How a National Retailer Cut $500K+ Maintenance Bills by Replacing a Monolith with API-Driven Integrations

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Why a 12-Year-Old Monolith Was Sinking a Growing Retail Chain Midwest Retail Co. (name changed) is a mid-sized national apparel and accessories brand with 220 stores and a $520M annual revenue run rate