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How Shoe Carnival uses Algolia

x3.5

“Up to x3.5 conversions from search”

As published on algolia.com. Captured by usedby on Oct 7, 2026.

What happened

Shoe Carnival, a US footwear retailer, uses Algolia for site search and discovery on its headless ecommerce storefronts, including Dynamic Re-Ranking, search rules and Recommend. The merchandising team uses it to adjust search results without developer involvement, and it was used to split the catalog out by color.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Algolia and Shoe Carnival, not ours.

  • half the time“Improved productivity (half the time to make changes)”

Implementing Algolia’s search solution led to an immediate increase in conversion rates, a reduction in bounce rates, and higher engagement.

From the page. algolia.com, captured Oct 7, 2026

Algolia and Amplience are two of the biggest pieces of our composable ecosystem. They're key to the agility and speed in how we deploy content and manage the customer experience.

Courtney Grisham, Director of E-commerce, Shoe Carnival. Source, captured Oct 7, 2026

What the story claims, and what we checked

We compared the story with its live page on Oct 7, 2026.

  • The figure: x3.5CheckedPrinted word for word on the page, near the name of Shoe Carnival.
  • The passage quoted aboveCheckedCopied word for word from the page, near the name of Shoe Carnival.
  • Shoe Carnival uses AlgoliaCheckedConfirmed line. Latest check across sources: Oct 7, 2026.
  • The result itselfNot checkedWe quote it; we did not measure it.

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