Retailers are using search indexes beyond their ecommerce stores to improve customer experience and workforce efficiency. They can optimize application performance, usability, and internal use cases such as inventory management, stock management, customer care, purchasing, supplier and vendor management, marketing, and more. Search indexing can speed up queries with user-defined or unpredictable workloads, and is especially important for in-store workforce applications, back-office inventory and assortment, and customer servicing. Retailers like MongoDB are providing quick and cost-effective solutions to add search capabilities without creating operational complexity, allowing them to drive fast application experiences and improve overall business operations.