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Aldi

How we built Aldi Unpacked — a sub-2-second media partner hub that lifted engagement 17%

Enterprise & ASX · Custom build
Web DesignDevelopmentUXSecurity

Whitehat Agency helped us turn a complex need into a beautifully simple solution. Aldi Unpacked has been a game-changer for how we manage and share media assets.

Brand & Comms Team
ALDI
Aldi Unpacked — enterprise web design case study by Whitehat Agency
01
< 2s
Page load time
Across the platform
02
+50%
Page speed
Versus baseline
03
+17%
User engagement
Improved layout + nav
01 · Challenge

A leading retailer, a fragmented partner experience.

Aldi is one of Australia's most trusted retailers — but the way they shared campaigns, creative assets and brand guidelines with media partners had grown into a patchwork of folders, links and ad-hoc files. No single source of truth, version control issues and a partner experience that didn't match the brand.

What Aldi needed wasn't another microsite. They needed a purpose-built platform — fast, secure, scalable — that media partners could rely on for every campaign that followed.

Pre-build baseline
Partner platform · AU
Source of truth
None
Fragmented systems
Partner UX
Patchy
Version + access issues
Security
Limited
No per-partner control
Scalability
Constrained
Per-campaign fixes
02 · Approach

Engineer the platform Aldi's partners actually deserve.

We designed and built Aldi Unpacked from the ground up — a fast, secure, intuitive partner hub built around the way creative and campaign assets actually move between Aldi and the media teams that activate them.

Performance, security and partner UX were treated as first-class design constraints — not afterthoughts. Every decision was made against a single brief: make it the easiest place an Aldi media partner can work.

The build playbook
5 workstreams

Speed and performance

Sub-2-second load times achieved through image optimisation, code minification and server-level tuning — so time-sensitive media assets are always one click away.

Partner-centric UX

Designed around user roles and permissions — partners only see the campaigns and assets they need, in a clutter-free interface tuned for fast retrieval.

Scalable framework

Modular architecture that absorbs new campaign uploads, document libraries and partner additions without performance drop-off.

Responsive on-brand design

Mobile-first, pixel-perfect interface aligned to Aldi brand guidelines and consistent across every device a partner uses.

Secure access and controls

Custom login, user tracking and secure delivery — ensuring sensitive media assets stay in the hands of approved partners only.

03 · The result

Aldi Unpacked is the partner hub the brand always needed.

Aldi Unpacked launched as the single, secure home for everything media partners need — running at sub-2-second page loads with a 50% improvement in measured page speed over the previous set-up.

Bounce rate dropped 15% thanks to the mobile-first build, and user engagement lifted 17% as partners spent more time inside the platform and less time chasing files across email and shared drives.

Platform performance · Aldi Unpacked
Lighthouse + GA4
Aldi Unpacked PageSpeed report — Whitehat Agency
Results

The numbers that made the platform work.

A leading retailer, a fragmented partner experience and a brief to build something purpose-fit. Here's what an enterprise-grade web build delivered.

01
< 2s
Page load time
Across the Aldi Unpacked platform — fast access to time-sensitive assets.
02
+50%
Page speed
Improvement on the prior set-up through optimisation and server tuning.
03
−15%
Bounce rate
Thanks to the responsive, mobile-first design and clearer navigation.
04
+17%
User engagement
Partners spend more time inside the platform thanks to improved layout and flow.
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