Stadium selects Infor and Columbus to create a modern, Unified Commerce and Supply Chain Platform

Stadium, one of the Nordic region’s largest sports retailers, has selected Infor CloudSuite Fashion and Infor Warehouse Management System (WMS) to modernize its ERP and warehouse operations. The choice marks a significant step in Stadium’s journey to build a single, scalable digital backbone that supports growth, resilience, and innovation across its retail and sourcing operations in the Nordics and Asia.

The partnership between Stadium and Infor was driven by several factors. Stadium valued Infor’s strong references in distribution-intensive retail environments and its deep industry fit within fashion and retail. The proven ability to deliver ERP and WMS as an integrated solution, combined with close collaboration between Infor and implementation partner Columbus, were key differentiators. Flexible and transparent pricing, along with a clear long-term partnership approach, further strengthened the decision.

“With this decision, we are building a modern, scalable platform that supports our growth ambitions while strengthening control and visibility across our supply chain” says Sophia Hemstad, CFO Stadium.

With more than 200 stores across Sweden, Finland, and Norway, Stadium operates in a complex, high-volume retail environment. As the business has grown, the need for a future-proof platform capable of replacing fragmented legacy systems and enabling real-time visibility, improved resilience, and faster decision-making across the end-to-end supply chain has increased.

To address these challenges, Stadium selected Infor CloudSuite Fashion together with Infor WMS, creating a modern and standardized platform designed specifically for the needs of fashion and retail. 

Stadium has selected Columbus as its implementation partner to support its digital transformation journey. By working with Columbus, Stadium gains access to deep industry expertise, proven implementation capabilities, and a strong understanding of complex retail and supply chain environments.

“We look forward to start this new journey for Stadium in supporting them through the implementation of both Infor CloudSuite Fashion and Infor WMS”, says Tina Algkvist Sr VP Columbus M3.

By minimizing manual interventions, the platform supports both Nordic retail operations and international sourcing, while laying a strong foundation for future growth, sustainability initiatives, and continuous innovation.

Once fully implemented, the Infor platform will help Stadium seamlessly integrate ERP and warehouse management to support fast and accurate order fulfillment. It will increase visibility and control across the entire supply chain, improve efficiency and resilience throughout logistics and warehouse operations, and enable Stadium to scale confidently as one of the largest sports retailers in the Nordics. At the same time, the solution establishes a long-term digital foundation aligned with retail and fashion industry best practices.

“Stadium’s choice of Infor reflects a clear focus on long-term value, simplicity, and strong industry alignment within retail,” says Malte Ekedahl, SVP & GM Nordics at Infor.

About Infor

Infor is a global leader in business cloud software products for companies in industry specific markets. Infor builds complete industry suites in the cloud and efficiently deploys technology that puts the user experience first, leverages data science, and integrates easily into existing systems. Over 60,000 organisations worldwide rely on Infor to help overcome market disruptions and achieve business-wide digital transformation.

About Columbus

Columbus is a consultancy company that brings business and tech together, delivering digital value through human intelligence to enable customers to innovate and grow. With more than 1,500 employees, we guide our customers through their digital transformation and deliver lasting value within the food and beverage, manufacturing, retail, distribution, and life sciences industries. We advise, implement, and manage business-critical solutions within Cloud Services, ERP, Data & AI, Digital Commerce, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Information Management, Cybersecurity and more. With headquarters in Denmark and a global presence, we ensure local delivery of our services on a global scale.

About Stadium

Stadium is one of Europe's largest sport and sport-fashion chains, founded in 1974 in Stockholm by brothers Ulf and Bo Eklöf. The company, known for its "arena" store concept, aims to offer, a wide range of functional, high-quality products at competitive prices. They promote an active, healthy lifestyle across Sweden, Finland, and Norway.