Retail and eCommerce Case study
Hemag Nova AG: multi-store Magento 2 platform
hemagnova.chA Magento 2 platform for several storefronts: custom shipping and product import modules, a partial Magento 1 migration, Algolia search and responsive theming.
Overview
Hemag Nova AG is a Swiss wholesale retailer with several online storefronts on Magento 2. We set up the platform, migrated part of an existing Magento 1 store, wrote custom modules and carried out ongoing design and functional changes for two and a half years.
The challenge
Several storefronts needed to share one codebase but look and behave differently, with product data, shipping rules and search kept consistent, while the client sent a steady stream of design and functional feedback.
What we built
- Magento 2.2 platform setup with parent theme inheritance and per-storefront customization
- Partial migration from Magento 1: products, attributes and reviews
- Custom modules for shipping, product import and update, sale category listings, quick order and staff management with permissions
- Algolia search and filtering on product listings
- Responsive fixes for headers, footers, category and product pages, cart and checkout
- Design implementation from HTML slicing, a store locator page and product page redesign
- Static content pages (FAQ, glossary), canonical tags and product-save speed improvements
- Work with third-party extensions including Amasty and Mageplaza
- An import feed that receives XML product data from a separate server
How a system like this fits together
- Client side
- Services
- Data stores
- Third parties
In words: Several storefronts run on one Magento 2 platform with parent theme inheritance. Magento is extended with custom modules (shipping, product import and update, quick order, staff management) and third-party Amasty and Mageplaza extensions, and stores data in MySQL. Algolia provides search and filtering on product listings, and a separate server sends XML product data to the import feed.
Technology used
| Layer | Choice | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud | AWS | cloud infrastructure |
| Database | MySQL | store data |
| Platform | Magento 2 (PHP) | multi-storefront store with custom modules |
| Search | Algolia | search and filtering on product listings |
| Extensions | Amasty, Mageplaza | third-party extensions |
What happened next
- Delivered
The work described above was delivered to the client.
- Operational facts
- Our work on this project spanned 2018–2021.
- It was maintained and extended over 3 years.
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Could this be your project?
- You run a retail brand or an online store and need custom ordering, checkout, catalogue or customer-loyalty rules. Magento development
- You need a web application with user accounts, admin tools and reporting. Website and web app development
- You work in retail and ecommerce and want a team that has built for it before. Retail and eCommerce work
Questions about this project
How long did this project take?
Our work on it ran from 2018 to 2021, with 2,000+ engineering hours logged in total.
What technology was used?
AWS, MySQL, Magento 2, PHP, Algolia, Amasty, Mageplaza.
Was it maintained and extended over time?
Yes. Our work on this project was maintained and extended over 3 years, from 2018 to 2021.
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