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Case Study:

New Website for ZGONC - Happy Shopping and Working

Customer

ZGONC

ZGONC Handels GmbH, based in Austria, is a specialty retailer for tools, machinery, construction, and garden equipment with locations in Vienna, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Burgenland, Styria, Carinthia, and Salzburg.

In 1957 ZGONC mainly sold used tools and machines. Today, the company is THE specialty store for tools, machines, construction and garden equipment – “unerreicht in Österreich” (unmatched in Austria). Speaking of success: In the digital world, ZGONC is now forging ahead with a brand-new online presence by elements. After a good seven years, it was time to give the outdated website an upgrade to bring it up to the state of the art.

New Website for ZGONC - Happy Shopping and Working
New Website for ZGONC - Happy Shopping and Working
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Products Used

Customer Key Facts

70+

Mio. Euro Turnover

35

Locations

16 476

Products

15 500

Customers

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New Website for ZGONC - Happy Shopping and Working

Challenge

The challenge: numerous wishes and requirements from stakeholders

Existing partners, the search provider, the payment provider and, of course, ZGONC itself: They all had unique requirements regarding the new website and expressed their individual wishes. This resulted in a long to-do list, which presented a number of challenges. There were numerous system connections and interfaces that had to be set up in the backend – always with the aim of achieving an increase in the level of automation. To turn prospects into buyers, a new online store was needed. Purchase-encouraging features such as watch lists, 360-degree animations and the possibility to reserve products in stores were used to boost sales in the ZGONC webshop.

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New Website for ZGONC - Happy Shopping and Working

"A flexible experience management tool that meets the needs of customers and users and can provide the right content, at the right time, and in the right place."

ZGONC Marketing Team

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New Website for ZGONC - Happy Shopping and Working

Solution

Pimcore products in use

A supplier portal in German and English, reports for statistics and insights into a wide range of data statuses, as well as a comprehensive infrastructure for optimal site performance – the following Pimcore products were used to make all this possible:

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New Website for ZGONC - Happy Shopping and Working

Results

Mission accomplished: ZGONC & Pimcore make online shopping fun

Just how well the new webshop was received by users became apparent just a few days after the go-live date: Both sales and the number of orders increased. Customers are not the only ones happy about the new online shopping experience – ZGONC enjoys the new possibilities that Pimcore offers, too. The successful collaboration will continue in the future: The next steps include the development of a concept for the optimization of the web performance as well as the online integration of the “jö” customer club. More success stories are available on the blog – have a look and get inspired!

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Key Results

14%

Shortened Time to market

1,6%

e-Commerce Conversions

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