Mountain Warehouse Adopts BigCommerce Headless Platform to Support 400+ Stores and 5M Customers
Mountain Warehouse replaced its decade-old custom ecommerce system with BigCommerce’s headless architecture, supporting over 400 stores and five million customers globally. The new composable platform integrates tools like Algolia search and Stripe payments to accelerate time-to-market, strengthen security and reduce operational complexity.
1. Launch Details
Commerce announced that Mountain Warehouse has launched a new composable storefront built on BigCommerce, replacing a decade-old custom system. The implementation covers more than 400 global stores and serves over five million annual customers across key markets.
2. Technical Benefits
The headless architecture delivers improved scalability and flexibility, reducing reliance on legacy infrastructure and cutting operational complexity. Teams can now deploy new features faster and enhance platform security and compliance.
3. Integration Stack
The composable stack integrates BigCommerce’s Catalyst frontend on Vercel, Contentful for content management, Algolia for search and personalization, and payment options including Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Custom middleware manages inventory, pricing, customer data and shipping workflows.
4. Operational Impact
Advanced capabilities include multi-location inventory management, click-and-collect, split shipments, bundled products and digital gift cards. These enhancements position Mountain Warehouse to iterate on customer experiences and scale global operations more efficiently.