One hundred and twenty-nine years of trading, buried below the product grid.
What I saw. The homepage at bellsofalnwick.com opens on the Shopify Refresh theme's default collection carousel. A first-time visitor has to scroll past the product grid, the brand-logo strip, and a second product grid before the “four generations since 1897” story arrives, on the About page, behind a footer link. The single most distinctive thing about the shop, the bit no other Northumberland menswear retailer can claim, is two clicks away from anyone who lands on the home page.
What the rebuild does about it. The 1897 founding date, the four Bell generations, and the Bondgate Within address are all in the hero, above the fold, on the same eye-line as the call-to-action. The About page does not have to do the heritage work alone any more.