Pangaia

Architecting profitable growth through strategic ecommerce leadership and management, in support of a business-wide reset.

The Brand:

Pangaia

THE ISSUE:

Following a post-pandemic boom, Pangaia was struggling with contracting revenue and systemic inefficiency in its ecommerce business.

Our Part:

We took over Pangaia's entire ecommerce, digital strategy, and customer service stack, eliminating operational silos between retail, wholesale, and ecommerce to drive better alignment and efficiency.

The Impact:

Heur drove the business back to profitability, delivering exceptional revenue growth, slashing budget wastage and establishing greater efficiency and more rigourous process across its operations.

YoY Revenue Growth

+40%

Reduction in Tech Stack Costs

-60%

Reduction in Media Spend

-20%

Approach

Pangaia is a sustainable fashion brand focused on innovative materials and eco-friendly production methods. Known for its use of cutting-edge material science, the brand creates stylish, comfortable loungewear designed with sustainability at its core. Pangaia aims to drive positive environmental change through its products and practices, offering a more conscious alternative to traditional fashion.

We took over Pangaia's entire ecommerce, digital strategy, and customer service stack, delivering a comprehensive ecommerce transformation that eliminated operational silos, drove better alignment, and returned the brand to profitability.

Challenge

Pangaia’s ecommerce struggled to return to profitability after the pandemic, constrained by operational silos, ineffective globalisation strategies, unnecessary tech rollouts, and the absence of a well-defined P&L. To regain performance and effectively plan for future growth, the business required an urgent overhaul of its D2C strategy and structure. The key challenges included:

  • SILOED OPERATIONS: Disconnected operations between retail, wholesale, and ecommerce created systemic inefficiencies, making it difficult to execute a cohesive strategy across the business.
  • GLOBALISATION CHALLENGES: Globalisation strategies were pursued without planning and failed to deliver the desired results, leading to increased complexity and reduced operational efficiency.
  • OPERATIONAL BURDEN: Unnecessary and poorly executed tech rollouts added to the operational burden, hindering performance and consuming valuable resources.
  • ABSENCE OF P&L: The absence of a well-defined P&L and long-term commercial plans made it challenging to plan effectively for the future and prioritise key growth.

The Commercial Impact

Pangaia required a team to handle their ecommerce business in full. We took over strategic leadership, including full P&L responsibility, and took full control of the day-to-day operational management of the storefront, including customer experience management. In parallel, we ran a deep-dive auditing process to understand and stop profit loss at every stage in the customer journey.

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"Heur has led us through a transition of our organisation with ease. They managed to realign our ecommerce strategy and simplify our tech stack, enabling a significant improvement in our ecommerce economics. Having their knowledge and expertise running our ecommerce business has been transformational."

NATHALIE LONGUET

CEO

PANGAIA

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FAQs

What does Heur actually do?

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We're a commercial operating partner for ecommerce brands. We embed senior operators into your business to own strategy, trading, paid media and CRM, with solutions crafted around your specific needs.

What size of business do you work with?

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Product-led DTC brands, generally £1m to £25m+ in ecommerce revenue, with a sweet spot around £10m. The common thread is a strong product and brand looking for the right architecture and delivery mechanisms to scale.

How are you different from other ecommerce agencies?

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The difference lies in visibility. A channel agency owns one account and answers for that account's metrics. We view channels alongside margin, stock and the customer base. This allows trade-offs to be made holistically, ensuring we answer for the business's bottom line rather than a single channel's performance.

What does the engagement structure look like?

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A weekly strategy or trading meeting, always-on Slack access throughout the week, and a deeper monthly review against the roadmap. Everything runs in 30-, 60- and 90-day sprints against a longer-term plan.

Can you work alongside our internal team or existing agencies?

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Yes – integrating alongside existing teams and agencies is a common operational setup. We provide the senior strategic layer, aligning all internal talent and external partners to a single, unified commercial plan, ensuring seamless execution without disrupting the roles that are already performing well.

How much does an engagement cost?

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It depends on scope. Engagements are priced against ecommerce revenue and complexity rather than a flat rate. Once we understand your turnover and goals, we can put a clear number in front of you.

Do you build or design websites?

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We're not a design and development agency. We work with a trusted network of development partner agencies to support with clients' dev requirements, and can provide stewardship, project management and commercial strategy support to ensure projects are delivered to their full potential.