E-Commerce: Headless Architecture for Mobile Growth
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E-Commerce: Headless Architecture for Mobile Growth

Decoupling frontend to achieve 95/100 Core Web Vitals.

0.8s
LCP Score
Core Web Vital (Mobile)
+40%
Conversion
Mobile conversion uplift
Instant
Time-to-Market
Marketing publishes without code

The Challenge

S.T Retail's liquid theme was bloated with apps, resulting in a 4-second mobile load time. Conversion rates were dropping. Marketing wanted rich storytelling pages, but the template was rigid. They needed the speed of a Single Page App (SPA) with the reliability of Shopify's checkout.

Slow mobile load times hurting SEO.
Inflexible CMS limiting marketing creativity.
High bounce rate on campaign landing pages.

The Solution

GTEMAS deployed a dedicated frontend squad. We went Headless. We kept Shopify for the backend (products, cart, checkout) but built a custom visual layer using Next.js hosted on Vercel. Content Velocity: We integrated Sanity CMS, allowing marketing to build custom pages using drag-and-drop components without developer help.

Architectural Strategy

Next.js frontend using Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) for instant page loads. Middleware layer to aggregate data from Shopify, Yotpo, and Sanity.

Impact & Achievements

The speed boost improved ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) by 25%. The headless structure allowed the later launch of a native mobile app reusing 60% of the code.

0.8s
LCP Score

Core Web Vital (Mobile)

+40%
Conversion

Mobile conversion uplift

Instant
Time-to-Market

Marketing publishes without code

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