Retro Shopify theme – Retro preset
Retro
No recent updates Well rated clothing

Retro Shopify theme

Retro preset

Created by Slash Themes

Clothing, jewelry, and food and drink stores with mid-sized catalogs are the fit for Retro, a theme spread across more than 20 customizable sections. Its merchandising tools include before/after image sliders, image hotspots, and lookbooks, while mega menus, swatch filters, and infinite scroll support product discovery.
Source Shopify Theme Store Official
★★★★★
★★★★★
4.5 · 19 reviews · 89% positive
PRICE
$ 280,00 USD
PRESETS
3 styles
View on Theme Store
PRESETS INCLUDED Total 3
Retro Skinny Shadow
Theme support
slashthemes.com/pages/support
Documentation
slashthemes.com/pages/retro-guide

Independently reviewed by the eDIY editorial team

How fast is Retro?

Google PageSpeed Insights scores for the home page, out of 100

The official Retro demo scored 74/100 on mobile and 77/100 on desktop in our October 2026 test. On mobile, LCP was 4.6s, CLS 0.01 and Total Blocking Time 82ms.

Theme demo store

Official Retro demo, home page
74 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
77 /100
Desktop
Needs improvement

Tested Oct 2026 · Google PageSpeed Insights lab data

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 4.6s 3.4s
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.01 0.00
Total Blocking Time 82ms 75ms
Speed Index 6.3s 2.1s

The 8 live stores we tested averaged 62/100 on mobile and 71/100 on desktop. Average mobile LCP was 11.2s and CLS was 0.02. These results reflect complete production stores, not the theme alone.

Live stores average

Mean across 8 stores running Retro
62 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
71 /100
Desktop
Needs improvement

Tested Oct 2026 · Results include each store's apps, images, tracking scripts and customizations

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 11.2s 1.6s
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.02 0.15
Total Blocking Time 197ms 647ms
Speed Index 7.8s 2.5s

Per-store results

8 live stores · tested Oct 2026
Karuna Kava
karunakava.com
Mobile 75
Desktop 89
Rebecca Illustrated
rebeccaillustrated.com
Mobile 69
Desktop 81
Felecia Bella
feleciabella.com
Mobile 54
Desktop 78
Gina's Nails Supplies
ginasnailssupplies.com
Mobile 61
Desktop 39
Wraparound Hockey
hockeywraparound.com
Mobile 69
Desktop 90
Allbright Kids
allbrightkids.org
Mobile 63
Desktop 66
Lady Designer Wear
ladydesignerwear.co.uk
Mobile 53
Desktop 73
Piecebypiece
piecebypiece.org
Mobile 54
Desktop 55

Features

Built-in features listed on the Theme Store.

Cart and checkout

  • Cart notes
  • Gift wrapping
  • In-store pickups
  • Quick buy
  • Sign in with Shop
  • Slide-out cart
  • Sticky cart

Marketing and conversion

  • Trust badges
  • Stock counter
  • Right-to-left
  • Recommended products
  • Recently viewed
  • Quick view
  • Quick order list
  • Promo banners
  • Product badges
  • Press coverage
  • In-menu promos
  • FAQ page
  • EU translations (EN, FR, IT, DE, ES)
  • Cross-selling
  • Countdown timer
  • Blogs
  • Age verifier
  • Quantity pricing (Shopify Plus)

Merchandising

  • Animation
  • Before/after image slider
  • Color swatches
  • High-resolution images
  • Image galleries
  • Image hotspot
  • Image rollover
  • Image zoom
  • Lookbooks
  • Product options
  • Product tabs
  • Product videos
  • Size chart
  • Slideshow

Product discovery

  • Back-to-top button
  • Collection page navigation
  • Enhanced search
  • Infinite scroll
  • Mega menu
  • Product filtering and sorting
  • Recently viewed
  • Recommended products
  • Sticky header
  • Swatch filters
47 features

Retro ranking and satisfaction

Position among all Shopify themes
#41 of 1349
Position among Shopify themes for "clothing"
#17 of 269
Overall satisfaction based on all reviews
89% positive

Release history

LATEST VERSION
v2.0.0
Released June 24, 2025
No recent updates

No Retro updates have been released in the last 12 months.

Releases in 12 mo 0
Total releases 5
First release July 2, 2024
v2.0.0 MAJOR

"Restructured theme files for theme store redesign"

Added

  • Restructured theme files for theme store redesign
v1.0.3 FIX

Update typography

Added

  • Update typography
v1.0.2 FIX

Add new preset "Summer" for the beachwear
Demo link - https://the-retro-summer.myshopify.com/

Added

  • Add new preset "Summer" for the beachwear
  • Fix minor layout issues
v1.0.1 FIX

Add new preset for the sunglasses brand

Added

  • Add new preset and fresh layout for the sunglasses brand
v1.0.0 MAJOR

What merchants say about Retro Shopify theme

We know about 19 reviews · showing 6

Merchant sentiment summary

AI

17 of 19 reviews are positive, with 2 negative and none neutral. Merchants most often praise the responsive support team, which they describe as quick and helpful, along with the theme's clean design and easy customisation. The main criticism, raised in both negative reviews, is poor after-sale support and unresolved issues, including a broken checkout button and update errors.

Generated from all 19 Theme Store reviews ·

Positive 17 · 89%
Neutral 0 · 0%
Negative 2 · 11%
Well rated

Retro has received 3 reviews in the last 12 months.

Reviews in 12 mo 3
Total reviews 19
First review

Great theme and amazing support! Highly recommend this theme! The design is clean, fast, and easy to customize. The support team helped me quickly with a custom request. Really appreciate their professionalism.

F
Forefront Equine
Dec 24, 2025

The theme is great and the support is amazing! They helped me with my issue within just a few hours. Highly recommend!

M
MacvethOS Artisan Deskmat
Dec 24, 2025

Clean and stylish theme. I've enjoyed the support thus far and a lot of great onboarding material to understand the features. I had a certain design request and the support team was quick and efficient!

S
SoMuch Fashion
Nov 17, 2025

Love this theme, easy to use and build with especially for my business, also support is great and super quick. Recommended

C
cookvision GmbH 
Jul 26, 2025

Really like this theme, it's super functional, feature rich and fast! Had a small issue and team was right onto it, great support. Would highly recommend.

P
POLKA
Jul 24, 2025

We really enjoy using the theme and are always happy about the updates. If we have any questions for the support team, they help us quickly.

E
Editora Quitanda
Jul 24, 2025

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