One of the world’s largest IT consultancy companies with revenue of over US$ 4 billion is using KonaKart as an integral part of their off-the-shelf mobile application platform.
After a detailed feature analysis and extensive performance tests, KonaKart was chosen as the eCommerce component of the solution. The comprehensive SOAP APIs greatly facilitate the creation of a multi-channel store front and enable integration with other parts of the system.
Volkswagen is the original and top-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, the biggest German automaker and the second biggest automaker in the world.
The store sells Volkswagen accessories and merchandising products. It is a fine example of a KonaKart integration with Liferay using the KonaKart APIs.
The Audi Group – with the two brands Audi and Lamborghini – is one of the world’s most successful car manufacturers in the premium segment.
Audi decided to use KonaKart to power the Audi tradition parts store which offers over 10,000 spare parts for vintage Audis. The project included integration with SAP and a single sign on system and was successfully completed in a very short time frame.
“We looked for an e-Commerce Server which would fulfil our requirements for a flexible, easily customizable J2EE based architecture, which could be used in an enterprise context and as a platform for multi stores. Last but not least it should be actively supported and developed by the supplier. We found it with Konakart. We integrated the Audi Tradition-Parts shop in a very short project time with our SAP ERP system using Web Services and customer-, dealer- and employee- portals with SingleSignOn. Konakart could be the core product on which our next online shops will be based.”
- Christian Schmutz, Solution Architect, AUDI AG
Leroy Merlin is a worldwide home-improvement and gardening retailer with over 44,000 employees.
KonaKart has been tastefully deployed by Leroy Merlin (Spain) to sell their extensive range of about 35,000 products. Faceted search is cleverly used to help customers quickly find the products with the features that they’re looking for. They take advantage of a wide range of the powerful features of KonaKart such as product bundles, up-selling/cross-selling and configurable products to enhance the experience of their 20million+ visits per year.
“Three years ago we selected a flexible and extensible tool to do a startup project. We believed that KonaKart had the key features to grow with our roadmap. Today I may say that we have discovered that the best feature we found in KonaKart is their help and support .”
- Jesus Garcia Rodriguez, Head of Internet Technology, Leroy Merlin, Spain
Sony launched the UK version of its Reader store in April 2012 and announced that the “Reader Store has an uncluttered design for effortless search and offers inspiration via the Features Titles and New Arrivals categories”.
They stock a growing catalog of around 100,000 titles available to download to the eReader. Newspapers are also available to download and can be purchased individually or by monthly subscription.
giffgaff is new, very innovative “people powered” UK based mobile operator backed by O2 / Telefonica, that likes to do things differently!
KonaKart is an integral part of their solution and seamlessly integrated through the direct usage of the KonaKart APIs.
“We chose KonaKart as a core element of our eCommerce and online solution as it offered the flexibility and capability to grow our business in the future whilst being reactive to our Customer’s needs and feedback. The integration into the giffgaff solution was straight forward and enabled us to meet our very challenging timescales.”
- Nigel Sudell, Programme Manager for giffgaff
When GM decided to create a web site to sell its performance parts, they needed an eCommerce solution which could match the performance of their products, and so chose KonaKart !
The shop is nicely integrated into an attractive and informative site that displays all of the muscle that GM has on offer.
Tesco Mobile (Tesco is one of the world’s leading retailers) is using KonaKart to sell products related to their mobile phone business. One very interesting aspect to this application, is that the KonaKart Admin App is being used inside the larger Tesco stores to sign up new customers for mobile phone packages.
Hansen Technologies provided the KonaKart solution for Tesco as part of a large integration project.
“KonaKart provided a base framework for our online presence. Our company was able to focus on our core competencies and integration points enabling our project to be delivered on time and on budget. John and his team provided changes and back ports in a timely manner and provided quality worked examples for our team use. The support forum feedback was rapid and positive in response. We look forward to working more in the future.”
- James Clarke, Solutions Architect, Hansen Technologies
BPP is one of the UK’s leading providers of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, professional qualifications, and professional development. It is a part of Apollo Global, an international educational investment company.
