Case Study: SEO / Organic Growth

NEXT PLC

Taking the UK’s largest fashion retailer from strong domestic rankings to the top of international search, one language, one category page at a time.

Retail / Fashion SEO International Capita PLC
The Challenge

Where things stood

NEXT was already the UK’s largest fashion retailer, but organic search was the next battle, both at home and internationally. This was 2017, before AI made localization easy: ranking well in markets like Germany and France meant manually translating and optimizing meta tags at scale, with no shortcuts.

What I Did

The approach

  • Built a quarterly optimization calendar covering every category and product page, four full cycles a year.
  • Brought in language experts to properly localize meta tags for key markets like Germany and France, rather than relying on machine translation.
  • Prioritized which pages got attention first based on revenue potential and upcoming promotional briefs.
  • Ran high-quality keyword research and optimized 30,000+ pages every quarter.
The Impact

What it moved

#1ranked online fashion retailer in the UK, 2 years running
40%growth in international traffic within a single year
30,000+pages optimized every quarter

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