Who?

Matalan is one of the UK's leading clothing and homewares retailers offering quality fashion and homewares at up to half the equivalent high street price. John Hargreaves, the founder of Matalan, discovered the out of town retail US concept that sold a range of food and non-food products at low prices in the 1970's. John decided to implement the same retail concept in the UK, so in 1985 the first Matalan store opened in Preston. Since then Matalan has grown significantly and by 1995 there were 50 stores across the UK. In 1997, in order to cope with Matalan's growth, the head office was relocated from Preston to Skelmersdale along with a new distribution centre. Matalan now trades from 5 million square feet in over 190 stores.

 What?

Matalan selected BT Fresca to design and develop their first e-commerce website, which is powered by FrescaCommerce ®.  The new site incorporates BT Fresca’s intuitive and powerful in-site guided navigation and multiple filtering options, which helps the online customer find what they are looking for easily and quickly. Additionally, FrescaCommerce is integrated with Matalan’s legacy inventory and fulfilment systems.

The new transactional was launched in Q4 2008.

To visit the Matalan website click on the link below.

Visit the Matalan website