Le Creuset

Le Creuset

Le Creuset

Optimising the Checkout Experience

Optimising the Checkout Experience

Optimising the Checkout Experience

Le Creuset is a global cookware brand renowned for its premium, vibrantly coloured cast-iron cookware. At Merkle, we partnered with Le Creuset on an ongoing basis, providing end-to-end e-commerce design services — from UX strategy through to design delivery and development handover. The Brief As part of this partnership, we were tasked with redesigning Le Creuset’s online checkout journey. The existing experience showed a high cart abandonment rate and significant drop-offs during the first steps of checkout. Our goal was to streamline the process, reduce friction, and create an experience that felt as refined and high-quality as the brand itself.

Le Creuset is a global cookware brand renowned for its premium, vibrantly coloured cast-iron cookware. At Merkle, we partnered with Le Creuset on an ongoing basis, providing end-to-end e-commerce design services — from UX strategy through to design delivery and development handover. The Brief As part of this partnership, we were tasked with redesigning Le Creuset’s online checkout journey. The existing experience showed a high cart abandonment rate and significant drop-offs during the first steps of checkout. Our goal was to streamline the process, reduce friction, and create an experience that felt as refined and high-quality as the brand itself.

Le Creuset is a global cookware brand renowned for its premium, vibrantly coloured cast-iron cookware. At Merkle, we partnered with Le Creuset on an ongoing basis, providing end-to-end e-commerce design services — from UX strategy through to design delivery and development handover. The Brief As part of this partnership, we were tasked with redesigning Le Creuset’s online checkout journey. The existing experience showed a high cart abandonment rate and significant drop-offs during the first steps of checkout. Our goal was to streamline the process, reduce friction, and create an experience that felt as refined and high-quality as the brand itself.

Le Creuset is a global cookware brand renowned for its premium, vibrantly coloured cast-iron cookware. At Merkle, we partnered with Le Creuset on an ongoing basis, providing end-to-end e-commerce design services — from UX strategy through to design delivery and development handover. The Brief As part of this partnership, we were tasked with redesigning Le Creuset’s online checkout journey. The existing experience showed a high cart abandonment rate and significant drop-offs during the first steps of checkout. Our goal was to streamline the process, reduce friction, and create an experience that felt as refined and high-quality as the brand itself.

Client:

Le Creuset

My Role:

Experience Design Director

Year:

2023

Service Provided:

UX/UI Design, site optimisation

The Challenge
Checkout is one of the most critical and complex moments in any e-commerce experience. We needed to simplify it without compromising brand identity or functionality. To do this, the team carried out extensive user research and competitor analysis, identifying best-in-class benchmarks and mapping them against Le Creuset’s current performance.

The Process
Using these insights, we redefined the checkout flow across five key breakpoints, designing both happy and unhappy paths and accounting for four payment methods. The outcome was a cohesive and flexible design system: more than 60 UI screens, 50 components, and 40 input fields, all crafted to improve clarity and confidence at every step.

The Results

  • +7% increase in checkout conversion rate

  • +7% estimated uplift in revenue

  • –11.5% reduction in drop-offs during the first checkout step

My Role
As Experience Design Director, I played a hands-on role throughout the project — mentoring the design team, overseeing the UX process, and ensuring our solutions met both user needs and business objectives. I worked closely with the client to manage stakeholders, align priorities, and resolve any escalations, ensuring a seamless collaboration from start to finish.