Industry:
Retail
Category:
SAP Commerce
Why NTT DATA Business Solutions?
- Global SAP expertise
- A true understanding of Smyths Toys business and industry
- Proven technical expertise in SAP ecommerce projects
- UX and UI design expertise
- Customer experience specialists
The acquisition of stores in three new European countries presented us with the challenge of quickly rolling out ecommerce websites in those countries, underpinned by the latest version of SAP C/4Hana commerce. itelligence* formulated a strategy to help us achieve that rapidly and cost-effectively. The implementation has progressed extremely well and leaves us with an ecommerce function that delivers the speed, reliability and seamless experience that today’s online shoppers expect.
Rob Wilson, Chief Technical Officer, Smyths Toys
Employees: 5000
Turnover: £475.7 m
Smyths Toys is Europe’s largest toy retailer, with 200 stores spread across five countries and a total workforce of 5,000 people. The company operates more than 100 stores in the UK and Ireland, and acquired more stores in Austria, Germany and Switzerland in 2018. Dedicated to promoting learning and creativity among children, Smyths Toys offers a wide range of toys, baby products, outdoor equipment and video games.
Challenges and Benefits
Challenges
- Launch new websites for three new countries
- Version of UK & Ireland’s existing SAP Commerce Cloud platform
- Rethink existing infrastructure arrangements
- Develop more flexible and scalable solution
- Accomodate peak traffic, workflow, payment processing and third party integrations
Benefits
- Reduced overall infrastructure costs with cloud based infrastructure strategy
- Rapid completion and cost efficiency
- Contributed to a 30% increase in turnover of Black Friday period in 2018
- Increased security, stability and resilience
- Modular approach encourages speedy entry to new countries
Solutions
- SAP Commerce Cloud Support
- SAP Commerce Cloud implementation
NTT DATA Business Solutions delivers rapid European ecommerce rollout for Smyths Toys
With NTT DATA Business Solutions’ support, Smyths has reduced its relative overall infrastructure costs while securing greater performance and stability and rolled out new websites in three countries. The changes have been made within a short timescale to drive rapid improvements.
NTT DATA Business Solutions Delivers Rapid European E-commerce Rollout for Smyths Toys
In 2018, Smyths Toys expanded into Europe for the first time with the acquisition of new stores in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. These represent a major addition to its established presence in the UK and Ireland. The challenge was to launch new websites for all three countries within an ambitious timescale. This required the implementation of an integrated infrastructure for the SAP C/4Hana commerce platform (formerly known as Hybris) that drives Smyths’ e-commerce operations.
NTT DATA Business Solutions formulated a cost-effective plan for the rollout, including a new flexible and efficient infrastructure strategy, a modular approach to implementation, optimisation of the SAP C/4 Hana SAP Commerce Cloud platform and provision of ongoing support. This provides Smyths with a resilient and responsive web presence in key countries and ensures a smooth online shopping experience for customers, even during peak periods.
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