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Arighi Bianchi

Digital commerce enablement

E-commerce enablement and modernisation for a heritage UK furniture and homeware retailer.

E-commerceUnited Kingdom2020 — Active
Overview

Arighi Bianchi is a furniture brand based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, trading in home furnishing for over 150 years — and needed its online store brought up to the standard of the name above the door.

Technology used

Shopify PlusCustom Shopify themePayment & financing integrations
The challenge

What stood in the way

An ageing platform

The company needed to modernise outdated systems through a comprehensive store overhaul, migrating from a legacy platform to Shopify Plus.

Preserving a 150-year-old brand

Detailed requirements analysis and UI/UX design work were needed to maintain brand consistency through the replatform, alongside a custom Shopify theme.

The solution

What we built

Replatform to Shopify Plus

A complex re-platforming to Shopify Plus, automating the complete retail workflow from order through to shipment.

Custom commerce workflows

Custom payment and financing workflows, multi-variant product handling, and third-party financing service integration.

Migration and integration

Migration of thousands of products and user records, with full integration into internal systems, custom order monitoring, and marketplace app configuration.

The outcome

What changed

No infrastructure overhead

The move to SaaS eliminated upfront IT infrastructure cost.

Efficiency and revenue

Significantly improved operational efficiency and revenue, with the dependence on legacy systems removed.

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