Inventory management on Black Friday: challenges and solutions

1 · CockroachDB · Nov. 14, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
For retailers both online and offline, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are often the busiest time of year. But while the deluge of deals evokes dreams of dollars for CEOs, it can be a bit of a nightmare for CTOs. That’s because the onslaught of shoppers puts huge amounts of stress on their application architecture. And particularly in the realm of inventory management, even a minor problem can have major consequences....