Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (NYSE: LSPD) (TSX: LSPD) ("Lightspeed"), the one-stop commerce platform empowering merchants to provide the best omnichannel experiences, today announced an enhanced integration with Homebase, the all-in-one HR and team management solution for small businesses. Through this new integration, Lightspeed's flagship retail solution (Lightspeed Retail)  customers can streamline employee tracking and management, saving valuable time and reducing the complexity of their business operations.

With Homebase's top-rated time clock soon to be  embedded directly into Lightspeed's Retail, merchants will be able to enjoy a more seamless and efficient workforce management experience. Combined with preferred Homebase subscription pricing for Lightspeed Retail merchants, this enriched collaboration takes workforce management to the next level.

Key Features of the Enhanced Integration

"Lightspeed's mission has always been to empower retailers with tools that streamline operations and maximize efficiency," said JD Saint-Martin, President of Lightspeed. "This enhanced integration with Homebase delivers further on that promise, offering merchants an embedded workforce management solution that improves workflows and helps them run their businesses more effectively."

"Homebase is purpose-built for small businesses with hourly workers, giving them critical tools to manage their teams. By embedding our tools directly into Lightspeed Retail, we're giving merchants a seamless, all-in-one solution that simplifies scheduling, payroll, and team communication," said John Waldmann, CEO of Homebase. "This integration will help business owners spend less time on administrative tasks, and more time growing their business."

This integration ensures Lightspeed merchants can remain competitive while benefiting from the powerful synergy between Lightspeed Retail and Homebase.

The enhanced integration is now available for Lightspeed Retail merchants. To learn more, visit https://www.lightspeedhq.com/integrations/homebase/.

About Lightspeed 

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional omnichannel customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.

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About Homebase

Homebase is the everything app for hourly teams, with employee scheduling, time clocks, payroll, team communication, and HR. 100,000+ small (but mighty) businesses rely on Homebase to make work radically easy and superpower their teams. The mission of Homebase is to make small business teams unstoppable.

Homebase is based in San Francisco, Houston, Denver, and Toronto. Homebase is backed by leading venture investors Bain Capital Ventures, Baseline Ventures, Bedrock Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Emerson Collective, Khosla Ventures, L Catterton, Notable Capital, and Plus Capital.

Forward-Looking Statements

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SOURCE Lightspeed Commerce Inc.

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For further information: Lightspeed Media Relations: media@lightspeedhq.com;
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