The web site (developed by KonaKart partner Synegen) is a fine example of a Liferay integration using custom portlets which communicate with KonaKart directly through the APIs.
The Open University in the Netherlands is an independent government-funded institute for distance learning at university level.
The KonaKart store is seamlessly integrated with the Liferay based web site as a portlet. It allows students to buy courses online.
Mutasian Entertainment, LLC develops creative educational entertainment for children ages 13 and under, striving to make the learning experience for children more enjoyable and fun.
The store is actually a very original example of KonaKart integrated within Liferay as a portlet. It sells educational books and toys with a design that perfectly complements the products on sale.
Leading The Way is an Atlanta-based organization committed to spreading their beliefs around the world. Their television and radio programs are broadcast in more than 20 languages, covering more than 190 countries.
The store is a very good example of KonaKart integrated with Liferay in an internationalized environment. It covers many countries and languages, selling goods such as DVDs, CDs and books.
Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research. Race for Life is Cancer Research UK’s flagship event, with over 240 events taking place across the UK.
The shop is a very good example of how KonaKart can be combined with various front-end technologies. In this case JavaServer Faces technology has been used to create a modern and efficient store to sell Race for Life products.
Finnair is the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland.
The store is based on the standard KonaKart store-front application with a complete restyle to match the Finnair branding. Customers of this store must have a flight booking. It allows them to make tax-free purchases of goods which are delivered to their reserved seat aboard the plane.
Yellowglen is Australia’s most successful and prestigious sparkling wine brand. It is one of the brands of Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) which is a unique global wine company producing over 33 million cases of wine annually, for about 50 different brands.
The KonaKart based store allows you to quickly find the bottle of bubbly you are looking for based on constraints like the occasion and the dryness. The party-style graphics nicely complement the products being sold.
Chili is your own virtual film library. Through multiple devices connected to the internet (TV, Tablet, Smartphone etc.) you can view programs and films on demand.
The store is a fine example of how KonaKart can be integrated with the dotCMS using the KonaKart APIs.
KYMP is part of the Finnet telecommunications group which has a combined turnover of €450M and employs 2400 people.
The KonaKart based shop has a style that seamlessly matches the KYMP and Finnet branding. It sells physical products such as televisions and phones, as well as services such as TV channel packages billed at regular intervals.
The first Globus store was opened in Zurich, Switzerland in 1892 and was then the largest store in the country. This historic brand is also known as the Harrods of Switzerland !
The store is a fine example of how KonaKart integrates seamlessly with CMS solutions. The CMS used for the Globus store is an Open Source Java based product called Yanel.
The Vatican Museums is one of the most important sites for the history of human civilization. The collection has been built-up and enriched over five centuries.
The KonaKart store is based on the standard KonaKart storefront application and sells products such as scholarly publications, guides and monographs.
Masters at auction since 1744. Sotheby’s, a public company with a market cap of over $3B USD is probably the world’s preeminent fine art auctioneer.
This store demonstrates the power of the KonaKart APIs since the store-front is a proprietary application that calls the KonaKart engines to provide eCommerce functionality.
For more than 50 years, Santillana Education has been publishing books in the Spanish language for all stages of non-university education throughout Spain and Latin America.
A peculiarity of the tastefully designed KonaKart online store, is that the books are split into categories which map to geographic areas that can be chosen by clicking on a map.
Uzinggo sells online, interactive Math and Science software for school students to use at home to dramatically improve their grades in school.
Since the courses are online, Uzinggo makes use of the recurring billing functionality within KonaKart to charge monthly or yearly.
Louise Kool & Galt for the past 50 years have been the leading supplier of learning materials, furniture and equipment to the Canadian early childhood and elementary school markets.
This attractive store is actually a customization of the standard KonaKart JSP based storefront although it has been radically redesigned to deliver a style that perfectly compliments the products on sale.
TNT Post is the largest private postal operator in Italy with about 250 branch offices across the country and approximately 2,000 employees.
