the real retail world
Task management in retail isn’t siloed—it’s a key part of everything that keeps stores running.
Things move quickly, decisions can change even quicker, and one initiative can have a to-do list across multiple roles. When retail task management software reflects the real-world interconnection of store communications and operations, the “management” part is a no-brainer. And everyone can get aligned the instant things need to get done.
How Zipline makes retail task management effortless
Just some of the Zipline features that make assigning, executing, and tracking tasks more manageable than ever.
Three-day snapshot of upcoming tasks
See what's coming and when with an intuitive, color-coded calendar view.
Prioritize assignments
Headquarters can designate "important" or "critical" assignments to immediately prioritize them on stores' task lists.
Photo task approvals
Keep visual standards high by requiring photos of completed set-ups.
Real-time task tracking
Understand where store execution is lagging before outliers become trends.
“With Zipline, we finally feel like we have total control of our comms program.
We know what has been seen and what has been completed. It’s night and day from where we were before.”
—Senior Manager of Retail Communications and Training, Warby Parker
Holistic, streamlined retail management
Task management is a crucial part of keeping employees engaged and on track every day. With Zipline, you’ve got all the other steps covered.
Employee Communication
Improve workflow and store execution by enabling business and store team leaders to engage and effectively communicate with frontline store associates. Tasks are a key focus, but your teams also need access to standard operating procedures (SOPs). Pair your daily checklists with our retail communications platform knowledge base to give store associates instant context.
Store Audits
Streamline store visits and standardize retail execution in a way that’s easy for everybody, from the frontline to the C-suite. You can verify execution directly from the field. Combine your task data with our mobile store audits module to streamline district manager inspections during plant or store visits.
Learning Center
Seamlessly integrate courses, certifications, and more, all within a single platform designed to help leading retail brands achieve operational excellence.
AI-Powered Knowledge Base
Give frontline employees easy access to handbooks, SOPs, planograms, product information, and more – all in the palm of their hand.
Reporting and Analytics
Get real-time insight into your teams’ progress on key tasks and initiatives, so you can take action before missteps impact the bottom line.
Customer success stories
Real retailers, real results
Let’s talk task management
Ready to see how we’ll work in your stores? Or just want to learn more? Let’s talk.