Mephisto
We built a Magento store from scratch for MEPHISTO, a premium footwear brand, delivering tailored solutions for fashion eCommerce—product import optimization, search enhancement, and a scalable platform aligned with their brand quality.
May 2015 - Aug 2015
MEPHISTO, a globally recognized premium footwear brand, needed a Magento store that matched the craftsmanship and quality of their products. We developed the store from scratch, optimized product import processes for a large apparel catalog, and enhanced search functionality for faster product discovery. The result was a scalable, high-performance eCommerce solution tailored to the specific needs of fashion and footwear merchants looking to grow online.
About the project
MEPHISTO is a world-renowned brand known for crafting premium, handcrafted walking shoes with a focus on comfort, fit, and quality. The brand’s commitment to excellence extends beyond its products—MEPHISTO needed an equally refined eCommerce platform to reflect its values and serve its international customer base.
Choosing Magento allowed them to create a scalable, feature-rich online store that matches the performance and sophistication of their global brand.
Challenge
As a premium fashion and footwear brand, MEPHISTO needed to launch a new eCommerce store that would reflect the same level of quality and refinement as their handcrafted products.
MEPHISTO webshop should:maximize performance and stability without increasing infrastructure costs while ensuring a seamless user experience under peak load.
- Handle a large and detailed product catalog with multiple variants (sizes, styles, materials)
- Offer a seamless and fast product search experience for apparel and footwear shoppers
- Ensure efficient catalog management through reliable product import workflows
- Provide a stable, scalable foundation for future growth in global online sales (multistore)
MEPHISTO required a technical partner with deep Magento expertise and experience in the fashion and apparel sector to bring this vision to life.
Our Role
We worked closely with MEPHISTO to deliver a Magento-based eCommerce site tailored for the fashion and apparel sector. We handled both the technical development and provided strategic consulting to ensure the platform could support a premium digital shopping experience.consulting focused on improving Magento performance under extreme load conditions.
What we've done
- 🏗️ Magento store developed from scratch, aligned with best practices for fashion eCommerce
- đź’¬ Consulting on platform architecture and performance
- 🧩 Improved product import workflows, essential for managing a detailed apparel and footwear catalog
- 🔍 Enhanced search functionality to help customers quickly find products by style, size, or collection
- 🤝 Collaboration with Sky Italia’s internal dev team to implement key improvements to optimize Magento further to serve even more clients and accept even more orders on the same hardware without any issues or faults.
Results
The new Magento store gave MEPHISTO a solid, scalable foundation for its global eCommerce presence, aligned with its reputation for quality and precision.
As a result of our work:
- 🛍️ MEPHISTO successfully launched a fully functional fashion eCommerce store tailored to the footwear and apparel industry
- ⚙️ The improved product import system streamlined catalog management, saving time and reducing errors
- 🔎 Enhanced search functionality made it easier for customers to discover products by size, category, or style—improving conversion potential
- 🚀 The new platform was built to scale, with clean code and performance-ready infrastructure, setting the stage for long-term growth
By aligning Magento’s flexibility with MEPHISTO’s business goals, we helped create a digital storefront that reflects the same craftsmanship and quality found in every pair of their shoes.
Summary
We partnered with MEPHISTO, a premium footwear and fashion brand, to build a Magento store from the ground up. Our work included consulting, custom development, improved product import processes, and upgraded search functionality—all tailored to the needs of the apparel and footwear industry. The result was a scalable, high-quality eCommerce platform that reflects MEPHISTO’s brand values and supports long-term growth.