Composable storefront architecture promises flexibility, speed, and long-term adaptability. Most commerce teams understand the model, but execution is where delivery often becomes challenging.

Turning composable principles into a storefront that performs well, scales with the business, and remains maintainable over time requires more than architectural intent. It demands clear boundaries, disciplined decision-making, and tooling that supports delivery rather than adding complexity.

Salesforce PWA Kit provides a strong foundation for this approach, but outcomes ultimately depend on how teams apply it in practice. This article explores how our team at The Commerce Team Global used Salesforce PWA Kit to deliver a composable storefront, focusing on real delivery decisions, challenges and outcomes.

‍Salesforce recognition for delivery in practice

Our approach was recently referenced in a Salesforce Developer Blog titled: Build composable storefronts smarter and faster with the PWA Kit MCP Server. The article highlights how teams are using Salesforce PWA Kit and the MCP Server to accelerate delivery while maintaining structure, quality, and consistency.

The mention reflects practical delivery rather than abstract architecture and closely aligns with how we approach composable storefront builds.

‍The execution gap in composable storefronts

Retail delivery teams are under constant pressure to release faster and adapt continuously without increasing risk. Traditional storefront builds often struggle because frontend and backend changes remain tightly coupled, making even small updates complex and slow.

Composable storefronts address this by separating the frontend experience from core commerce services. However, as Karan Rajpara, one of our developers involved in the delivery, explains, much of the real complexity sits in integration.

“The main complexity comes from combining multiple systems, including SCAPI, authentication, caching, and third-party integrations. Defining clear boundaries between the storefront, the commerce platform and integrations is critical.”

Without that clarity, delivery complexity increases quickly and undermines the flexibility composable is meant to provide.

Applying Salesforce PWA Kit with discipline

Salesforce PWA Kit provides the structure needed to deliver composable storefronts at scale. It offers established patterns, tooling, and conventions aligned with Salesforce Commerce Cloud.

In this build, PWA Kit removed friction around server-side rendering and routing. The introduction of the PWA Kit MCP Server further strengthened delivery by surfacing best-practice guidance directly within the developer workflow.

“The MCP Server brought guidance closer to execution. Developers didn’t need to constantly search documentation to validate decisions,” Karan explains.

At the same time, flexibility was applied deliberately. Consistency was prioritised over short-term custom solutions, reducing long-term complexity and maintenance risk.

Delivery outcomes and lessons learned

Early delivery decisions had a direct impact after launch. Choices around data fetching, caching strategies, and component boundaries made optimisation and iteration faster and less disruptive.

“We avoided over-customising core PWA Kit components, extending only where necessary. That reduced upgrade risk and long-term ownership issues.”

Karan also highlights what teams often underestimate once composable moves beyond proof of concept.

“Composable systems scale quickly, but without discipline they become hard to manage. Shared patterns, clear ownership and operational readiness become essential.”

This balance of composable flexibility with disciplined delivery is what led Salesforce to highlight the approach.

What this means for retailers

Composable storefronts are no longer experimental. For retailers that need to move faster, adapt continuously, and reduce long-term delivery risk, the combination of composable architecture and Salesforce PWA Kit offers a practical and proven path forward.

The differentiator is not the technology itself, but how it is applied. When composable principles are paired with structured delivery frameworks like PWA Kit, teams gain speed without sacrificing stability or future flexibility. This is what effective composable delivery looks like in practice.

Want to continue the discussion on composable storefronts? We would be happy to set up a call with one of our Tech Leads. Get in touch with us at: info@thecommerceteam.com  

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