Rescuing repeated migration failures and becoming partners for 10+ years

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Jonathan Chan, Executive Director

About Lafayette148

Lafayette 148 is a women’s luxury fashion brand with a strong global retail presence and high expectations around the brand and quality. Their eCommerce platform is a critical extension of the brand, supporting seasonal collections, storytelling, and a customer experience that cannot tolerate instability or delays. At this scale and brand position, failed delivery directly impacts brand perception and revenue.

Problem

Previous migration efforts had stretched on without reaching a stable outcome. Progress remained uncertain, with changing timelines, and internal teams were left managing risk instead of moving forward. With a fixed deadline approaching, another prolonged or partial delivery was not an option.

The issues showed up as:

• Replatforming efforts extending over years without a successful launch
• Repeated handoffs between partners with no clear accountability for outcomes
• Growing internal uncertainty around timelines, scope, and delivery risk
• Accumulated technical and operational debt from unfinished migration work
• A non-negotiable launch deadline with no margin for further delay.

Solution

Delivery takeover and reset

scandiweb took on full ownership of the replatforming effort, consolidating responsibility across platform migration, data, integrations, and frontend delivery to establish a single point of accountability.

From that point on, the execution model was deadline-driven. We rebuilt the delivery plan around the fixed launch window, with scope, sequencing, and risk managed explicitly against the deadline.

Data migration under load

A comprehensive data migration was executed, accompanied by extensive testing and delta migration scripts, to ensure accuracy and continuity. This process enabled years of accumulated customer and product data to be transferred seamlessly without disrupting operations.

Stability-first platform rebuild

We implemented the Adobe Commerce Cloud setup with a focus on reliability and security, supported by automated end-to-end testing for business-critical flows and backend integrations.

On-site collaboration and governance

A project manager was embedded onsite to maintain alignment between teams, reduce communication gaps, and ensure delivery decisions were made quickly and transparently.

Outcome

• A previously stalled replatform successfully delivered within a six-month window.
• eCommerce operations stabilized after years of uncertainty.
• A clean transition to a new platform without downtime or data loss.
• Internal teams regained confidence in delivery timelines and execution.
• The initial rescue evolved into a long-term partnership, continuing for more than 10 years and counting.

Stuck with a delivery setup that’s hard to trust? We help teams regain clear ownership and move the roadmap forward with confidence. Book a 50-min ROI roadmap session with scandiweb.

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