Galeries Lafayette

Paris, France

Galeries Lafayette is a flagship French department store chain, founded in 1893 in Paris. Renowned for its upscale positioning and curated selection of fashion, beauty, home, and gourmet products, the brand embodies French elegance and attracts both local and international customers.

Digital plays a strategic role in the company’s growth. Galeries Lafayette has invested heavily in e-commerce, omnichannel strategies, and connected in-store experiences to meet evolving consumer expectations. Its website offers a wide range of products along with innovative digital services such as Click & Collect, online personal shopping, and mobile apps designed to enhance the customer experience.

Full-stack developer

Duration: 2019-08 - 2020-03 (8 months)

Goal: Modernize the bhv.fr website using a mobile-first approach, with the goal of optimizing the user experience on smartphones while ensuring smooth, responsive navigation across all screen sizes.

Description: Bring our beautifully designed UX/UI mockups to life by implementing various components within our Vue.js application. Develop a Node.js-based BFF (Backend For Frontend) to centralize content retrieval through GraphQL queries.

Team overview

Mohamed Takhtoukh
Full-stack developer
Olivier Ghafari
Front-end developer
Stéphane Souron
Tech lead front
Vanessa Sanchez
Test Automation Engineer
Julien Da Silva
UX/UI designer
El Bachir Araki
Scrum master

Stack

Vue.js
Node.js
TypeScript
GraphQL
Webpack
SASS
Bitbucket
GCP

Learnings

Web development
AGILE context
SCRUM method
Full-stack development
Cross-team collaboration

Improved skills

Vue.js
GraphQL
BEM

Visual overview

Mobile screenshot 3 — Mobile - List page

Desktop screenshot 1 — Desktop - Homepage

Desktop screenshot 3 — Desktop - List page