Logo & Wordmark
Industries
Solutions
Services
Innovation & Insights
Company
Industries
Solutions
Services
Innovation & Insights
Company

Recognized for Growth. Trusted for Impact.

Tell us what you need help with.

Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India, Winner 2024

Deloitte Fast 50 India, Winner 2024

peak_matrix

Major Contender, QE Specialist Services

IDC-Logo-BeaconBlue 1

Market Glance: Loyalty in Retail, 2Q26, DEOT 4Q25

HFS Logo

Horizon 1 Disruptor, Data Modernization & AI Services, 2026


Logo & Wordmark
ISO
QBurst on LinkedIn
QBurst on YouTube
QBurst on X
QBurst on Facebook
QBurst on Instagram
IndustriesRetailRealtyHigh-TechHealthcareManufacturing
SolutionsDigital ExperienceIntelligent EnterpriseProduct EngineeringManaged AgentsModernization
ServicesExperience DesignDigital EngineeringDigital PlatformsData Engineering & AnalyticsApplied AICloudQuality EngineeringGlobal Capability CentersDigital Marketing
Innovation & InsightsBlogCase StudiesWhitepapersBrochures
CompanyLeadershipClientsPartnersCorporate ResponsibilityNews & MediaCareersOur LocationsGrowth Referral
  • Industries
  • Solutions
  • Services
  • Innovation & Insights
  • Company
Acknowledgment of Country

QBurst acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, waters, and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures, and the Elders past and present.

© QBurst 2026. All Rights Reserved.

Privacy Policy

Cookies & Management

Certifications

  1. Innovation & Insights
  2. Resources
  3. Case Studies

Turning 1,500 Stores Into a Staff‑Powered Influencer Engine

QBurst partnered with a Japanese client to design and deliver an emotionally resonant digital platform that turns store employees into discoverable style influencers, linking staff lookbooks directly to measurable e-commerce revenue across Japan.

Client

The client is one of Japan's premier fashion and lifestyle retailers, operating over 1,500 stores and managing a portfolio of popular brands encompassing more than 2,600 SKUs.

Problem Statement

The client lacked a structured, scalable mechanism to measure influencer marketing ROI and channel the authentic style authority of its thousands of in-store employees beyond physical shop walls into digital channels.

Industry

Retail

Solution

Digital Experience

Modernization

cover-staff-driven-social-commerce-engine
Download PDF

Quick Summary

QBurst built a two-sided social commerce platform and scalable Figma design system to monetize staff-led style advocacy.

  • 21x Follower Growth: Expanded total platform followers from 0.48M to 10.35M within three years.
  • 2.5x Higher Customer Spend: Drove annual purchases to 2.5 times higher levels among customers who follow store staff compared to non-followers.
     

Client Profile

This retail giant is a cornerstone of the global fashion industry. With a massive physical footprint and a digital presence serving over 20 million users, the client focuses on delivering trend-setting apparel through a seamless blend of in-store expertise and online convenience. 

Monetizing Staff Influence at Scale

The retailer’s digital presence needed to bridge the gap between physical retail staff advocacy and measurable e-commerce performance.

  • Unused In-Store Talent: Thousands of daily store staff lookbooks and style consultations were confined to physical locations without digital reach.
  • Unclear Influencer ROI: Traditional paid influencer campaigns lacked clear attribution models connecting social posts directly to e-commerce conversions.
  • Tooling & Co-Creation Friction: Legacy design assets in Adobe XD prevented real-time cross-border collaboration across time zones and languages between QBurst and Japan-based product owners.
  • Dual-Experience Complexity: The need to support a staff-facing posting app and a customer-facing discovery feed required a unified design infrastructure capable of scaling to 1,500+ stores.
     

Figma-Led Emotional Product Design

We executed a research-led product design engagement centered on emotional connection and unified design architecture in Figma.

  • Adobe XD to Figma Migration: Transitioned the entire design ecosystem from Adobe XD to Figma, embedding Figma directly into the client's product design practice to enable real-time co-creation with Japanese stakeholders and high-fidelity interactive prototyping.
  • Dual-Sided Experience Architecture: Built two distinct interfaces from one shared library—a staff-facing app for instant lookbook publishing and revenue tracking, and a customer-facing feed tuned for authentic style discovery.
  • Localization & Visual System: Crafted a visual language using soft neutrals, brand accent colors, and authentic layout structures tailored to Japanese consumer preferences for relatable, unpolished content.
  • Feedback-Driven Prototyping: Conducted continuous high-fidelity prototype testing loops with store staff in Japan to refine image upload flows, lookbook curation, and personal performance dashboards.
     

Technical Highlights

  • Unified Design System Library: Built centralized Figma Components, Variables, Styles, and Auto Layout structures to support staff and customer applications from a single source of truth, enabling the creation of 3 million unique lookbooks.
  • Built-In Sales Attribution Telemetry: Integrated product tagging and sales tracking mechanics into UI flows to tie every post directly to SKU sales and staff rewards.
  • High-Fidelity Interactive Prototyping: Modeled complex fluid scrolling, image curation, and performance analytics dashboards within Figma to validate user experience prior to engineering handoff.

21x Growth and Measurable E-Commerce Attribution

  • 10.35 Million Total Followers: Grew platform follower base from 0.48M to 10.35M over three years (a 21x increase).
  • Scaled Micro-Influencers: Increased store staff with 10K+ followers from 11 to 74, with top staff influencers reaching nearly 300K followers.
  • 40% Traffic Lift: Achieved a 40% increase in social-driven e-commerce traffic directly attributable to staff-generated content.
  • High-Value Customer Engagement: Quadrupled staff advocacy reach while driving customer spend among staff followers to 2.5x non-follower baselines.
Image1-1789709423245.png
Total platform followers (bars) and staff members with 10K+ followers (line), 2021–2024.

 

Client Profile

Challenges

Solution

Technical Highlights

Impact