Ronati has launched Ronati Studio, a comprehensive online platform for antiques dealers, allowing them to efficiently manage their inventory from acquisition to resale. It supports a variety of items, including both low and high-end artefacts. The software includes mobile capabilities for photographing items and sharing data, aiming to streamline business processes in an industry that often struggles with technology adoption. Insights from industry leaders underscore ongoing challenges in inventory management and the absence of tailored software solutions despite the projected growth rate of the market.
"A dealer could buy a piece of furniture at an Illinois auction, take a picture on their phone and have it on the market within half an hour," says Clinton Howell.
"Vintage dealers largely are quite dysfunctional individuals, particularly in Europe," Lorford says. "We're fairly unemployable creative wannabes who make the most wonderful living buying and selling beautiful old things."
"Despite a projected 15% annual growth rate in the industry, technology innovation has lagged-especially for an industry already known for not being tech savvy," says Stacey Tiveron.
"Let's say you have 30 Hans Wegner chairs. You want to sell one on 1stDibs and another on Chairish," Howell says. "Ronati offers all the data entries to keep everything organised, and that's almost priceless."
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