This Month in Slice...
A letter from the CEO
Let’s just take a minute to relax after the busiest retail weekend of the year.
What’s that? Christmas is less than 4 weeks away?
Yes, eCommerce really is the 24/7-365 industry that we so often big it up to be. We’re now in the middle of eCommerce’s peak trading period, so you’ll likely be spotting which elements of your business are lagging behind.
This is why we pride ourselves on being the eCommerce empowerment agency that our clients rely on. Whether it be performance marketing, CRM, design, or those Shopify stores we’re so well known for, Black Friday was proof that when they all work together, the rewards are to be marvelled at.
Plus, with 2025 creeping up on us, it’s also that time of year when all of the major learnings and updates begin to circulate. We’re never one to ignore all that knowledge and all of our favourites are here in one place. So let’s dive in.
Chris & Team Cake
What we’ve done
In between all the deals and buying those early Christmas presents, Black Friday represents a major learning opportunity for both brands and agencies alike 👀
It was our ninth Black Friday, and by far our best yet. We learned so much and we’re already looking at new ways to implement our findings.
We’ll be keeping those more fleshed out elements under wraps until we can better put them into words. So for now we’ll just give some top line thoughts.
When we set off on a project, be it website development or design, customer journey mapping is one of our key milestones. However, few people know of this session’s value before it happens.
To sum it up in short, the point of Customer Journey mapping is to bridge the gap between your idea of your customer base and the reality of it.
We think these sessions are always one of the most beneficial to our clients. So if you would like to run a CJM session for yourself, all of the information you are going to need can be found below.
Going from Dragon’s Den to Harrods, kids outerwear brand Roarsome were looking to make the jump from Squarespace to Shopify, following an extended period of growth for their business. Choosing to invest in their eCommerce venture, a full migration and brand uplift followed suit, and Roarsome are seeing some … well, Roarsome results.
A 31% increase in conversion rate sounds pretty good if you ask us.
From getting their Meta account restricted, to a 61% increase in purchases through ads. Learn how our strategic guidance and optimised Meta Ads strategies gave pocket knife retailer, WESN, the reach they needed to grow.
EXPLORELearn how we brought a luxury whisky brand to life with our brand ideation offering and a freshly built website using Webflow.
EXPLOREFor ecommerce brands, no customer base is more important than the core set of dedicated, repeat customers. Figuring out how to best serve these customers is, of course, a top priority for any D2C brand. Having grown significantly over their two decades of trading, alternative fashion retailer, Disturbia, were ready to improve their offering for their most loyal customers. Through the development of an ecommerce app, they would be able to give their customers the best possible version of the online shopping experience.
EXPLOREA website migration is, without fail, one of the most transformative moves an eCommerce business can make. Whilst your existing platform may have felt like the best choice at the time, eventually, the potential upside of making the move becomes too much to ignore. If you’re currently weighing up whether migrating to Shopify is the right choice for your business, read on. Here’s how the Cake Agency team helped Equiport make the move to Shopify Plus.
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