Snowy Mountains

Carhartt
WIP

Digital CommerceB2CProduct information management (PIM)Consulting
Scaling a global commerce platform

A long-term partnership to help a global icon scale their tech and keep their digital storefront future-ready.

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The client

Carhartt WIP is a global fashion and lifestyle brand operating a modern, composable ecommerce ecosystem, serving customers across international markets.

The challenge

As they grew globally, Carhartt WIP needed a way to scale their tech without losing stability. They were looking for a partner to help manage their complex systems, build a solid long-term roadmap, and make sure their platform was future-ready.

What we did

Vaimo embedded dedicated teams into Carhartt WIP’s organization, providing ongoing engineering, QA, PIM, and DevOps support to scale, stabilize, and continuously evolve the platform.

We worked with Carhartt to bring the very best experience for their customers.

This is what we
came up with.

An experience to remember.

Carhartt image left desktop red
Carhartt  image right phone clothing
Carhartt  big image people desktop
Carhartt big image desktop

Customers can browse Carhartt products with ease.

Key focus areas

Platform evolution & scalability

Ongoing development and architectural improvements ensured the platform remained stable, flexible, and ready to support continued global growth.

Frontend modernization

A transition from a legacy frontend to a modern web application improved performance, usability, and conversion.

Content & marketing ecosystem

CMS solutions were unified and marketing tooling streamlined, creating a more consistent and manageable content experience across channels.

Product data & integrations

Complex product data and workflows were supported through Akeneo PIM and YPLM integrations, alongside B2B connections with Adobe Commerce.

Quality assurance & DevOps

Robust QA processes, including test automation and mobile testing, combined with DevOps support ensured reliability, performance, and continuous improvement.

Consulting & roadmap development

Vaimo supported long-term planning, tooling decisions, and market expansion. including analysis of ecommerce requirements for the US market.

Strategic highlights

The collaboration

Starting in 2022, Vaimo engineers joined Carhartt WIP’s internal teams to support the commercetools-based platform. What began as development support quickly grew into a long-term partnership, with dedicated teams working across daily operations and strategic initiatives.

The solution

Together, the teams defined and executed a multi-year technology roadmap—modernising the frontend, streamlining content and marketing tools, and preparing the platform for future mobile and omnichannel growth.

The relaunch

In 2025, Carhartt WIP launched a new B2C frontend as part of the joint roadmap, delivering a faster, more responsive experience with improved navigation and user flows across all devices.

Looking ahead

With a strong foundation in place, Carhartt WIP is well-positioned to continue expanding its ecommerce ecosystem, with a focus on mobile, omnichannel, and future growth initiatives.

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