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Our purpose is to make your life better.

Yes, that might sound like BS marketing jargon, but it’s truly the outcome of partnering with Layer One. We help extract and define your goals, clarifying and honing in on your key objectives. Then, with expert industry-specific coaching and development, we prioritize high-impact, high-return initiatives to deliver meaningful results throughout our engagement.

To ensure your success we:

Empower

Knowledge Building
Drive business outcomes
Illuminate, recommend, and advise
Continuous emerging education
Leverage insights from past engagements

COLLABORATE

Applied Learning
Understand your goals and culture
Expeditious, education communication
Adaptable to changing conditions
Strategic planning and guided road mapping

DELIVER

Strategic Business Initiatives + Responsive Improvements
Expertly crafted custom software
Individually tailored solutions
Tangible results

TRUSTED EXPERTS IN B2B ECOMMERCE, DXP, AND PIM SOLUTIONS

OPTIMIZELY CONFIGURED COMMERCE

Optimizely Configured Commerce is a comprehensive e-commerce platform designed to meet the complex needs of B2B businesses. It brings together commerce, channels, and content/data to drive better B2B buyer user experiences and higher sales. Many leading companies use Optimizely Configured Commerce to digitize and engage dealers, franchisers, sales reps, stores, contractors, buyers, and consumers, and it is fully integrated with leading ERPs, CRMs, PIMs, and DXPs.

Optimizely Configured Commerce is particularly well-suited for B2B businesses looking for an enterprise solution with full customization that doesn’t need to be built from scratch. It helps streamline operations, reduce errors, and improve customer satisfaction, ultimately driving business growth.

optimizely.com

SITECORE EXPERIENCE PLATFORM

Sitecore Experience Platform, coupled with Sitecore Ordercloud, is a robust digital commerce platform designed to provide an engaging, personalized B2B and B2C shopping experience. Sitecore enables businesses to create cohesive, customer-centered journeys that drive conversions and loyalty. Integrated with leading ERPs, PIMs, and analytics platforms, Sitecore provides seamless control over the customer experience across all touchpoints.

Ideal for enterprises looking to leverage personalization and data-driven insights, Sitecore supports highly customizable and scalable commerce solutions, making it suitable for businesses with complex catalogs, diverse customer bases, and the need to deliver a unique brand experience.

sitecore.com

INRIVER PIM

Inriver is a leading Product Information Management (PIM) platform that empowers businesses to manage and optimize their product information effectively throughout its entire lifecycle. It provides a business-friendly user interface that easily allows users to onboard and enrich information and assets, then quickly publish and audit them across each endpoint. PIM serves as a centralized repository for all product-related data, including descriptions, specifications, images, videos, and other relevant information.

Inriver is particularly suited for businesses with extensive product portfolios that require dynamic content management and seamless omnichannel distribution. It supports industries with evolving product data needs, helping them stay agile in competitive markets by ensuring accurate, high-quality information reaches every digital touchpoint.

inriver.com

UNILOG CX1 CIMM2

Unilog CX1 CIMM2 is an all-inclusive eCommerce platform specifically designed to meet the complex needs of B2B businesses. It offers a wide range of features and capabilities that empower businesses to create engaging online shopping experiences for their buyers, streamline their eCommerce operations, and drive business growth.

Unilog CX1 CIMM2 eCommerce is ideal for small to midsize B2B businesses or those looking to begin their eCommerce journey with an affordable and approachable platform. It is a powerful tool for manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers looking to establish a strong online presence and drive business growth.

unilogcorp.com

AKENEO PIM

Akeneo PIM is a Product Information Management (PIM) solution designed to help businesses centralize, manage, enrich, and distribute product information effectively. PIM serves as a centralized repository for all product-related data, including descriptions, specifications, images, videos, and other relevant information.

