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A clearer digital path from search to store

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A centre as busy as Crescent needed more than a brochure website. The digital experience had to work like a practical shopping companion, guiding people from online search to stores, offers, events and visits with less friction across mobile and desktop.

As one of Munster's best known retail destinations, Crescent Shopping Centre serves shoppers across a busy mix of stores, offers, events and daily centre information. The project focused on making that variety easier to explore, while giving the marketing team a more flexible platform for seasonal campaigns, retailer updates and practical visitor content.

Services

UX Architecture
Digital Wayfinding
Content Strategy
Technical SEO
Custom API Integration

A clearer digital path from search to store

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A centre as busy as Crescent needed more than a brochure website. The digital experience had to work like a practical shopping companion, guiding people from online search to stores, offers, events and visits with less friction across mobile and desktop.

As one of Munster's best known retail destinations, Crescent Shopping Centre serves shoppers across a busy mix of stores, offers, events and daily centre information. The project focused on making that variety easier to explore, while giving the marketing team a more flexible platform for seasonal campaigns, retailer updates and practical visitor content.

Services

UX Architecture
Digital Wayfinding
Content Strategy
Technical SEO
Custom API Integration

Date

Aug 2023

Client

Crescent Shopping Centre

Industry

Retail & Commerce

Timeline

3 months

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The Challenge

The opportunity was to make the digital experience work harder for shoppers, tenants and the centres marketing team.

Visitors needed a faster way to find the right stores, categories, amenities and seasonal information on mobile. Tenants needed better visibility across search and campaign content. The marketing team also needed a more flexible platform that could keep pace with the retail calendar without turning every update into a technical task.

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The Solution

We rebuilt the platform around shopper utility, tenant visibility and a clearer content structure.

At the centre of the project was a bespoke store directory designed to act as a live, filterable source of information. Shoppers can browse by category, interest and location, while the content structure gives the centre more room to promote offers, events and lifestyle content. The visual system keeps the experience clean and easy to scan, allowing tenant brands and campaign content to do the work.

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The Process

The project combined UX planning, content taxonomy, technical SEO and ongoing optimisation.

Brainstorm structured the site around how people search for retail destinations, stores and seasonal ideas. The taxonomy was refined so tenant pages, offers and campaigns could be surfaced more clearly, while technical SEO supported local discovery. After launch, the platform could continue to evolve through a practical launch and learn cycle aligned to promotions, events and shopper behaviour.

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By the numbers

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Impressions generated across the centre search footprint.

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Impressions generated across the centre search footprint.

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Total clicks recorded across search visibility for the centre.

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Total clicks recorded across search visibility for the centre.

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Organic share of traffic across the reporting period.

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Organic share of traffic across the reporting period.

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We have been working with Brainstorm for the last number of years and couldn't recommend them enough. Dave worked with us on a new brand re-design... which has greatly boosted our website traffic, performance, and overall user experience. Their reporting system is top class.

Eimear Duane

Marketing Manager

Crescent Shopping Centre

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We have been working with Brainstorm for the last number of years and couldn't recommend them enough. Dave worked with us on a new brand re-design... which has greatly boosted our website traffic, performance, and overall user experience. Their reporting system is top class.

Eimear Duane

Marketing Manager

Crescent Shopping Centre

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Brainstorm Design Studio A senior-led award-winning web design studio based in Limerick City (V94). We provide digital strategy and branding for the Mid-West region, including Castletroy, Raheen, Adare, and the rest of Ireland. Unlike generalist agencies, we offer direct Creative Director access for businesses in Limerick and County Clare.

Brainstorm Design Studio A senior-led award-winning web design studio based in Limerick City (V94). We provide digital strategy and branding for the Mid-West region, including Castletroy, Raheen, Adare, and the rest of Ireland. Unlike generalist agencies, we offer direct Creative Director access for businesses in Limerick and County Clare.