diff --git a/API.article.md b/API.article.md
index ce5ebac..2be41ef 100644
--- a/API.article.md
+++ b/API.article.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Adds a child article to a parent article (creates and attaches with auto-generat
 
 *Source: `src/store/article/addImage.js`*
 
-Adds an image to an article by its SKU, processing it into AVIF variants.
+Adds an image to an article by its SKU, processing full, thumb, and 40px-edge small-thumb AVIF variants.
 
 **Parameters**
 
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ Adds an image to an article by its SKU, processing it into AVIF variants.
 
 **Returns**
 
-`Promise<{picId: number, sort: number, full: {w: number, h: number, size: number}, thumb: {w: number, h: number}, fullHash: string, thumbHash: string}>` — The added image info.
+`Promise<{picId: number, sort: number, full: {w: number, h: number, size: number}, thumb: {w: number, h: number}, smallThumb: {w: number, h: number}, fullHash: string, thumbHash: string}>` — The added image info.
 
 **Example**
 
 ```js
 const result = await store.article.addImage(42, 'SKU-1', imageBuffer);
-// => { picId, sort, full: { w, h, size }, thumb: { w, h }, fullHash, thumbHash }
+// => { picId, sort, full: { w, h, size }, thumb: { w, h }, smallThumb: { w, h }, fullHash, thumbHash }
 ```
 
 ## `article.attachChild`
diff --git a/API.brand.md b/API.brand.md
index 5283b90..faafa3f 100644
--- a/API.brand.md
+++ b/API.brand.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This document is auto-generated from the JSDoc comments in `src/store` by runnin
 
 *Source: `src/store/brand/addImage.js`*
 
-Adds an image to a brand, processing it into AVIF full and thumb variants.
+Adds an image to a brand, processing full, thumb, and 40px-edge small-thumb AVIF variants.
 
 **Parameters**
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Adds an image to a brand, processing it into AVIF full and thumb variants.
 
 **Returns**
 
-`Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, pics: Array<object>}>`
+`Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW: number, smallThumbH: number, pics: Array<object>}>`
 
 ## `brand.create`
 
diff --git a/API.category.md b/API.category.md
index 3be5750..eb4c51a 100644
--- a/API.category.md
+++ b/API.category.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This document is auto-generated from the JSDoc comments in `src/store` by runnin
 
 *Source: `src/store/category/addImage.js`*
 
-Adds an image to a category, processing it into AVIF full and thumb variants.
+Adds an image to a category, processing full, thumb, and 40px-edge small-thumb AVIF variants.
 
 **Parameters**
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Adds an image to a category, processing it into AVIF full and thumb variants.
 
 **Returns**
 
-`Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string}>` — The added image info.
+`Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW: number, smallThumbH: number}>` — The added image info.
 