The TNT Post portal offers many online services for a customer. KonaKart has been integrated for those services requiring eCommerce.
Animale is a Brazilian fashion company with more than 60 stores and 500 outlets. The brand is among the five largest fashion companies in Brazil.
The beautifully designed store sells Animale branded jewellery and accessories as well as designer clothes. It’s another great example of the type of flexibility and freedom that KonaKart provides for designing an eCommerce store.
FARM is an important Brazilian fashion brand. It began in 1997 with a small booth at a fashion fair and now has a chain of physical stores across Brazil as well as an international presence.
The “designer” online store perfectly matches the FARM brand and the fashionable products it creates. Another great example of how the KonaKart eCommerce engine can be used to underpin any type of specific user interface.
WHAT’S MORE ALIVE THAN YOU brand, is a connection between international design and masterful Italian production.
The KonaKart store design is as creative as the brand it represents. A very interesting example from our partner Nextstep of how the standard KonaKart storefront can be radically customized to provide a “fashion experience”.
Moto One Europe is a leading Italian company for motorcycle clothing and accessories.
The store has been developed by our partner Nexstep. It is based on the standard KonaKart storefront and has been carefully modified to reproduce the Moto One brand. Disqus has been integrated to allow motorcycle enthusiasts to share their experiences.
Ragno is a leading Italian company with 130 years of tradition, specializing in the production of ladies and men’s underwear.
The online store has been very tastefully designed, making heavy use of AJAX to avoid full screen refreshes and display product data as it arrives. Faceted search is used in order to filter products at a category level. A great example of how the standard KonaKart store-front can be customized to match business requirements.
JenniPie is an independent fashion brand established in 2007. It specializes in “hand made” lingerie evoking the sweetness of pastries and chocolate!
The store is based on the standard KonaKart storefront and has been tastefully styled to blend in perfectly with the JenniPie brand.
EQ3 is a Canadian company that designs, produces and sells affordable, modern furniture for every room in your home.
The store is a stylish minimal implementation blending nicely with the products being sold.
Biodroga, a member of the BCG Baden-Baden Cosmetics Group AG, is a successful cosmetics company which sells its products in more than 50 countries around the world.
The online store was developed by Innovabee, a KonaKart Enterprise Partner. The design is very elegant and the online store is connected to an ERP-System via Innovabee ERP connector which is available for SAP R/3 and SoftM Suite. KonaKart is running in multi-store mode supporting stores for other brands (Dr.Scheller and Sans Soucis) within the group.
TRU Hardware is a new Canadian brand with roots back to its beginnings in 1916.
They are a major force in Canadian Hardware Retail supported by independent retailers across the country.
They have integrated KonaKart with OpenCms and have made creative use of Solr to enable rapid searches of their large catalog of products.
The RAND Corporation is a non-profit institution that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. It employs approximately 1,700 people from more than 50 countries.
The eCommerce functionality offered by KonaKart has been seamlessly integrated into the content management system and comes into action to manage the cart and during the checkout process.
The Methodist Hospital corporation is a nonprofit health care organization based in Houston, Texas. U.S.News & World Report’s 2009 “America’s Best Hospitals” placed Methodist upon its prestigious Honor Roll.
KonaKart is used for the Methodist Weight Management Center Store to sell quality products tha help you to achieve, maintain and enjoy a healthy weight and lifestyle.
Since 1999, BuyDomains has helped business owners and entrepreneurs secure the premium domain names they need to establish and grow their online presence.
The checkout process is handled by KonaKart using the standard store-front with a modified style. This is a good example of how KonaKart can be used to sell non-physical products.
RACV, an Australian motoring organization, offers diverse products and services to more than 2 million members.
KonaKart has been chosen to power their online store that sells a variety of products both to members and the general public.
CAA-Quebec is a non-profit organization, offering its members and customers very high-quality automotive, travel, residential and financial services and products.
The bilingual store based on the standard KonaKart store-front offers a wide variety of travel products and accessories.
