All,
Another OFBiz success story! Vishal Mega Mart went live recently, take a
look at www.myvishal.com
Vishal are a well known Indian retailer who operate over 140 "mega"
stores throughout the country. Each store is roughly comparable to a
Price Club/Costco -- offering apparel and grocery products. Their target
audience is the bargain hunter!
There are some interesting features for this implementation:
* Two stores in one
o The Fashion and Grocery stores are actually separate implementations
o With slightly different UI / look-and-feel
o The client was looking to have separate silos for their two main
product lines
* Pin Code Checker
o Best viewed on the "Grocery" site
o Like many India retailers, most orders will be COD
o BigFish is integrated with the "Blue Dart" delivery service
o Both sites will check for delivery capaibility -- a PIN Code
check is made -- use122001 if you go to the sites
* Shopping List Features
o Viewed on "Grocery" site
o Click on "Shopping List Search"
o Enter any number of phrases (a shopping list)
o This search will display all matching products based on phrases
entered
* Filtering features
o BigFish is fully integrated with SOLR, for site search and
filtering on the listing pages
o Vishall has a nice price "slider" implemented as a filtering option
* Back-end integration
o Inventory synchronization
o Loyalty Card features, integrated with the Vishall Loyalty
program. Can view points, and use in check-out
o BigFish Admin Module has many enhanced delivery features to
schedule and track deliveries and payments
* India specific features
o rupees, address, date, phone formats all geared for India consumers
* Responsive Web Design
o Both sites are RWD, a core feature of BigFish
For more information about BigFish check out http://bigfish.solveda.com.
Nick