 **Example**
 
diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index 7b42b97..da3282e 100644
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ The store is exposed as a `LibDashStore` instance (see `src/index.js`). Each met
   - `list(googleAuthId: number, tx?: object): Promise<Array<object>>`
   - `update(id: number, input: {iso639: string, name: string, taxrate: number, reducedtaxrate: number}, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, rootCategoryId: number, languageId: number, taxrateId: number, reducedtaxrateId: number, taxfreerateId: number}>`
 - [category](API.category.md)
-  - `addImage(googleAuthId: number, categoryId: number, image: Buffer, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string}>`
+  - `addImage(googleAuthId: number, categoryId: number, image: Buffer, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW: number, smallThumbH: number}>`
   - `createUnderParent(input: {googleAuthId: number, parentId: number, name: string}, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, parentId: number, sort: number, name: string, slug: string}>`
   - `delete(input: {googleAuthId: number, id: number, recursive?: boolean}, tx?: object): Promise<void>`
   - `deleteImage(googleAuthId: number, categoryId: number, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, thumbW: null, thumbH: null, thumbHash: null}>`
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ The store is exposed as a `LibDashStore` instance (see `src/index.js`). Each met
   - `rename(input: {googleAuthId: number, id: number, name: string}, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, name: string, slug: string}>`
 - [article](API.article.md)
   - `addChild(googleAuthId: number, parentSku: string, options: {attach?: boolean, attributeValueId?: number, value?: string, name?: string, unitamount?: number, weight?: number, track_stock?: boolean|number}, tx?: object): Promise<object>`
-  - `addImage(googleAuthId: number, sku: string, image: Buffer, tx?: object): Promise<{picId: number, sort: number, full: {w: number, h: number, size: number}, thumb: {w: number, h: number}, fullHash: string, thumbHash: string}>`
+  - `addImage(googleAuthId: number, sku: string, image: Buffer, tx?: object): Promise<{picId: number, sort: number, full: {w: number, h: number, size: number}, thumb: {w: number, h: number}, smallThumb: {w: number, h: number}, fullHash: string, thumbHash: string}>`
   - `attachChild(googleAuthId: number, parentSku: string, options: {sku: string, childSku?: string, attributeValueId?: number, value?: string, reparent?: boolean, unitamount?: number, weight?: number, track_stock?: boolean|number}, tx?: object): Promise<{article: object, children: Array<object>}>`
   - `createUnderParent(input: {googleAuthId: number, parentId: number, name: string, desc?: string, seo?: string, track_stock?: boolean|number}, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, parentId: number, name: string, sku: string, track_stock: boolean}>`
   - `delete(googleAuthId: number, sku: string, optionsOrTx?: object|*, maybeTx?: object): Promise<void>`
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ The store is exposed as a `LibDashStore` instance (see `src/index.js`). Each met
   - `list(googleAuthId: number, options?: {frontendOnly?: boolean, maskWriteonly?: boolean}, tx?: object): Promise<Array<{key: string, value: string, frontend: boolean, writeonly: boolean}>>`
   - `set(googleAuthId: number, input: {key: string, value: string, frontend?: boolean, writeonly?: boolean}, tx?: object): Promise<{key: string, value: string, frontend: boolean, writeonly: boolean}>`
 - [brand](API.brand.md)
-  - `addImage(googleAuthId: number, brandId: number, image: Buffer, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, pics: Array<object>}>`
+  - `addImage(googleAuthId: number, brandId: number, image: Buffer, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW: number, smallThumbH: number, pics: Array<object>}>`
   - `create(googleAuthId: number, input: {name: string, gsprpinfo?: string}, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, name: string, gsprpinfo: string|null, pics: Array<{fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string}>}>`
   - `delete(googleAuthId: number, id: number, tx?: object): Promise<void>`
   - `list(googleAuthId: number, opts?: {offset?: number, limit?: number}, tx?: object): Promise<{brands: Array<{id: number, name: string, gsprpinfo: string|null, pics: Array<{fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string}>}>, total: number, offset: number, limit: number}>`
diff --git a/scripts/test-sqlite-storage.js b/scripts/test-sqlite-storage.js
index e9ab55b..1bbdbe6 100644
--- a/scripts/test-sqlite-storage.js
+++ b/scripts/test-sqlite-storage.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async function runTests() {
     assert(existsSync(join(storageDir, 'fullbinary')), 'fullbinary dir should exist');
     assert(existsSync(join(storageDir, 'thumbbinary')), 'thumbbinary dir should exist');
 
-    // Verify sqlite tables do NOT contain blob columns
+    // Large file and image blobs stay on disk; the 40px small-thumb stays inline in pic.
     const fileTableInfo = provider.db.pragma('table_info("file")');
     const fileColNames = fileTableInfo.map((c) => c.name);
     console.log('file table columns:', fileColNames);
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ async function runTests() {
     console.log('pic table columns:', picColNames);
     assert(!picColNames.includes('fullbinary'), 'pic table should NOT have fullbinary column');
     assert(!picColNames.includes('thumbbinary'), 'pic table should NOT have thumbbinary column');
+    assert(picColNames.includes('smallthumbw'), 'pic table should have smallthumbw column');
+    assert(picColNames.includes('smallthumbh'), 'pic table should have smallthumbh column');
+    assert(picColNames.includes('smallthumbbinary'), 'pic table should have smallthumbbinary column');
 
     // Setup base data: google_auth, company, unit, article, manifest
     const googleAuthId = await store.google_auth.add('test@example.com');
@@ -199,6 +202,18 @@ async function runTests() {
 
     const picResult = await store.article.addImage(googleAuthId, article.sku, sampleImage);
     const fullHash = picResult.fullHash;
+    assert.equal(picResult.smallThumb.w, 40);
+    assert.equal(picResult.smallThumb.h, 27);
+    const smallThumbRow = provider.db.prepare(
+      'SELECT smallthumbw, smallthumbh, smallthumbbinary FROM pic WHERE hash = ?',
+    ).get(fullHash);
+    assert.equal(smallThumbRow.smallthumbw, 40);
+    assert.equal(smallThumbRow.smallthumbh, 27);
+    assert(Buffer.isBuffer(smallThumbRow.smallthumbbinary), 'Small thumb AVIF must be stored in the pic row');
+    const smallThumbMetadata = await sharp(smallThumbRow.smallthumbbinary).metadata();
+    assert.equal(smallThumbMetadata.format, 'heif');
+    assert.equal(smallThumbMetadata.width, 40);
+    assert.equal(smallThumbMetadata.height, 27);
     console.log('Article pic added with hash:', fullHash);
 
