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May 16, 2013

The ethos behind IJP Design is to create high quality, funky and distinctive apparel that fuses functionality with fashion, letting you reflect your own personality and style. Ian James Poulter, one of the world’s top ranking golfers, launched his own sports fashion clothing brand, IJP Design in 2007. He says that looking good and playing well go together. IJP brand philosophy is to ‘lead with the legs’ by designing the trousers first and then coordinating the rest of the outfit around them.

KEY POINTS

• Merchant:  IJP Design
• Industry: Apparel
• Base Engine: Innovate
• Markets served:  International
• Project plan:  12 weeks
• Number of products:  200

Siobhan Kos, Ecommerce Manager at IJP Design:

May 14, 2013

Vaimo, one of the leading Magento’s Solution Partners in Europe, enters the Finnish market adding another 10 eCommerce experts to its current strong team in Sweden, Norway, UK, Estonia and South Africa.

Vaimo has kept a close eye on the Finnish eCommerce market for some time. After having successfully established themselves in Sweden and recently entering Norway, Finland was the natural next target on their radar.

“After several discussions with Finnish retailers, merchants and eCommerce experts, we learnt that there is a strong need in the Finnish market for a company like Vaimo with global understanding of eCommerce and business processes,” says David Holender,  CEO of Vaimo.

Vaimo found two suppliers in the Finnish market, Digital Value Oy and Faarao Oy, that shared Vaimo’s business values and goals. Digital Value Oy, run by Mika Leno and Janne Sävy was an independent eCommerce consulting company and Faarao Oy, managed by Olli Sankari was a Magento Silver Solutions Partner.

Discussions between Digital Value, Faarao and Vaimo about the possibilities of working together in the Finnish market started earlier in the year. After some negotiations and due diligence by all parties, “a chord was struck” and a joint-venture was established.

Ecommerce statistics show that online competition amongst Finnish retailers and merchants is getting tougher. “We want to help Finnish companies to grow with Vaimo’s international expertise and know-how in eCommerce and business management in general. We are excited to leverage on Vaimo’s know-how from our newly established Vaimo offices in Helsinki and Oulu,” says Mika Leno, Managing Director of Vaimo Finland. He continues “We have resources to deploy agile, international and best practice multi-channel and omni-channel commerce solutions.” Leno adds  “Vaimo has hands-on experience in the day to day running of large eCommerce businesses. This combination is unique in the Finnish market.”

“We see that that the key for eCommerce success is based on a thorough understanding of the entire commerce business processes from a retailer and merchants perspective. Also the ability to create a customer centric experience with seamless interaction with the retailer and merchant across every possible touch point,”  says Olli Sankari, Operations Director  of Vaimo Finland.

“The addition of Finland to our growing international team means that we now have more than 90 employees to service more than 350 of our clients across Europe and South Africa. We have 14 certified Magento developers and are well on track reaching our growth targets.  I feel confident that with our great team of eCommerce experts, with international and local know-how, we can start writing a new chapter and be part of many success stories in the Finnish market,” says Holender.

April 30, 2013

Two members of Vaimo’s development team, Malin Klingsell and Simon Kjellberg, have received the Magento credential by passing the Magento’s Certified Front End Developer exam.

Magento Front End Developer Certification (FEDC) verifies that professional front-end developer has the skills and experience to implement user interface-related changes on Magento Enterprise Edition and Magento Community Edition websites.

Magento front end developers work with the backend developers to implement new features and feature customizations, but their main focus is on modifying the user interface (UI) of existing functionality. Front end developers need to be familiar with basic Magento skills, including the use of the admin panel, directory structure, request flow, and rendering/layout functionality.

“The test consisted of 193 questions and we had 4 hours to complete it. One definitely needs experience with Magento to pass the test. You need to feel comfortable with Magento front end, such as layout of XML, folder structure, fallback structure as well as with front end code in general. You also need to read the study guide and look up things you are uncertain about,” says Klingsell.

“We are very proud of Malin and Simon passing the exam. This is a very important add on to Vaimo’s current list of certifications and brings the company’s total number of Magento Certified developers to 10. Vaimo wants to continue to be at the very top when it comes to providing professional and good service to its customers and therefore encourages its developers to keep their skills and knowledge up to date,” says David Holender, CEO of Vaimo.

Staffan Palopää (CTO at Vaimo) and Simon Kjellberg are part of Magento’s Advisory board, which was created to bring together experts from across the global Magento community to establish measurable criteria that demonstrates platform expertise. Both Staffan and Simon worked with others in Advisory board to create the blueprint for the front-end certification examination, audit and modify the proposed test questions and write new questions for the exam.

April 26, 2013

Define and Rule is a new start-up pure-play online retail business, which will be selling health and fitness, body building and nutrition supplements via Define and Rule web-site and through third party marketplaces such as Amazon, EBay and Play.com. Paul Kraftman, CEO, says “We are selecting a range of products from the world’s leading manufacturers and will be adopting a competitive pricing strategy, as well as focusing on incentivizing customer loyalty to the Define and Rule store”.

KEY POINTS

Paul Kraftman, Chief Executive Officer at Define and Rule:

April 23, 2013

Chatz Connect was established in 1994, and is currently one of Vodacom South Africa’s largest super independent dealers. The company has been a major player in the cellular industry since its’ inception. Through its strong association with Vodacom, Chatz Connect is now established at the forefront of the cellular retail industry. We strive to offer our customers the best service levels at all times. Our passion is to provide you with, “Your Deal, Your Way”.

KEY POINTS

• Merchant:  Chatz Connect
• Industry: Telecommunications
• Base Engine: Innovate
• Markets served: South Africa
• Website: www.chatzconnect.co.za
• Project plan: 10 weeks

Vuk Kočan, Content & Communication Co-ordinator at Chatz Connect:

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