Case Study: American Home Improvement Retail Company achieves 85% reduction in sampling costs and 6-week faster time-to-market with Bamboo Rose

American Home Improvement Retail Company - Customer Case Study

An American home improvement superstore headquartered in Georgia — with roughly 2,200 global stores, $94.6B+ in annual revenue and 4,000+ suppliers — faced a major sourcing challenge: managing thousands of suppliers and massive seasonal assortments while getting higher-quality products to market faster. Their existing PLM lacked external and design‑phase collaboration, required extensive manual data entry (for example, suppliers offered thousands of options for a single chaise lounge), and drove high sampling, storage, and coordination costs.

The retailer implemented Bamboo Rose Marketplace alongside its PLM to handle digital sourcing and buying, enabling early supplier collaboration, bulk uploads of thousands of items, trend identification, and greater visibility into seasonal selections. The result: an 85% reduction in sampling and related costs, orders awarded six weeks faster, reduced miscommunication and storage needs, and reinvestment of savings into online marketing and faster product launches.