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Case Studies

The builds others won’t attempt.

A selection of the enterprise commerce work we’re known for: vast catalogs, mission-critical integrations, and storefronts engineered to hold under real-world scale. Each one started with a problem most teams declined.

23 case studies

Bookshelves and escalators inside a multilevel Barnes & Noble bookstore
Enterprise Replatform · Retail

America’s largest bookseller, re-platformed onto Shopify without missing a beat. Millions of SKUs, deep back-office integration and a storefront engineered to hold under national-scale traffic. The kind of migration that ends careers when it’s mishandled. Delivered.

14+ Million SKUsRetail at a massive scale
750+ Retail StoresOrder online & pickup in store
HeadlessFlawless engineering
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SKIMS campaign featuring models in neutral-toned shapewear
Massive Scale · Apparel

From the original headed Shopify storefront to an enterprise-first headless Hydrogen launch. SDG architected, built, and scaled nearly every aspect of the commerce experience.

Headed + HeadlessShopify storefront · Hydrogen
Enterprise FirstOn Shopify Hydrogen
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Stranger Things artwork from Netflix.shop, with cyclists beneath a red storm over Hawkins
Media · Commerce

Commerce for the world’s defining entertainment brand, built to flex around global launches and relentless, spiky demand.

GlobalWorldwide commerce
IntegratedProduct Drops & Events
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Close-up of an eye and skin in Glossier skincare imagery
Award-Winning · Beauty

The brand that redefined modern beauty, engineered into a storefront so well-built it won a Shopify Build Award. Distinctive by design, relentless on conversion.

Build AwardShopify-recognized
Brand FirstDTC flagship experience
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A model wearing a cream knit outfit against a pale stone wall
Apparel · DTC

The label that turned radical transparency into a movement, publishing the true cost of every product and rewriting what shoppers expect from the brands they trust. We built commerce worthy of that conviction.

TransparentRadical by design
EditorialContent-led commerce
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Browns Shoes sneaker campaign with two models against an olive-green backdrop
Omnichannel · Canadian Retail

A connected retail experience for the Canadian footwear institution. A bilingual Shopify storefront and custom app bring product discovery, store inventory, pickup, delivery, and customer accounts together.

OmnichannelStore inventory · Pickup · Delivery
English + FrenchBilingual shopping
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Bags of Peet’s Coffee arranged on a neutral background
Coffee · Three Site Launches

Three distinct coffee brands, brought onto Shopify: Peet’s Coffee, Stumptown Coffee, and Intelligentsia Coffee. A three-site launch, with subscription commerce and enterprise integration work for Peet’s.

3 SitesPeet’s · Stumptown · Intelligentsia
SubscriptionsEnterprise recurring commerce
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A sculptural folded-paper light mounted against a warm wood-paneled wall
Retail · Design

Commerce for the retail arm of the world’s most influential design museum, where editorial storytelling and a deeply curated catalog scale without losing their craft.

EditorialStory-led merchandising
CuratedDesign-retail catalog
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Indigo signs above the entrance to a glass-fronted bookstore
Enterprise Replatform · Canadian Retail

Canada’s largest bookseller, migrated from Salesforce Commerce Cloud to Shopify Enterprise. A vast catalog, bilingual commerce, and a national store network, with one agency running the entire program.

12M+ ProductsEnterprise catalog
135+ StoresNational retail footprint
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Barbie collectible doll in a black hood and sunglasses against a red background
Toys & Collectibles

One of the world's most iconic brand portfolios, engineered on Shopify Enterprise by SDG: American Girl, Mattel Shop, and Mattel Creations. A multi-year, multi-stage build that began on Commerce Components and matured into a full headed storefront, with a Contentstack CMS integration SDG delivered end to end.

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A hand holding a Shopify POS handheld device against an orange background
Commerce Hardware · Retail Technology

Shopify chose SDG to build the global storefront that sells its own POS hardware, multi-language, multi-currency, and part of Shopify.com itself.

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Six custom-framed photographs arranged in a gallery wall beside a tall window
Custom Framing & Home Décor

The brand that made custom framing effortless, re-engineered for a single cart that follows the customer from web to app to the floor of every studio.

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Framed artwork, colorful cushions and an amber sofa in a layered living room
Art Marketplace · Print-on-Demand

The artist marketplace, rebuilt on Shopify Plus with 300M+ SKUs generated on the fly, a hybrid-headless storefront, and a headless Artist Studio, all engineered by SDG.

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Revlon lipstick and lip liner on a deep burgundy background
Beauty & Personal Care

A global beauty portfolio, Revlon, Elizabeth Arden, Almay and more, consolidated onto Shopify Plus on a single reference architecture spanning every brand and market.

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Selena Gomez holding a Rare Beauty lip product against a rose-colored background
Beauty & Personal Care

Rare Beauty's digital flagship, built on Shopify to turn a mission-led brand and devoted community into seamless discovery, launches, and physical-to-digital moments.

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A model in a brown ribbed sweater standing beside a tree in a wooded setting
Apparel, Home & Lifestyle

The California lifestyle brand, migrated off Magento and unified across apparel, home, and skincare on Shopify Plus, with a B2B trade program and POS in one system.

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A dog perched on a tan stool beside a blue-gray Blu Dot table with sculptural vases
Furniture & Home Goods

Modern design icon, with the unglamorous machinery underneath it rebuilt: trade pricing, NET30, freight, and quoting unified across showrooms, wholesale, and the web.

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APL athletic footwear in neutral tones against a warm brown background
Footwear & Apparel

Athletic Propulsion Labs migrated from Magento to Shopify for faster releases, dependable peak performance, flagship retail, and expansion into more than 90 markets.

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The illustrated entrance and driveway of Drake Related's frozen virtual estate
Media, Music & Entertainment

Drake's digital universe, built as a shoppable recreation of The Embassy and extended into exclusive drops and geo-gated concert experiences.

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A model wearing a burgundy wrap dress and boots in a warm-toned studio
Luxury Fashion

DVF moved ecommerce and retail onto Shopify, giving personal stylists a complete customer view and a mobile clienteling experience worthy of the iconic fashion house.

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Colorful Magic Spoon cereal and snack packaging against a purple and blue backdrop
Food & Beverage

A category-defining breakfast brand with a playful Shopify storefront built to support subscriptions, bundles, constant experimentation, and expansion beyond cereal.

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A model wearing a white sleeveless top and blue jeans from Rainbow Shops
Fashion Retail

A thousand-store fashion retailer moved from Salesforce Commerce Cloud to Shopify, cutting platform fees 80% and giving a three-engineer team the speed to compete at scale.

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Two models wearing denim and layered fall outfits from EVEREVE
Apparel & Omnichannel Retail

A personalized fashion retailer unified across ecommerce, styling, and 103 stores, launched on Shopify in eight months with measurable gains in conversion and peak-day sales.

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