Avenue Shops

Project Introduction

After navigating 7 warehouse moves in just 6 years, Avenue Shops, the Lindon, Utah-based apparel drop shipper, believed they had found their long-term home in a spacious 30,000-square-foot warehouse. But, as demand for the company’s “boutique-as-a-service” model showed remarkable growth, an expansion began to look imminent.

Faced with the stress of yet another relocation, co-founders Glen and Adam Womble decided to take a different approach — growing up instead of out. After evaluating several solutions, they chose Hai Robotics’ Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS), driven by Autonomous Case-handling mobile Robots (ACRs), to maximize vertical space utilization and streamline fulfillment operations in a flexible and cost-effective manner.

Our Solution

• The results were transformative. The HaiPick System drastically reduced Ave’s storage footprint by 60% — compressing it from 15,000 to 6,000 square feet — while simultaneously increasing storage capacity by 2.5 times. The introduction of 28-foot shelving facilitated a 4x increase in storage height, allowing Ave to accommodate over 12,000 SKUs within the smaller footprint.

• The impact on order fulfillment was equally impressive, with a 65% jump in orders shipped per day.

• Manual labor requirements also saw a significant reduction, with the number of employees picking orders per shift decreasing from 5-10 to just 1-2. This has helped mitigate staffing shortages, boost workflow efficiencies, and improve employee well-being and job satisfaction.