Happy Birthday Hello Kitty! Sanrio is now Live on Shopify Plus
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Corra is pleased to unveil Sanrio’s reimagined site on Shopify Plus – an immersive experience for content, commerce, and community.
Sanrio Co. is a quintessential part of Japanese pop culture. They are famous for Hello Kitty but the company also has a whole host of ‘kawaii’ characters (known as the culture of cuteness in Japan) that we wanted to showcase with their very own pages to live and breathe.
Sanrio envisioned more for their site than just a store to purchase their products (stationary, toys, gifts, apparel, accessories, homeware, etc.). They wanted a central location where fans and newcomers can immerse themselves in the brand, discover characters, events, social content, download wallpapers and crafts, learn new recipes, visit the Hello Kitty Cafe, and more. Corra completely redesigned the experience, performed complex back-end integrations, and launched Sanrio on Shopify Plus to celebrate Hello Kitty’s 46th birthday.
BEFORE AND AFTER
Sanrio’s previous UX lacked the playful personality the brand is known for. In its original state, community events and social media were siloed from their commerce experience. Corra’s goal was to take the site experience from a vending-machine-like transaction to an engaging blend of content, commerce, and community events. There were also complexities we needed to solve on the back end to accommodate Sanrio’s multiple sources of inventory, vendors, B2B and B2C business models, and complex architecture.
Sanrio chose Corra because of our strong design capabilities, backed up by our technology expertise. They trusted us to completely revamp the site’s look and feel and bring their vision to life. But they were also confident in our technology background (17+ years of site implementations) – we were an ideal partner for their complex requirements.
VIEW THE BRAND NEW SITE
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Morgan is the Content Associate at Corra. She enjoys bringing tech-speak to life through storytelling and content strategy. Her favorite topics to write about are the innovative customer experiences of leading fashion and lifestyle brands.
Corra, a Publicis Sapient company, is the global commerce leader and SI helping brands and organizations grow by evaluating, building, and optimizing their digital commerce ecosystems. Our vast experience with composable and headless implementations speeds time-to-value and provides technical freedom to our clients. Our TotalCare managed services program provides gold-standard support, enhancements and ongoing commerce strategy. We are strategic thinkers, accomplished engineers, and award-winning experience designers. We believe outstanding customer experiences can’t exist without flawless technology, and that flawless technology is pointless without beautiful, human-centered design. Our clients are an integral part of our team. Together, we remove the obstacles that are limiting growth and discover new opportunities. We don’t rest until our clients achieve their full potential. Our clients’ KPIs are our KPIs. We have 20 years of experience in commerce technology, but we also know that customer expectations are constantly evolving. For this reason, we’ve built future-proof solutions and refined an agile execution process that helps our clients achieve more with less. As a Publicis Sapient company, Corra joins a global network spanning 20,000 people with 53 offices around the world enabling us to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing and building the experiences and services their customers demand.
