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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

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.

It’s that time of the year again, when men put their faces on the line to raise awareness of how cold not having a beard is at this time of year.

Myself and Mr Chris Pendse are flying the Pod1 London Movember flag this year and have shaved off our usual facial adornments to raise money and awareness for some very good causes

We’ll be posting regular updates on how our moustaches are growing, if anyone has any requests, let us know. Not that we can promise an exact replica of your chosen style.

To donate generously to our cause, please go here

Thank you!

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.

We’re happy to announce that our work for Asda’s fashion brand George is now live on the world-wide-interweb!

Pod1 was tasked with overhauling the entire user experience for this hugely popular brand.

The George label provides cost effective fashion across all categories, from Women to School and Babies.

Custom pages were also created to allow for style tips and bespoke content.

Pod1’s clean approach was implemented across the site to ensure a simple user experience.

Large drop down navigation also cut clicks for faster access to content, and allowed for inline promotions.

The site was developed on the Demandware platform.

Last week, W³ announced the winning entries out of over 3,000 submissions. For the 4th year running, Pod1 walked away with a few awards…nice.

Harvey Nichols won Best in Show (category: Fashion) and Silver (category: Shopping)

Diamond in the Rough won Gold (category: Fashion)

Smythson won Silver (category: Shopping)

Nanette Lepore won Silver (category: Fashion)

Always great to be recognized, and pretty cool to have some shiny statuettes dotted around the office!

A bit about W³: “The W³ Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, videos and marketing programs.”