TalkSwitch (a division of the publicly listed company Fortinet) makes award-winning telephone systems for small offices.
The standard KonaKart store-front has been given an effective minimalist design in order to match the style of the TalkSwitch web site.
Engineering and Construction Giant SNC-Lavalin launched the SNC-Lavalin Health & Security Boutique in May 2012 -currently it has restricted access.
Montreal-based KonaKart Partner and Digital Agency Multiple-Media created this attractive site in a very short timeframe. It is an integration of KonaKart with their own CMS and has been made available in French and English.
Two Degrees Mobile Limited is New Zealand’s newest mobile company who over the last few years has spent $250 million constructing a brand new mobile network in New Zealand.
They have seamlessly integrated a KonaKart portlet into Liferay, to provide an online shop for mobile phones and SIM cards.
I dolci di Giotto is an example of a stylish and seamless integration of a KonaKart portlet within Liferay.
This Italian patisserie is promoted by UNESCO as one of the most powerful examples of human rehabilitation since it is based within a prison in Padova.
Braganca, a web site from Ecuador, helps you to find the perfect gift for every occasion.
This is a very nicely designed example of KonaKart integrating with Liferay within a portlet. The store-front portlet blends seamlessly with the other portal pages, providing a very pleasant shopping experience.
An integration of KonaKart with Magnolia CMS, using the KonaKart APIs, that makes your mouth water !
The web site uses the CMS to present detailed information regarding the products being sold, business opportunities and club membership. KonaKart is used to actually sell the ice cream products online.
A very tasteful integration of KonaKart with Magnolia CMS, using the KonaKart APIs.
The web site does a fantastic job of seamlessly integrating information, training and eCommerce in order to educate the customer so that he can choose the correct product for the job in hand.
Sounds True is a media publishing company that specializes in providing and disseminating wisdom teachings of well known authors from a variety of spiritual traditions. Konakart is used as the ecommerce engine for selling hard goods including books, CD’s, DVD’s, and soft goods such as audio and video downloads all in an integrated shopping cart. Differing product formats (soft goods, hard goods) are aggregated into a single search results set and product page allowing for one of the internet’s first unified, online shopping experience.
“Konakart was the only viable java based, open source, enterprise scalable, ecommerce solution in the market that had the robust functionality we were looking for along with the ability to customize its feature set. In addition, their ongoing releases with new features and full set of web services mean that we can easily integrate it in the future with our other web offerings. We’re very happy with our decision to use them as the engine to power all of our online transactions.”
- Lee Burton, Chief Information Officer Sounds True, Inc.
Italian style at its very best…An attractive web site where you can configure your own personalized, made to measure shirts choosing from a wide choice of high quality fabrics.
KonaKart has been seamlessly integrated into a proprietary CMS system using the SOAP APIs. The end result is a very informative eCommerce web site where customers are instructed on the art of shirt making and can then select from a list of options to create an order for a custom made article.
“Thanks to Konakart for filling what was a serious hole: a professional shopping cart for Java architectures..”
- Gianluca Mei, Cone Consulting
The Columbus Dispatch is a daily newspaper based in Columbus, Ohio. Its first issue was published on July 1, 1871, and has been the only mainstream daily newspaper in the city since.
The store is built upon the standard KonaKart store-front and is used to sell local magazines.
Konst-ig is Scandinavia’s leading art bookseller, since 1994, specializing in architecture, art, design, fashion, graphic design, landscape architecture and photography.
The book store has been given a minimalist design matching the look and feel of the Konst-ig home page.
Jarir is a Saudi Arabian company and is recognized as the market leader in office supplies, school supplies, I.T. products and books.
This KonaKart store is in Arabic demonstrating how KonaKart is fully internationalised. It allows the customer to buy and download e-books.
An Italian jewellery store owned by Muraro Lorenzo Spa which was founded in1975 and now has products sold in 2500 physical stores with an international presence.
The web store consists of a personalized version of the standard KonaKart store-front which has been tastefully designed to match the “Non Ti Scordar di Me” brand.
