VooStore
Project Details
Areas of Work
- eCommerce
- Branding
Roles
- Strategy
- Graphic Design
- UX / UI Design
- Front-end Development
About the Client
VooStore is one of the world’s most renowned concept stores. Their unique product selection covers fashion, footwear, beauty products, jewellery and magazines. The brands range from luxury labels like Prada to up-and-coming designers like Jacquemus or Craig Green.
Task & Scope
After three years in business and winning the first Super Store prize, a competition hosted by e-commerce hub Farfetch.com, the team at Voo saw the potential to venture into online and asked us to develop the full digital shopping experience.
eCommerce platform
Launch of VooStore’s eCommerce platform, integrated with in-store sales and inventory management system.
Visual identity
Develop a coherent branding across key applications by systematizing all existing branding elements and developing new ones.
End-to-end experience
Develop all branded assets such as transactional mails and thank you notes to deliver an end-to-end shopping experience.
Overview
Translating the physical experience to online
When conceptualising the digital shopping experience, we doubled down on what the physical store is known for: an inspiring shopping experience.
Rather than following conventional patterns that often focus on customers who already know what they want, we built the overall information architecture around the idea that browsing the site should be an entertaining activity, leading to the discovery of new products.
Browsing and discovering products without getting diverted by price or brand
We stripped category pages from all distracting information to give room for large product imagery and make browsing as appealing as possible.
Just like peeking the inconspicuous hang-tag on garments in-store, information is only shown on hover, allowing customers to browse products without being preoccupied by brand or price.
Outfit shots to inspire users and strengthen VooStore’s brand
Shots of outfits break up category pages and drive product discoveries.
The looks and outfits frame products, helping users to develop a sense of style and strengthen VooStore’s progressive role in fashion.
Making customers fall in love with a product
Using high quality full-bleed imagery we turned product pages into an immersive experience.
Instead of a conventional zoom-function, we had photographers take close-up shots that guide the users’ attention towards specific details of a product.
Detailed product descriptions inform users about the item and testify to VooStore’s competence and authority in fashion.
More ways to discover products: shop the editorial
We introduced an additional way to browse and discover new products and outfits: editorials with shopping functionality.
This promoted the brand's point of view on upcoming seasons, highlighting brands or specific products and strengthening VooStore’s position as a taste-maker.
Creating an end-to-end shopping experience
In order to deliver a memorable shopping experience we carefully considered and designed each touchpoint and transaction along the customer’s end-to-end journey.
Purchase
Confirmation mail that answers all important questions like “Did my order go through?” and “When will my product be shipped?” in an elegant yet skimmable way.
Order fulfillment
Shipping confirmation mail with tracking code to manage customers’ expectations.
Delivery
Physical ‘thank you’ card with all necessary information such as return policy and space for handwritten personal notes.
Retention
Minimalistic newsletter that doesn’t feel like a promotion but rather an announcement to inform customers about new seasons, products and sales to keep them coming back.
Results
Attracted a global customer base
The eCommerce store was able to attract a global customer base, with orders from outside of Germany making up around 65% of revenue (Europe, Asia and U.S.).
High customer retention
Due to a high share of returning customers and direct type-ins, eCommerce revenue went up around 25% year-after-year while marketing expenses remained constant.
Shopping as a leisure activity
With a high average visit duration and many products closely examined, the data proved our approach got the desired results.
Strengthened brand as forward thinking
We’re delighted to say since launch the project’s aesthetics, user flows and components have been copied by many other companies.
Technology
Realtime synchronization of stock across brick-and-mortar stores, warehouses and online outlets as well as custom processes in merchandising and order fulfillment asked for a platform that went beyond the boundaries of a simple eCommerce solution.
Tech Stack
- Magento
- Ansible
- Bootstrap
- NetSuite
Credits
Photography
- Rita Lino
- Volker Conradus
- José Cuevas
Typefaces
- Inkwell by MediumExtraBold
- Dia by Schick Toikka