Focalpay rolls out cloud-native commerce platform to Icebug

Focalpay rolls out cloud-native commerce platform to Icebug

• Icebug partners with Focalpay to roll out cloud-native commerce platform that includes retail and payment functionalities.

• Focalpay will assist Icebug in enabling a unified customer experience, enhancing staff user experience and improving administration.

• With Focalpay, Icebug will get access to a unique infrastructure that enables channel-less shopping and true unified commerce.

Stockholm, Sweden, Friday 1 March, 2024 - The innovative Swedish shoe retailer Icebug has selected commerce platform provider Focalpay as its partner when replacing its checkout and backoffice systems. Focalpay will roll out its commerce platform that includes checkout, backoffice and payment functionalities across Icebug’s stores in Sweden. 

Icebug is a groundbreaking shoe retailer with the mission to get people out more, and be a leader in transforming their industry into a fully sustainable one. After reviewing the market, the retailer has selected Focalpay to support their journey to harmonize and digitize the shopping experience for its customers. 

The Focalpay platform is set to empower in-store staff with its flexible, responsive manned checkout, Mobile POS (point-of-sales) and backoffice software. 

Lhina Segerbo at Icebug said: “We started this project with the hope of finding an innovative checkout software provider that could support us as we’re growing our business. With Focalpay, we have done just that. Their cloud-native commerce platform enables us to innovate our checkout journeys both from a customer and staff perspective, while at the same time improving efficiency. 

“With Focalpay, we can work together to create great customer experiences, and future-proof our business with modern, scalable software that is ready for both today’s and tomorrow’s retail landscape.”

Olof Henriksson at Focalpay said: “We are thrilled about this partnership, where we will bring channel-less customer journeys and innovative staff experiences to Icebug’s stores. We’re excited about partnering with such an innovative retailer that really takes their offering to the end consumers seriously. 

“Our harmonized platform is developed with a service-oriented architecture and open APIs. As a result, we have broken down the boundaries between in-store, online and digital in-store shopping. Furthermore, we’ve merged checkout, store administration, and payments management into one harmonized software - redefining the concept of what a retail platform is.”

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For more information, please contact: 

Olof Henriksson CRO at Focalpay olof.henriksson@focalpay.se +46 727 292 641

Ebba Nyberg CMO at Focalpay ebba.nyberg@focalpay.se +46 708 125 214

About Icebug

Icebug is a Swedish footwear company founded in 2001 on the idea of making better shoes for people that want to get outdoors every day. World leading traction technologies empowers people to get out and enjoy even in the most slippery conditions: Ice, snow, wet rocks and mud. Icebug offers shoes for all activities. Made to be durable and designed for longevity, with minimal resource use. 

Icebug’s vision is to be a changemaker for a society where people can thrive on a planet in balance. The commitment is to do the right thing, even when it hurts. Icebug does not have a sales growth target and Nature and Society are prioritized stakeholders. Icebug is a member of 1% for the planet. Icebug has set out to change the footwear industry through sharing scalable solutions. 

The brand offers radical transparency on climate footprint and is committed to halve emissions by 2030.

About Focalpay

Focalpay has developed a cloud-native commerce platform that breaks down the boundaries between payment, checkout and backoffice operations. The SaaS platform includes features such as Pay by Bank, Checkout (mobile, self-service, manned), Backoffice, Campaign Management and much more. 

Headquartered in Stockholm, Focalpay’s mission is to create a software platform that empowers merchants and their customers, while enabling innovation, and reducing transaction fees and CO2 emissions. 

Innovation, Sustainability, Security and Profitability are the cornerstones of Focalpay’s unique infrastructure that helps merchants succeed. 

Currently, Focalpay has live customers including several individual grocery stores, Matrebellerna, Hantverksdata, and pilots with multiple grocery and convenience retailers in the Nordic region.