Surrey online design and film making agency designs e-tail sites for iconic crockery retailer

Surrey online design and film making agency designs e-tail sites for iconic crockery retailer

Solutions has unveiled the new global e-tail sites for tableware icon Chinacraft. Designed to showcase its selection of tableware, Chinacraft has two online channels: the upmarket Chinacraft website and the more promotional Tableware UK.

Both websites give Internet audiences a rich seamless experience guiding the customers through the departments, chefs, designers’ sets, and brands. Selling over 20,000 china, glass, cutlery and gifts products from companies such as Portmeirion, Spode and Wedgwood with more being added weekly, the sites are aimed at an international audience with prices given in US dollars, pounds sterling and euros and the facility to shop including and excluding VAT depending on destination of merchandise. They offer worldwide shipping and will host web-only offers and discounts.

Allowing the products to sell themselves

“With a range of products as beautiful and established as Chinacraft, our job was to create a design and e-commerce platform that allowed the subject to speak for itself,” said James Barber, managing director of Solutions. “We wanted Chinacraft to have a site that reflected the craftsmanship and elegance of their products. This new work further demonstrates our ability to support some of the biggest names in the retailing sector. Solutions has ambitious growth plans and this work is a significant milestone in helping us achieve our objectives.”

The elegant and contemporary designs are integrated with customised e-commerce content management system (CMS) software featuring wish lists and gift registries, allowing visitors to personalise their online shopping experience.

"Solutions really captured and beautifully expressed the essence of both our brands," said Carolyn Balcombe, group director of Chinacraft. “The sites not only create a wonderful showcase for our products, but also incorporate fantastic e-commerce functionalities making shopping at Chinacraft and Tableware UK an even more enjoyable and rewarding experience for our customers.”