Merak Lee Design Case study
U.N. Luggage · Shopify Growth Partner

Four years flat. Then +54% in twelve months.

How U.N. Luggage broke a four-year revenue ceiling by finally treating email and Shopify like real growth channels.

Client
U.N. Luggage
Engagement
Growth Partner, ongoing
Channels
Shopify · Klaviyo
Timeframe
Trailing 12 months

U.N. Luggage is a Winnipeg luggage and travel retailer with deep product knowledge, loyal local customers, and a Shopify store that had quietly underperformed for years.

From 2021 through 2024, online revenue landed in the same narrow band every year. Four years without real growth. Not shrinking, but not moving either.

Everything online was run in-house, squeezed between the day-to-day of running a store. Email had become more chore than channel. The team knew Klaviyo could do more. They just didn't have the time to make it happen.

That's where I came in.

02 · What we did

Two phases, twelve months.

Email first, since the infrastructure was already there. Then the storefront, once email was funding the work.

Phase one
01

Make email a real revenue channel.

The first six months were all Klaviyo. The infrastructure was there. Nobody was using it.

Rebuilt the automation foundation

The welcome series and abandoned checkout flows were running, but underperforming. I rebuilt both and added three that didn't exist: abandoned cart, browse abandonment, and post-purchase. Every flow built around the real customer journey, not a template.

Changed the popup strategy

The old popup had run for years, converting at a dismal 0.1%. I built a new one and layered in tactical forms for specific campaigns. Popup completions went from 450 to over 6,400 in a year.

Shifted from broadcast to targeted sends

Instead of blasting every campaign to the whole list, I built engaged-subscriber segments and sent to smaller, sharper audiences. Frequency went up. So did opens and clicks.

Diversified the content mix

Email stopped being a stream of sale announcements. Now product guides, education, and brand stories run alongside the promotions, giving people a reason to open even when there's no discount attached.

Selected campaigns & flows

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Blunt Umbrellas email campaign
Product education

Blunt Umbrellas

Valentine's Day email campaign
Seasonal campaign

Valentine's Day

Pacsafe Action Sling email campaign
Product launch

Pacsafe Action Sling

Softside vs. Hardside email campaign
Comparison guide

Softside vs. Hardside

Aunts & Uncles limited edition email campaign
Limited edition

Aunts & Uncles

Carry-on buyer's guide email
Buyer's guide

The Carry-On Guide

Phase two
02

Modernize the storefront.

By early 2026 email was scaling, but the site itself was holding revenue back. A dated theme, a weak mobile experience, a codebase that fought every change. In February 2026 I rebuilt it on a modern Shopify theme.

Better foundation, better experience

The new site is faster, cleaner, and built around how people actually shop. Especially on mobile.

Easier to evolve

The new theme is built to be improved, not fought. Since launch, I've shipped custom changes nearly every week to keep pushing conversion higher.

The new storefront

unluggage.com, relaunched February 2026.

Rebuilt on a modern Shopify theme, with continuous CRO work ever since.

unluggage.com
U.N. Luggage homepage screenshot
Live at unluggage.com. Built on Shopify, scaled with Klaviyo.
03 · The results

The numbers, twelve months later.

After four years stuck in the same band, the trailing twelve months tell a very different story.

Online revenue and conversion

Across the storefront, after the email rebuild and site relaunch.

+54%
Online revenue
+65%
Online orders
+31%
Conversion rate
+35%
Mobile conversion
+74%
Sessions to checkout
+26%
Sessions

Email becomes a real revenue channel

The Klaviyo program went from side function to major contributor.

+1,480%
Flow revenue
95×
Welcome series scale
+117%
Campaign revenue
Campaign open rate doubled, from 30.5% to 63.5%. Automated flows grew from 4 to 8, and the Welcome Series went from a side feature to the single biggest source of automated revenue.

From a stagnant list to an engaged audience

List growth was the leading indicator that made everything else possible.

+2,948%
New subscribers
7,194
Added in 12 months
14×
Popup completions
04 · What's next

The point of a Growth Partner isn't a finished project.

It's a business that keeps compounding. The work continues, with something new shipping almost every week.

In progress

Custom loyalty program

Replacing the third-party loyalty subscription with a purpose-built app. Tailored rewards logic, lower cost, deeper data.

In progress

AI product search & recommendations

A custom AI integration that surfaces the right bag based on travel use case, not just keyword match.

Always on

Weekly CRO & storefront iteration

Continuous improvements to the live site: landing pages, PDP refinements, checkout polish, segment-level email work.

Your turn

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