Retail Playbook

WhatsApp built for multi-store retail and customer care teams.

The messaging platform covering stock enquiries, order updates, catalogues and aftercare, on the number customers already message.

Pain points

What's going wrong today.

Stock and sizing questions unanswered because store staff have no shared way to reply outside till hours.

Order and delivery updates still sent by email, opened days after they mattered.

No single record of a customer's purchase and care history when they message a different store or channel.

How Stitch runs the day

From first message to CRM record.

  1. 01

    Enquiry or order event triggers a message

    A stock question, abandoned cart or dispatch event is captured and routed to the right store or team.

  2. 02

    WhatsApp opener

    A templated stock check or order update is sent within minutes.

  3. 03

    Purchase or resolution in-thread

    Catalogue links, payment links or the returns process handled in the same conversation.

  4. 04

    Aftercare and loyalty

    Care instructions, restock alerts and loyalty offers continue on the thread, synced to the CRM.

Live in action

In the site's demo script, a customer asks whether a navy jacket is in stock in a medium at the Guildford store. That is a stock check Stitch can route straight to that store's team instead of a head-office inbox.

Impact metrics

What good looks like.

Illustrative benchmarks for the pitch, to be swapped for verified client figures before going live.

2.5x

more stock queries converted to a sale

<3 mins

average first response to a stock or order query

15 hrs

saved per store per week on phone and email queries

Where retail stands today

Three positions. All three carry risk.

Not on WhatsApp

Absent from the channel shoppers already use to ask if something is in stock.

On personal phones

Store-level relationships and chat history are lost with staff turnover.

On the free Business app

No shared inbox across stores, no CRM sync, no order-system integration.

Relevant integrations

Where Stitch plugs in.

General CRM connections via HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho or Pipedrive, plus order-system automation via Zapier or Stitch's Open API. No retail-specific integration is listed yet, which is an open build opportunity.

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Director's checklist

Questions to ask your team this week.

  • How many stock or order queries currently go to a generic email inbox instead of the store that can answer them?
  • Could a customer's purchase and care history be seen in one place regardless of which store they message?
  • Where could a QR code, on a till receipt, changing room or packaging insert, open a WhatsApp chat?
  • Is any current WhatsApp use running through personal staff phones today?

See Stitch in action for retail.

Book a 20-minute demo with the Stitch team.