Retail

Warehouse automation for retail and in-store operations

Pio helps retailers store more inventory in less space and retrieve products faster. It combines compact cube storage, automated retrieval, and real-time inventory tracking in one warehouse automation system.

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Common retail backroom and storage challenges:

Retail space is expensive
Backroom space runs out fast
Customers expect fast service
Staff are stretched thin

Crowded retail backroom shelving, the storage problem Pio's cube storage solves for retailers

Goody Goody staff retrieving stock from Pio in a Dallas liquor store backroom

Pio cube storage grid holding wine and spirits in a compact retail backroom

Robots on the Pio grid bringing bins of stock to retail staff in 10 to 30 seconds

Backroom storage automation

Store more stock in a compact, high-density cube instead of a crowded backroom. Fit more stock-keeping units (SKUs) per square foot.

Fast in-store retrieval

Products come to retail staff quickly, so customers get what they want without the wait.

In-aisle scanning

Customers scan products in-aisle and have their order packed by the time they reach the register.

Accurate inventory

Track stock in real time through the Pio App, so you always know what's in stock and pick with 99.9% accuracy.

Ecommerce order fulfillment

Use the same stock in store and online. Pio picks online orders from the backroom while staff serve customers up front.

Secure storage

Goods stored in Pio stay securely inside the grid and off the store floor, so there’s zero shoplifting on stored stock.

Why Pio works well for retail

More space for selling

Reduce your backroom storage footprint by up to 80%, freeing up more retail floor space for selling.

Faster customer service

Retrieve products in 10–30 seconds, so customers wait less and staff can help more of them.

Accurate inventory

Pick with 99.9% accuracy and track inventory in real time, so staff always know what's in stock.

Lower running costs

Cut manual work by up to 80%, so each store runs leaner and staff focus on customers.

Brands using Pio

Pio App notification showing a retail order is ready at the workstation

Easy to connect, easy to run. Plug Pio into your store with ready-made integrations, no coding needed.

Pio cube storage system working like a vending machine for a retail backroom

A vending machine for your backroom. Products come to retail staff on demand, no walking the aisles or searching shelves.

Pio retail automation connecting to store systems with ready-made integrations, no coding needed

Easy to use, easy to control. Manage inventory and picking in the Pio App, simple enough to learn in minutes.

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"The customer experience has improved. There's fewer aisles, and so there's more time to browse and discover new products. There's immediate access to our inventory."

Roshi Muns - Director of Sales at Goody Goody

READ customer story

A typical retail workflow

Browse and scan

01

The customer moves through the store and adds products to a virtual shopping cart by scanning each item's QR code.

Customer scanning a product QR code in the aisle to add it to a virtual shopping cart

Pio prepares the order

02

The customer submits the shopping cart, and Pio starts preparing all SKUs within the order.

Pio robots retrieving every item in a customer's in-store order from the cube storage grid

Hand off to the customer

03

Retail staff retrieve the finished order at the workstation and hand it to the customer.

Retail staff handing a finished order to a customer at the Pio workstation

Built to make retail operations more efficient

Maximize backroom space

Store up to 10x more stock in the same footprint.

Cut replenishment labor

Up to 80% less labor for receiving and shelf replenishment, and restock up to 5x faster.

Boost picking accuracy

99.9% accuracy, so customers get the right product every time.

Protect stock from theft

Zero shoplifting on goods stored in Pio.

Increase SKU capacity

Stock more products without expanding your backroom.

Improve inventory control

Track stock and every movement in real time through the Pio App.

Resources

With a compact cube storage system in the backroom that serves both channels. Staff retrieve products for in-store customers on demand, and online orders are picked from the same inventory, so stock stays accurate across the store and online.

Yes. Pio makes AutoStore technology accessible to growing businesses, with standardized, plug-and-play systems that fit a store's backroom. You can start with a P100 and expand up to the P600 as your business grows.

A standard P100 can be installed in as little as 5 days. Installation time for larger systems depends on size and configuration. More on installation.

Pio starts from $146,700 for a P100, plus a subscription from $4,996/month. Final pricing depends on your configuration, with shipping, tariffs, permitting, and service-level agreements priced separately. More on Pio pricing.