Smart Retail with Cloud-Native DevOps: Reducing Time-to-Market for Omnichannel Applications

Abstract

Retailers use advanced cloud-native DevOps in smart retail to enhance their development of applications and make them available in less time. This paper examines how employing cloud-native DevOps practices leads to the quick delivery of omnichannel retail applications that respond to what customers now need and face. An explanatory research design is applied, including details from reports, numbers and case studies (from Nordstrom and Etsy) to explore how microservices, containers and CI/CD pipelines help in providing secure and smooth retail services. The literature supports the belief that cloud-native DevOps enhances personalisation, integration and predictive delivery and also deals with security and system updates issues. The global cloud market increased from $8B to $26.3B, and graphs mention gRPC, Helm and Kubernetes to prove that microservices and real-time data are becoming more popular. CI/CD deployment using tools such as Docker and Kubernetes speeds up the number of releases and makes scaling the system much easier. It has been found that using cloud-native DevOps requires employees to cooperate, learn new skills and focus on security. It is recommended to use containers, automate the delivery process and keep upskilling staff to provide secure and strong experiences in every channel.