Retail · Austin, TX · Independent record store · est. 1982

Waterloo Records moved off MS-DOS and onto Path.

After four decades running the floor on a DOS-era POS and inventory system, Waterloo cut over to a modern Path stack, without losing the store DNA.

1982

in Austin since

MS-DOS → Path

platform transition

1 stack

POS + inventory + storefront

How Waterloo Records changed the way it operates

The operating model stayed recognizable. The systems underneath it became simpler, connected, and easier to change.

Challenge

Waterloo had been running the floor on an MS-DOS-era POS and inventory system since the eighties. It worked, but every modern requirement (online sales, modern card readers, real reporting, integrations) required workarounds the team had outgrown.

Solution

A Path POS surface, a unified product database, and a Path-built storefront, running on contemporary hardware, all reading from one inventory of truth.

Outcome

The store kept its identity and its workflows, on a stack that can support the next forty years instead of fighting them.

What changed

The pieces Waterloo Records moved away from and the Path capabilities now supporting the business.

Before Path

MS-DOS POS

Custom DOS inventory

Built on Path

Path POS Web Apps Websites Databases

Different businesses. One platform.

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