How Lampenwelt Lights Up Europe with Magento
The upgrade to Magento Commerce improved user experience across all devices, and helped to elevate Lampenwelt above their competition.
The lighting giant just turned on stores in 15 European countries
Lampenwelt is Europe’s largest online lighting specialist. With online stores in 15 different countries, including France, Austria, Great Britain, Spain and Italy, the company has expanded to dominate the European market. An online pure play business, Lampenwelt offers over 40,000 products in a wide range of styles to over 1.5 million customers, and in 2017, the company achieved annual sales of 75 million Euros ($84.7 million USD). Following significant investments by the 3i Group and Project A in 2017, Lampenwelt prepared for even broader international expansion.
Lampenwelt’s eCommerce story begins in 1999. Having sold a selection of lamps via eBay, the company launched their first platform in 2002. They achieved phenomenal growth, and expanded their warehouse operations. But by 2016, their home-brewed eCommerce platform was struggling to keep up with their growth. Lampenwelt needed a total digital transformation and a scalable concept.
Due to the very complex data model and the high-performance requirements, we have extended and modified Magento in many areas. We were able to meet the premium demands of the lamp world.”
Dirk Schwarz
Director Technology & Projects at PHOENIX MEDIA
The future is bright.
After a period of deep research, Lampenwelt decided on Magento Commerce, and PHOENIX MEDIA, a leading Magento Enterprise Solution Partner with 40 certified developers. “In PHOENIX MEDIA, we found a competent service provider who met our very high demands with a high level of commitment and creative solutions,” said Thomas Rebmann, CEO at Lampenwelt.
The basic requirement for the project was to migrate the existing Lampenwelt platform to Magento Commerce. “During the migration, not only was the store infrastructure consolidated, but numerous internal processes were also reorganized,” said Markus Lorenz, Head of IT at Lampenwelt.
With up to 5,000 daily orders at peak times, it was necessary to connect the Lampenwelt’s ERP system to Magento Commerce. They integrated Elasticsearch technology to ensure fast page loading times, and dynamic search and filter options across a large number of different attributes. For example, if a customer types “Smart” into the search box, a number of Smart home lighting categories appear, alongside products with titles and descriptions that match “Smart.”
Lampenwelt integrated many systems into Magento Commerce, including PAYBACK, a recommendation and retargeting service, and a leading eMarketing solution, to deliver customer newsletters. “Due to the very complex data model and the high performance requirements, we have extended and modified Magento Commerce in many areas,” said Dirk Schwarz, Director Technology & Projects at PHOENIX MEDIA. “We were able to meet the premium demands of the lamp world.”
Double and triple-digit growth.
The upgrade to Magento Commerce improved the user experience across all devices, and helped to elevate Lampenwelt above their competition. With an optimized mobile experience, the brand experienced a conversion rate increase of 20 percent. Based on Magento Commerce, Lampenwelt is now on course for huge international growth, with successful B2C web stores in 15 countries.
With all these international stores running on one Magento instance, the company benefits enormously from efficient backend management. Double-digit growth rates have been recorded across all markets, and in some new markets, the figures are even in the three-digit range. And Lampenwelt is only just getting started. By investing in innovative and forward-looking areas, the online pure player is now planning expansion into more new geographies worldwide.
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