About LightMarket
LightMarket is a South African lighting, electrical, and solar retailer and wholesaler serving both retail and trade customers nationwide. They supply LED lighting, electrical components, solar systems, and smart home products for homes, businesses, and trade projects, alongside their own brands like Bing Light and AfriSolar built for quality and value. As a family-run business with decades of experience, LightMarket has grown through trust, technical expertise, and long-term customer relationships, with a strong focus on innovation and scalable systems as they expand across South Africa.
The Challenge
With multiple branches and a wide product range, keeping stock accurate, tracking performance, and aligning systems across locations became harder. They needed a solution that could support growth without adding complexity.
How Hike Helps
It gives LightMarket one connected view of the business, making it easier to manage branches, track performance, and stay organized as they grow.
These are the features LightMarket values the most:
- Branch wide visibility Every location is connected, making it easy to oversee performance across the network.
- Live stock control Inventory updates instantly, helping teams manage fast-moving and technical products with confidence.
- Performance tracking Clear reports show sales, margins, and growth without complicated data.
- Seamless integrations Connects with tools like Shopify and Xero so sales, stock, and accounts stay in sync.
- Anywhere access Being cloud-based means managers can check in on the business anytime, from anywhere.
The Result
LightMarket now runs with structure and confidence. Teams work more smoothly, leaders make faster decisions, and customers get reliable service every time. With the right systems in place, LightMarket is set to keep expanding and shaping the future of lighting and energy solutions in South Africa.
About Mondo
Mondo Clothing is one of Nigeria’s most respected fashion brands, known for premium menswear and modern style. With multiple stores across major cities, Mondo serves customers who value quality, confidence, and consistency. Founded as a single store focused on quality and service, the brand has grown into a multi-location business trusted by thousands every month. As Mondo expanded, more products, more staff, and more customers meant operations had to become smarter and more connected.
The Challenge
Managing stock across stores, tracking sales accurately, and keeping checkout fast became harder as Mondo expanded. Each location felt disconnected, and getting clear reports took time.
How Hike Helps
It brings all of Mondo’s stores into one system, fixing disconnected operations, slow reporting, and long checkout times. Everything updates in real-time, giving the team control, clarity, and speed across every location.
These are the features Mondo values the most:
- Multi-store control in real time All locations run on one system. Sales, stock, and staff activity update instantly, giving managers a clear view of every store at once.
- Live inventory tracking Stock is always accurate. Mondo sees what’s selling fast, moves items between stores easily, and avoids running out or overstocking.
- Faster checkout Billing is quick and smooth, even at peak hours. Shorter lines mean better customer experiences and more sales.
- Simple for staff Easy to learn and easy to use, helping staff work faster with fewer mistakes.
- Clear useful reports Real-time insights on sales, products, and staff help Mondo plan better and grow smarter.
The Result
Today, Mondo operates as one strong, connected brand. Customers enjoy faster service, staff work with confidence, and managers make decisions using live data. With the right system behind them, Mondo is set to keep growing, serving more customers, and leading the fashion retail space in Nigeria.
Use Hike as your Xero POS
Use Hike as your Xero POS and seamlessly sync all retail transactions data with your accounting software.
Simplify your business with Xero POS integration
Automate financial reporting, save time, and reduce your administrative costs.
Save time, reduce errors
Automatically post your sales orders, purchases, customers, supplier details, and payments to Xero.
Batch daily totals
Only one batched payment invoice is posted to Xero upon closing the register, making reconciliation easier.
Record in Hike, update in Xero
Record ‘on account’ sales in Hike and get automatic payment updates from Xero when payments are reconciled.
What is Xero?
Xero is easy to use online accounting software that’s designed specifically for small businesses.
- It’s all online, so you can work when and where you want to. Just login with your PC, Mac, or mobile.
- Your bank statements are automatically imported and categorized, letting you see your cash flow in real-time.
- Xero has all you need to run your business – including invoicing, paying bills, sales tax returns, reporting, and much more.
Hike POS + Xero integration features
Sales orders
Automatically sync all sales orders with individual line item details.
Cash float
Send all cash movement details to Xero including receipts, refunds, opening cash, cash deposits, withdrawals, and closing float balances.
Supplier profiles
Sync supplier profiles and profile updates with Xero.
Loyalty expense & liabilities
Post recorded loyalty points expenses and liability adjustments to Xero.
‘On account’ sales
Post account sales to Xero with payment pending status along with the payment due date. Account payments reconciled in Xero are automatically posted back to Hike.
Daily sales & payments summary
Sync daily sales totals and receipt summaries by payment type.
Purchase orders
Sync all purchase orders recorded in Hike to Xero so you can track amounts payable to suppliers in Xero.
Gift cards liability & payments
Post gift card liability to Xero when a gift card is sold. Liability adjustment is then sent to Xero when the gift card is used to pay for a sale.
Advanced account mapping
Provide standard account codes for sales, purchases, and inventory in Xero when you activate the integration. If you need these to be different for certain products, you can also apply different account codes for individual products.
In the cloud, on any device.
Hike works on any device. Use iPad, PC, or Mac to sell in-store and fire up our iPad register app to sell on-the-go and at events.
Feature-rich
Xero has everything you need including invoicing, bills, custom tax rules, reports, and payroll.
Hike on any tablet device
Use Hike on any tablet device with a web browser.
Auto bank feeds
Save time with Xero’s automated bank feeds. Reconciliation takes minutes, not hours.
Collaborate
Xero allows multi-user access to help you collaborate up-to-date numbers with your team and accountants.