Case Study: Largest Pool and Spa Care Retailer achieves always-on, cloud-first nationwide network with Hughes Network Systems

Pool and Spa Care Retailer Upgrades Nationwide Network to Support Cloud-First Strategy and Business Goals

Largest Pool and Spa Care Retailer, a U.S. chain with more than 600 stores and a robust ecommerce presence, needed to adopt a Cloud-first strategy, migrate on‑premises platforms to the cloud, expand omnichannel and loyalty capabilities, and support SaaS tools like its water‑testing app. The retailer’s five‑year‑old network lacked the capacity to support nationwide cloud operations, so it partnered with Hughes Network Systems and selected the HughesON Managed Network solution.

Hughes Network Systems deployed a multi‑transport HughesON Managed Network—high‑bandwidth IP circuits as primary links with LTE secondary failover, tied together by SD‑WAN—while consolidating upgrades, rewiring stores, and completing accelerated rollouts during the pandemic. The upgrade delivered always‑on connectivity at every location, enabled the cloud migration and omnichannel initiatives, and supported additional services (Managed Security, in‑store Managed Wi‑Fi, Managed VoIP, mobile POS and digital signage), giving the retailer dependable, scalable network performance across its nationwide footprint.