Case Study: HANOS Shops achieves near‑instant, highly relevant B2B search and recommendations with Algolia

HANOSSHOP.com provides fast and relevant B2B search and recommendations with Algolia

HANOS is an international catering wholesaler that launched hanosshop.com in 2022 to sell 12,000+ non-food products (and a growing wine assortment) to a wide range of B2B customers across the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The company needed a best-in-class, composable commerce search and recommendation solution that could surface a massive, diverse catalog quickly, handle regional language differences, be managed by business users, and be deployed fast.

HANOS chose Algolia for its speed and feature set (Dynamic Synonyms, Reranking, Recommend, Rules, Facets & Filters) and went live after a 1.5-month implementation. The result: search responses around 36 ms, more relevant results and recommendations, improved customer experience and engagement, easier non-developer management, support for varied products and regions, and elimination of manual related-product processes.

HANOS Shops

Joeri ten Hoven

E-Commerce Manager