Case Study: Americana achieves faster web performance and major CDN savings with Scaleflex Cloudimage

From web performance struggles to success automated media optimization and CDN savings

Americana, a major stationery retailer in Portugal with a significant e-commerce presence, faced challenges in managing and optimizing its enormous volume of product images for the web. With 46,000 new images to process monthly, they needed an automated solution to improve site performance and required a robust Content Delivery Network (CDN). They turned to vendor Scaleflex and implemented their Cloudimage service to address these critical needs.

The solution from Scaleflex automated the on-the-fly optimization of over 133,000 images daily, automatically creating variants for different devices. This saved 59% on CDN and bandwidth storage. Americana also achieved a 96.6% cache hit ratio, leading to a faster Time to First Byte, improved SEO, and an overall enhancement in website speed and user experience.

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Filipa Sousa

Digital Marketing & E-Commerce Manager