Akeneo is suitable for businesses of all sizes and across various industries, including retail, manufacturing, distribution, and CPG. It is particularly beneficial for organizations with complex product catalogs and multiple sales channels, as well as a need for efficient product information management and experience orchestration.

akeneo.com

nopCommerce

Running over 60,000 eCommerce sites worldwide, nopCommerce is the world's most popular ASP.NET Core shopping cart. A free and open source platform, there are no licensing costs or limitations on what you can do! Built for every size business, nopCommerce allows you to quickly launch and scale your online store with rich built-in functionality including: integration with payment and shipment services; warehouse managing; marketing and SEO tools; and mobile-friendly stores.

PCI DSS & GDPR compliant, nopCommerce is a flexible system to fit your demands in a safe and secure way. Used by multiple verticles including B2B, Industrial & Scientific, Automotive, Food & Beverage and Fashion, nopCommerce can easily meet complex business demands either OOTB or through customization.

nopCommerce.com

CLIENT SUCCESS FRAMEWORK

The Client Success Framework is Layer One's innovative approach to delivering high-quality software and consulting through an iterative, collaborative process. We regularly produce results, keeping your eCommerce solutions tightly aligned with your business objectives.

This method reduces risks by adapting to changing ideas and market conditions, enhances flexibility, and keeps your eCommerce strategy on track with continuous feedback and clear communication. It's about delivering value consistently, not just at the end of the engagement.

OUR RECENT CLIENTS AND THEIR RESULTS

There are lots of web developers out there. But we needed way more than that. What we were looking for was a partner who really understood what it meant to build a B2B marketing platform.

Scott Garrett

Director of Global Digital Customer Engagement, Nidec

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“We were looking for a Partner, not just a vendor.”

“We were looking for a partner; we weren't just looking for a vendor. We weren’t looking for someone to tell what to do. We were looking for someone to work with us and improve this product, improve our processes internally, improve Optimizely, and improve everything with our customers.”

GTS Case Study

Global Multi-Brand Sitecore DXP

Nidec is a global manufacturer of recognized brands like U.S. MOTORS, Leroy-Somer, Control Techniques, and Kato Engineering. Part of the company’s growth strategy involves acquiring powerful brands like these. But this approach also requires onboarding an ever-expanding line to a single web platform.

Nidec Case Study

Doubling Lead Generation and Increasing Sales by the Millions

Jacuzzi is the world leader in hot tub and spa manufacturing, whose digital presence is a primary source for generating leads. They rely on iterative testing to track and improve their strategies and resulting metrics. But without a reliably performing website, that becomes impossible. By moving to work with Layer One, Jacuzzi doubled its lead generation and helped its network of dealers reap a multi-million-dollar revenue increase.

Jacuzzi Case Study

PVF Distributor eCommerce Success

Recognized nationally as a leader in the industry, First Supply was originally incorporated in 1897 and has evolved into the single source supplier that most Midwestern contractors rely on for plumbing, HVAC, municipal, waterworks, well & septic, builder PVF, and industrial supplies. They understood that their eCommerce and digital strategy would be paramount to continuing their legacy.

First Supply Case Study

Scalable PIM Solution

Jacuzzi is the world leader in hot tub and spa manufacturing, whose digital presence is a primary source of success. Jacuzzi continues to grow its product lines and presence across 15+ brands and 45 countries. The company’s revenue has grown 2x in the last 4 years. The need to manage product data correctly has never been more important.

Jacuzzi PIM Case Study

Sitecore Content & Commerce

Ranked as one of the top 40 Plumbing, Heating and PVF Wholesale Distributors in the United States, The Granite Group looked to Layer One to create a world-class content and commerce experience for their clients.

The Granite Group Case Study

Umbraco Site and Netsuite integration

DWS is a leading distributor of weighing and measuring equipment and is regarded as one of North America’s highest-certified service and repair companies. For over a decade, Layer One has built and maintained the marketing technology that has resulted in DWS's continued growth.

DWS Case Study

Advicent scalable solution on Sitecore

Advicent's Naviplan product is the leading provider of SaaS technology solutions for the financial services industry, servicing the world’s largest financial institutions. Layer One helps them deliver their brand to the world!

Advicent Case Study

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