{"id":49670,"date":"2025-12-19T09:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T08:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/?p=49670"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:17:43","slug":"benel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/benel\/","title":{"rendered":"Benel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"49670\" class=\"elementor elementor-49670\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f31c79 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9f31c79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-760f3fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"760f3fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f4dfb35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f4dfb35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-329bae28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"329bae28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-spacer\"><h1 class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><strong>About Benel<\/strong><\/h1><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benel.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benel<\/a> has been a trusted name in the world of photo, video and optical equipment for more than 30 years. As an importer and wholesaler, the company connects brands such as Falcon Eyes and Vortex with an extensive network of European dealers and subject specialists. From this central role in the chain, Benel supplies both professional retailers and consumers via affiliated<\/b><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-062bf7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"062bf7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benel.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/benel-rhn8izru8nsr63cq999wo2i96csqkyu1igmkykslmw.png\" title=\"benel\" alt=\"benel\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eb4e65 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5eb4e65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b583a8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1b583a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c99a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32c99a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad97252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad97252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-study-body\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><em><strong>- December 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/p><h1><b>A brand new Hyv\u00e4 environment for an outdated webshop<\/b><\/h1><h2><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h2><h2><b>The challenge<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For years, Benel had been working with an outdated customised webshop that no longer matched their growth ambitions and the changing demands of their customers. The company needed a future-proof ecommerce architecture that supports international growth and optimally serves both business and residential customers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This involved a second challenge: product data management. Within Benel's range of technically detailed products, keeping product information up to date was complex and time-consuming.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3d7d44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b3d7d44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/benel-old-rhn8izru8nsr63cq999wo2i96csqkyu1igmkykslmw.png\" title=\"benel old\" alt=\"benel old\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84b2eee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84b2eee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e6bbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9e6bbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-study-body\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2><b>The solution<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Benel, Ecomwise realised a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/platformen\/magento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Magento webshop<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> based on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/hyva-commerce-een-eerste-indruk-vanuit-de-praktijk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyv\u00e4<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> template and Hyv\u00e4 Checkout. This created a modern platform with a fast and user-friendly experience for both consumers and business customers.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consumers can order directly and collect their order from a local specialist retailer via a comprehensive dealer locator.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business customers log into their own environment, where they can view customer-specific prices, stock statuses and order details directly from Snelstart.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Functionalities such as quick ordering, order lists and a sales agent module make the ordering process more efficient and customer-oriented.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To improve product information management, we implemented <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/platformen\/akeneo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Akeneo PIM<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"\/en\/_wp_link_placeholder\/\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/a> This allows Benel to centrally manage product data and automatically synchronise it with Magento and Snelstart.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>The result<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new platform provides the digital basis for further international growth. Processes that were previously manual, such as price updates and order processing, are now largely automated.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For business customers, the webshop offers a fully-fledged self-service environment with real-time insight into prices, stock and orders. In addition, dealers can generate product feeds and import them into their own systems, so they always have up-to-date product data.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this scalable and future-oriented e-commerce environment, Benel has laid a solid foundation for further digitalisation and growth within the European market.<\/span><\/p><h2><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-439af87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"439af87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/benel-oldvsnew.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-49679\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/benel-oldvsnew.png 720w, https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/benel-oldvsnew-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/benel-oldvsnew-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Over Benel \u00a0Benel is al meer dan dertig jaar een vertrouwde naam in de wereld van foto, video en optische apparatuur. Als importeur en groothandel verbindt het bedrijf merken als Falcon Eyes en Vortex met een uitgebreid netwerk van Europese dealers en vakspecialisten. Vanuit deze centrale rol in de keten levert Benel zowel aan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":49684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Benel's Modern Magento Webshop for International Growth","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[72,32,83,51,35],"class_list":["post-49670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cases","tag-akeneo","tag-b2b","tag-hyva","tag-magento","tag-pim"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49670"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52229,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49670\/revisions\/52229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomwise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}