September 28, 2016 : Retail Store Collaboration by Appirio enables retailers to collaborate better with their stores
Salesforce Lightning Bolt allows partners to create and distribute Salesforce Bolt solutions–containing industry-specific functionality and design–that enable companies to jumpstart development of their community
Indianapolis, IN ? September 28, 2016 ? Appirio, a global cloud services company that creates next generation worker and customer experiences, today unveiled Retail Store Collaboration App, available on Salesforce Lightning Bolt, a new framework on the Salesforce platform that empowers companies to find and deploy pre-built next-generation mobile communities and portals for a wide variety of business and vertical industry needs.
Retail Store Collaboration Key Features
Retailers can now collaborate better with their stores, getting real-time information about consumers, improving worker engagement and accelerating the feedback process necessary to scale their business.
Comments on the News
"In today's connected world of tech-savvy consumers, it's essential for retailers to think mobile-first, and focus their strategies on creating exceptional customer experiences," said Brian Chambers, Director of Vertical Product Management at Appirio. "With the help of solutions such as the Retail Store Collaboration App, Appirio Retail combines strategy, software, services, and business process expertise to help retailers succeed."
"Companies need to be able to quickly create and deploy industry-specific experiences to collaborate and connect with their customers" said Mike Micucci, GM and SVP, Salesforce Community Cloud. "By leveraging the power of Salesforce Lightning Bolt, we're empowering our partners to package their expertise into new solutions that accelerate our customers' time to market."
Availability
Leveraging Salesforce Lightning Bolt Framework, Retail Store Collaboration by Appirio will be available within Community Cloud.

About Appirio
Appirio is a global services company that helps customers create next-generation Worker and Customer Experiences using the latest cloud technologies. Our free-thinking consultants deliver unmatched customer value by creating actionable strategies, delivering results quickly, and helping organizations adapt to a new experience-driven era. We do this by harnessing the power of one of the world's largest crowdsourcing communities and thousands of pre-built solution accelerators. Appirio is a trusted partner to some of the world's largest brands, including YP, Cardinal Health, Coca-Cola, eBay, Facebook, Home Depot, Sony PlayStation, Moen, and IBM.