An Italian editor specializing in high quality professional publications in the field of swimming pools, fitness and wellness.
Although the store basically uses the KonaKart standard store-front application; a modern, uncluttered look has been achieved by changing the styles and reducing the number of visible tiles.
Interno 13 is an Italian store that specializes in selling designer clothes at affordable prices.
The web site was developed by Nextep, a KonaKart implementation partner, who have a done a great job in introducing many AJAX gizmos that create a unique shopping experience.
An eco-conscious Seattle based company that uses only 100% organic, sweatshop-free cotton in their products.
The standard KonaKart store-front has been tastefully customized to match the eco-friendly look and feel of the b(earth) brand. When an item is added to the cart, an eye catching animation effect is achieved through the use of asynchronous AJAX calls.
Chloé Loves Charlie was founded in 2010 by a former fashion magazine editor. It is a great place for girls to shop for stylish and trendy designs from emerging labels.
The store-front UI has been completely re-designed to create an efficient, informative and fun place to shop.
This site from Argentina is an excellent example of an OpenCms / KonaKart integration by TFSLA our partners in South America.
As part of their tight integration with OpenCms they have implemented single sign-on, a reporting module at the OpenCms VFS level and many other extensions.
The Swiss Gialdi Winery was founded in 1953 and today is one of the largest wine producers in Ticino.
The online store has been tastefully designed and sells wines from the both the Gialdi and Brivio wineries. It uses the standard KonaKart store-front application with a customized look and feel that blends well with the web sites of the wineries.
This famous Italian distillery has been operating for over 100 years in Veneto, a few km from Venice.
Currently, the very elegantly designed online shop is being used to sell Prime Uve accessories such as glasses, designed to match the collection of distillates produced. The web site was developed by Nextep, a KonaKart implementation partner.
Currensee is the first Forex trading social network where like-minded traders can connect with each other and share unique ideas, insights and data based on the actual trading activity of the community.
KonaKart is used to power the Currensee Marketplace where traders can buy products and services available exclusively for members. Seamless integration was achieved by calling the KonaKart APIs.
etrasa belongs to the multinational Springer Science+Business Media publishing group which consists of around 60 publishing houses in about 20 countries in Europe, Asia and the USA.
This online store sells road safety and driver education related material. The design is modern, clean and uncluttered. A nice example of how the KonaKart storefront can be heavily customized without losing the ability to easily upgrade to future versions of the product.
Based in San Francisco, a high class Spa run by some of the country’s most sought-after skin care experts.
The web site has a tasteful design and the KonaKart store has been integrated seamlessly.
An Asian food store that purchases products in Asia, but has offices located in northern, central and southern California, with strategically placed warehouses to help ensure product freshness.
The design is unique and guaranteed to get your taste buds tingling !
Conclusive proof that KonaKart helps you to live healthier and to live longer 
An example of a very unobtrusive integration of eCommerce functionality into a web site containing copious amounts of scientific information as well as a blog.
Xactware Solutions, Inc. provides computer software solutions for professionals involved in estimating all phases of building and repair.
An example of a seamless integration of KonaKart in order to provide eCommerce functionality to sell products and training.
We are proud that KonaKart is being used to sell a wide selection of exotic food products from cooperatives of small farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The proceeds from the sale of these Fair Trade goods gives them a chance to live a dignified life.
A manufacturer of musical instruments from North Carolina.
The web site contains a media gallery where you can see videos of instruments such as the “Hurdy-Gurdy” being played.
A unique site from India that describes itself as the “epicentre of performing arts”. It allows you to create your own events and buy tickets online.
The site is still evolving but tastefully demonstrates ways of integrating sponsored advertising and the ability for end users to add products to the catalog of items to be sold.
dogsitter.it is an Italian company selling a wide variety of dog food as well as offering a vibrant community for all dog lovers.
KonaKart has been customized to match the look and feel of the web site and AJAX controls have been added to display a cart pop-up every time an item is added.
