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and our awesome clients!

Ok ok ok. These aren’t quite the Webbys, but everyone loves to be recognized…even the hard working humans at Pod1. So without further adieu….[drum roll please]…and the winners, from the 2012 Communicator Awards are:

Gold Award of Excellence: Salvatore Ferragamo

Gold Award of Excellence: eloquii by The Limited

Silver Award of Distinction: Maje USA

Silver Award of Distinction: Echo

Pod1 is happy to be hosting the Magento E-commerce Forum in New York this month.

So if you’re a merchant looking to upgrade your e-commerce platform and want to know about Pod1 and/or Magento, then make sure you register for an invite.

As well as Pod1 and Magento, there’ll be presentations from two of our lovely clients, Echo and Erno Laszlo (launching soon), as well as from analytics partner jirafe.

Long term hosting partner Rackspace will also be at the event to answer any hosting questions you may have.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Pod1 is pleased to announce the launch of Echo:

Spanning almost 90 years, the Echo brand is synonymous for it’s use of color and patterns in everything it does.

Pod1 was tasked with creating a next generation e-commerce site for Echo. The brief was to enhance the brand experience online, improve the customer journey and upgrade the e-commerce platform.

Working closely with the brand, our UX and interaction designers created an innovative, layered navigational structure to the site, mirroring today’s touchscreen App experiences.

The site was also built using an adaptive layout so no matter how large or small your screen, you’ll get a great visual experience.

The same page on a wider screen:

As well as gloves, scarves and accessories, the site also caters to the Home category:

Other sections on the site include an editorial section:

A gift guide:

and brand story:

The techie bit: site was built on the Magento Enterprise platform as well as WordPress. Hosting is via the cloud at Rackspace.

Pod1 is proud to announce the latest release of of the Salvatore Ferragamo trunkshow, featuring the innovative outfit-builder application that allows customers to quite literally style themselves.

Working closely with the Ferragamo team, Pod1 delivered an end-to-end process, from high-end photography, through to design and technology implementation.

This launch follows the success of the original site that was delivered in time for SS11 Fashion Week.

The techie bit: the site was built on the Magento platform (surprise surprise!), with extensive custom development to implement the style yourself functionality.

Read more about it here (via Luxury Daily)..

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Please come and join us!

The Maje e-boutique was launched as part of the bigger launch strategy for the brand as it enters the US market and opens a number of stores on the east coast of America, and ultimately nationwide.

Maje is the success story of a “fashion child”, Judith Milgrom, who was introduced to the art of crafting garments at a very early age. Judith created the name “Maje” as a combination of the initials of the names of her loved ones.

The site focuses on the simplicity of the brand, allowing the design of the products to speak for themselves.

As well as the shopping pages, the site features a store locator, look book, press section and news area.

The techie bit: The site was developed on the Magento Enterprise platform for e-commerce functionality, and WordPress to manage editorial. Pod1 also hosts the site on it’s ecommerce optimized, cloud-based infrastructure.

This is what happened with Adweek came to the Pod1 studios in NY.

The Countdown to Fabulous is over… and we are pleased to announce the site launch of eloquii by The Limited, a new plus size apparel and accessory range that puts fashion first.

The much anticipated collection is delivered to you with design, copy and development by Pod1, and produced on the Demandware platform.

> The drop down menu enables customers to shop by category, shape or color.

> The site was designed to be updated regularly, keeping fashionistas inspired with areas like the Must Haves.

> The two-step Shape My Style tool produces a collection suited to a shopper’s shape. No apples or pears here!

> The clean design lets the fashion do the talking.

> While the Fashion, Fit and Fabric tabs deliver the whole story on each product, increasing purchasing confidence in an online-only brand.

> And last but not least, a super-clean and simple checkout experience.

Read the eloquii story.

And join the eloquii conversation on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

We came across this Facebook post from one of our clients CAbi, that we had recently created a new site for, as well as a cool ‘Outfit Builder’ app.

…and it goes on. Great to hear from the site’s users for a change!

Read our original post on this here.

After 25 years of selling her designer collections in Nordstrom and other upscale department stores and specialty boutiques across the country, Carol Anderson decided to bring her expertly designed clothing directly to the customer in the form of the ultimate personal shopping experience!

Pod1 NY worked closely with the client over a 10 week period to deliver a fresh new site that was in-line with their more mature customer base.

The site was built with simplicity in mind providing the end-user with a stress-free user experience.

The site’s objective was not only to showcase the fashion, but also provide the brand with a voice.

Pod1 also implemented it’s first iteration of the hugely popular, and effective Outfit Builder for this launch.

UPDATE: And the people have spoken..take a look at the customer feedback on Facebook.