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Søren Kerrn edited this page May 9, 2015 · 6 revisions

Welcome to the Reference Storefront wiki!

Deployment packages

The storefront has its own separate installation packages

The deployment packages are available under Releases along with documentation

Community Contribution

To learn how to contribute to the Sitecore Reference Storefront project, see the FAQ

Why use it

  • It is a full B2C retail storefront template based on Sitecore best practices, built on state-of-the art technologies and of production quality.
  • It is fully integrated with Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail as well as Sitecore Commerce Server
  • It has been through security testing and is provided as open source for complete customization

What problem(s) does it solve

  • It provides a full out-of-the-box B2C storefront, which can be adopted, skinned and customized for production or used as a best practice reference implementation
  • It takes advantage of the Sitecore Experience Platform by tracking, acting and follow-up on visitor behaviour to help create personal customer experiences and win customers for life

How does it help with the ‘one connected experience’

It is taking full advantage of the Sitecore Commerce Connect framework by:

  • Collecting intelligence on customer behaviour, registering outcomes, goals and page events
  • Providing rules for personalizing the individual customer experience based on customer behaviour from intelligence collected
  • Providing default engagement automation plans for follow-up based on customer behaviour from intelligence collected

Advantages over competitor offerings

  • By using Sitecore Commerce Connect the integration is based on a standardized framework and commerce API where engagement comes out-of-the-box
  • Based on state of the art technologies including the latest Sitecore offerings in form Sitecore Experience Platform 8 and Sitecore Commerce 8

For more information, see the detailed Sitecore Reference Storefront Spec sheet section