CQL (a Shopify Platinum Partner)

What a great week at Shopify dotdev 2026! Nikola Lazic, Mary Krause, David Barr, Mike Riess, Kevin Messing, Justin Saviano, Matt Goward, and Jess Erthal kicked off dotdev with great partner day events held by Nosto, Yotpo, and Recharge. The emphasis on AI and agentic commerce - and recognizing that everybody is in the same boat (we are building for the current state and staying close to the pulse on the evolution) - was clear throughout the dotdev sessions as well as each partner day. Shopify is hyper-focused on their UCP, on Shopify POS growth (thanks for the shoutout on our work with Perry Ellis International), on Sidekick, and on strengthening Shopify Payments and making their UI more dynamic for merchants needs (e.g. their big updates to Collections). A special shoutout to our partners for the great evening networking events including Yotpo's famous happy hour; Yotpo, Gorgias, Ordergroove, and Bloomreach's dotdev Dugout Tampa Bay Rays vs. Toronto Blue Jays game, and Klaviyo's enterprise rooftop experience. What a great wrap to an educational and motivating week on what the future holds. Have a great weekend! #shopifydotdev #dotdev2026

Your customers already expect it today. Now Shopify merchants can actually deliver it today. Shopify and DoorDash have launched a direct integration, live now in the Shopify App Store for US merchants. Connect your store and your products become shoppable on the DoorDash Marketplace, in front of millions of local shoppers. The best part: nothing new to babysit. Catalog and inventory sync from Shopify, and orders land in the admin you already use. No couriers, no delivery software, no second dashboard. Same-day delivery used to be a moat only the biggest retailers could dig. Now any brand can match it in a few clicks. Our take at CQL: this isn't a shipping feature. It's a new sales channel with speed built in. Treat it like one. More details on this integration: https://hubs.la/Q04qtxQ90 #Shopify #DoorDash #eCommerce #Retail #DTC #ShopifyPartners

Customization is the name of the game for CQL.  CQL built a custom "Fulfill Orders" app inside Shopify POS, letting store associates fulfill online orders for both the Laura Canada and Melanie Lyne brands right at checkout. Staff can view aging orders, pick and pack items, automatically reroute unavailable stock to another store, and generate shipping labels all in one workflow. The result: faster fulfillment, less manual work, and more time for the personal styling Laura is known for. "CQL played a key role in translating our operational needs into thoughtfully designed Shopify customizations that support real-world retail execution. We value the partnership we've built and look forward to continuing to evolve alongside Shopify as we expand our unified commerce capabilities." — Jennifer Pearson, VP of Information Technology, Laura See the Laura Case study at https://hubs.la/Q04qcT5M0 #Shopify #POS #UnifiedCommerce #Retail

What an amazing night with our partner RiseAI, along with Signifyd, Richpanel, and Nick Sands of Command Growth, in Cooking & Commerce: an evening of fresh pasta, great conversation, and even better company with a fantastic turnout of NYC merchants. The night started with drinks and networking, then aprons went on. Half the room learned to roll cavatelli by hand while the other half ran fettuccine through the pasta maker. We then sat down to eat what we made over a facilitated conversation on the topics shaping ecommerce right now: loyalty and retention, returns, AI tooling, customer service, and conversion. What stood out wasn't the technology. It was how openly everyone shared ideas, challenges, and lessons learned. Those conversations are what move our industry forward. Thanks to everyone who came out, Jess Roma to our partner manager, Jess Erthal for representing CQL, and to Rise.ai for bringing this amazing group together. #eCommerce #Retail #Loyalty #CustomerRetention #AI #Networking

Congratulations to Ivan Smith Furniture on the launch of their new website! We're proud to have partnered with the Ivan Smith team to migrate their store to Shopify. The new site is built to make shopping for the home easier and more inspiring: - Refreshed navigation and menus that get customers where they want to go faster - A clean, modern design that stays true to Ivan Smith's small-town roots and focus on quality - Curated collections with richer product stories, from materials to how pieces pair together - Optimized product listing and browse experiences across every screen size A big congrats to the whole Ivan Smith team and to the team at CQL. We can't wait to see what this new foundation makes possible! Explore the new site: https://hubs.la/Q04q32p00 #Shopify #WebsiteLaunch #eCommerce #FurnitureRetail 

Have you been taking advantage of Sidekick? Sidekick is Shopify's AI expert, and it can do a lot more than people realize. It can pull your analytics, audit product pages, and even write copy. All in seconds. A few prompts merchants are getting good results with: + "Can you audit my most popular product pages to make sure they aren't missing any critical information?" + "Write me product descriptions for SEO" + "Help me set up discounts and offers" + "Analyze my pricing and find ways to boost sales" + "Give me a weekly performance summary" Sidekick is like having an assistant who's always available and always in your corner. Shopify's foundational belief is that entrepreneurs are heroes, and every hero needs a sidekick. Get a more in depth understanding here: https://hubs.la/Q04pR0YQ0 #ai #shopify #shopifymagic #shopifysidekick

AgelessRx set out to grow from a longevity-focused telehealth startup into a brand people recognize and trust. We helped them get there: first with their online health and subscription dashboard, then with a complete rebrand and new brand guidelines, right down to the product packaging shown here. Great packaging isn't decoration. It's your brand in someone's hands. This is the new product packaging we designed for AgelessRX, a longevity telehealth company on a mission to become a trusted, recognizable name in the space. It's the visible outcome of a much deeper rebrand: 10 chapters of brand guidelines spanning strategy, audience, messaging, positioning, identity, color, typography, graphic elements, photography, and activations. From digital dashboards to the package at your doorstep, we help brands show up consistently everywhere their customers meet them. Building a brand that needs to compete with the best? That's our favorite kind of project. #Branding #PackagingDesign #BrandStrategy #BrandDesign

KWI can't deliver the unified commerce experience its customers demand, and that lack of innovation is costing retailers real revenue. In fact, Shopify has 20x more engineering capacity, in addition to 16K+ apps in the Shopify App Store. For retailers who need Ecommerce and physical retail to work seamlessly hand in hand, delivering additional top-line revenue while lowering TCO and continuing to innovate, KWI to Shopify POS has become one of the most common migrations CQL performs. Get the guide on KWI to Shopify POS Migrations at: https://hubs.la/Q04pBLhp0

In Ecommerce, you want features that match how your brand operates. Luekens Wine & Spirits needed more than a standard ecommerce build, they needed fulfillment logic that matched a real multi-store footprint. CQL integrated Uber Direct directly into the Shopify experience, enabling same-day express delivery from a specific store within a defined radius. Real-time, location-specific inventory checks make sure only in-stock items are eligible. Bonus: if a shopper switches locations, the cart automatically updates to reflect what's actually available. That's the kind of integration work CQL specializes in: extending Shopify's native capabilities to match a brand's real-world operations, not the other way around. The result? 2x growth in just 3 months, across 9+ retail stores. 📈 Explore more results and outcomes in the full case study: https://hubs.la/Q04pmv_t0

CQL has been nominated for not one but two awards at the Nosto Partner Awards 2026: + Innovation Excellence Award + NA Agency Partner of the Year These nominations reflect CQL’s strengths as a well-rounded and impactful partner, and celebrate CQL’s creative, original, and dynamic use of Nosto features for our clients. Winners will be announced at Nosto's Partner Day, Toronto on July 20th. Thank you to Nosto for this opportunity and the continued great partnership.