LOFT

Loft employs an n-Tier structure with separate database, application server and web-client layers that can scale vertically and horizontally as needed and can handle a huge number of transactions and users as a result.

System Architecture

If you're not using Loft to run your retail furniture business, then what you see on your screen may be the proverbial lipstick on a pig (or perhaps it doesn't even bother to wear makeup). It's easy to slap a point-and-click user-interface on an old and tired foundation. Underneath you're still left with a system that's fragile, resistant to change and expensive to maintain. Loft was built from the ground up using cutting-edge architecture and components.

Loft was also built to be open and standards-compliant from the beginning. The application server fits into enterprise SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) environments and securely exposes REST style APIs to all major business functionality. This design makes integrating Loft into other parts of your enterprise a breeze.

Loft is not dependent on any particular database engine and can work with dozens of commercial and open-source databases. This open approach could save you a lot of money on database licenses and support and doesn't lock you into a single database vendor.

Proven

As one of the industry's best kept secrets — Loft has been powering Furniture Today Top 100 retailers for years. Our clients report that the switch-over to Loft was the most painless IT project ever and that the system training time for new employees has decreased by up to 90 percent. Don't take our word for it. Ask any of our clients how thrilled they are with Loft and what it has done for their business.

Unique

You want your customers to have a good buying experience. The last thing you need is a checkout process that takes longer than the rest of the sale or doesn't give the sales associate all the tools they need to maximize the opportunity with the client.

Loft makes dealing with the customer's order easy - even when the situation isn't. Loft's front office modules allow for a variety of models: reservations and quotes, split deliveries, special orders and more.

Ask our clients what they love most about Loft and you will hear:

Its flexibility and enforcement of your unique business rules and processes
The increase in per ticket sales
The ease of changing promotions and discounts
Its prevention of errors (80% reduction of exception handling)
The freeing up of sales managers' to work the floor
The speed of training new sales associates
Its approach to PCI compliance
Its advanced real-time ATP (Available-To-Promise)
Its modern architecture
The responsiveness of the team behind it