Kubota, the iconic Polish shoe brand, reactivated itself after 25 years and got off on the strongest possible footing with over 1000 orders in the first month back on the market! How did it handle such demand?
Kubota's flip-flops may be intentionally retro, but their tech stack is anything but. By choosing a PWA eCommerce platform, Kubota is prepared for the expectations of modern, mobile-first shoppers.
The resurrected brand also had to reach new customers; young generations glued to their smartphones. This direction aligned with Google’s data which proves that over 96% of search and over 40% of online transactions are done on mobile devices. And so the new sales channels had to answer their needs first and foremost.
Kubota's goals when launching an eCommerce platform:
The goal was to implement a PWA-based online store. To do this, the company decided to use existing solutions, opting for Magento 2 as a backend, but adding Vue Storefront as a frontend and making the entire store into a PWA.
E-com.house and newfantastic were responsible for the implementation.
Vue Storefront gave developers the freedom to customize the eCommerce platform, according to Kubota's brand guidance, but it also allowed them to address the most typical eCommerce issues almost automatically. To use the full potential of online sales, the store was integrated with a must-have toolset for analysis, planning, sales, and data flow control. It consists of Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Merchant, and others like Google Shopping, Google Search Console, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, XML generation, and API integrations.
Kubota launched their new eCommerce platform in April 2019 and hit over 1000 orders of reactivated slide sandals in the first month. The resurrected brand awakened warm emotions among its old fans but also became the number one topic on the lips of retro fashion lovers.
Kubota, the iconic Polish shoe brand, reactivated itself after 25 years and got off on the strongest possible footing with over 1000 orders in the first month back on the market! How did it handle such demand?