     const fullPath = join(storageDir, 'fullbinary', fullHash + '.avif');
diff --git a/src/providers/mssql/queries/pic.js b/src/providers/mssql/queries/pic.js
index de2a6ad..f1824fd 100644
--- a/src/providers/mssql/queries/pic.js
+++ b/src/providers/mssql/queries/pic.js
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 export const CREATE = `
 INSERT INTO pic (
-    w, h, size, hash, thumbw, thumbh, thumbhash, source, fullbinary, thumbbinary
+    w, h, size, hash, thumbw, thumbh, thumbhash,
+    smallthumbw, smallthumbh, smallthumbbinary,
+    source, fullbinary, thumbbinary
 )
 OUTPUT INSERTED.id
 VALUES (
-    @w, @h, @size, @hash, @thumbw, @thumbh, @thumbhash, @source, @fullbinary, @thumbbinary
+    @w, @h, @size, @hash, @thumbw, @thumbh, @thumbhash,
+    @smallthumbw, @smallthumbh, @smallthumbbinary,
+    @source, @fullbinary, @thumbbinary
 )
 `;
 
diff --git a/src/providers/mssql/schema.js b/src/providers/mssql/schema.js
index 6882502..bf8d930 100644
--- a/src/providers/mssql/schema.js
+++ b/src/providers/mssql/schema.js
@@ -95,9 +95,12 @@ BEGIN
         thumbw INT NOT NULL,
         thumbh INT NOT NULL,
         thumbhash NVARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
+        smallthumbw INT NOT NULL,
+        smallthumbh INT NOT NULL,
         source NVARCHAR(MAX) NOT NULL,
         fullbinary VARBINARY(MAX) NOT NULL,
         thumbbinary VARBINARY(MAX) NOT NULL,
+        smallthumbbinary VARBINARY(MAX) NOT NULL,
         CONSTRAINT UQ_pic_hash UNIQUE (hash)
     );
 END
@@ -1220,4 +1223,3 @@ export const SCHEMA_SCRIPTS = [
     INIT_SHIPPING,
     INIT_PACKAGE,
 ];
-
diff --git a/src/providers/sqlite3/queries/pic.js b/src/providers/sqlite3/queries/pic.js
index a3cade7..3810687 100644
--- a/src/providers/sqlite3/queries/pic.js
+++ b/src/providers/sqlite3/queries/pic.js
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ export const {
 
 export const CREATE = `
 INSERT INTO pic (
-    w, h, size, hash, thumbw, thumbh, thumbhash, source
+    w, h, size, hash, thumbw, thumbh, thumbhash,
+    smallthumbw, smallthumbh, smallthumbbinary, source
 )
 VALUES (
-    @w, @h, @size, @hash, @thumbw, @thumbh, @thumbhash, @source
+    @w, @h, @size, @hash, @thumbw, @thumbh, @thumbhash,
+    @smallthumbw, @smallthumbh, @smallthumbbinary, @source
 )
 RETURNING id
 `;
diff --git a/src/providers/sqlite3/schema.js b/src/providers/sqlite3/schema.js
index 65d9714..e3ba269 100644
--- a/src/providers/sqlite3/schema.js
+++ b/src/providers/sqlite3/schema.js
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS pic (
     thumbw INTEGER NOT NULL,
     thumbh INTEGER NOT NULL,
     thumbhash TEXT NOT NULL,
+    smallthumbw INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    smallthumbh INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    smallthumbbinary BLOB NOT NULL,
     source TEXT NOT NULL
 );
 `;
diff --git a/src/store/article/addImage.js b/src/store/article/addImage.js
index 7d67713..2cf895e 100644
--- a/src/store/article/addImage.js
+++ b/src/store/article/addImage.js
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ export default function addImage(provider) {
   const addArticlePicSql = isSqlite ? SQLITE_ADD_ARTICLEPIC : MSSQL_ADD_ARTICLEPIC;
 
   /**
-   * Adds an image to an article by its SKU, processing it into AVIF variants.
+   * Adds an image to an article by its SKU, processing full, thumb, and 40px-edge small-thumb AVIF variants.
    *
    * @param {number} googleAuthId - The id of the Google auth user.
    * @param {string} sku - The article SKU.
    * @param {Buffer} image - The source image buffer.
    * @param {object} [tx] - Optional transaction to run within.
-   * @returns {Promise<{picId: number, sort: number, full: {w: number, h: number, size: number}, thumb: {w: number, h: number}, fullHash: string, thumbHash: string}>} The added image info.
+   * @returns {Promise<{picId: number, sort: number, full: {w: number, h: number, size: number}, thumb: {w: number, h: number}, smallThumb: {w: number, h: number}, fullHash: string, thumbHash: string}>} The added image info.
    *
    * @example
    * const result = await store.article.addImage(42, 'SKU-1', imageBuffer);
-   * // => { picId, sort, full: { w, h, size }, thumb: { w, h }, fullHash, thumbHash }
+   * // => { picId, sort, full: { w, h, size }, thumb: { w, h }, smallThumb: { w, h }, fullHash, thumbHash }
    */
   return async (googleAuthId, sku, image, tx) => {
     const runAdd = async (runner) => {
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ export default function addImage(provider) {
           thumbw: processed.thumb.w,
           thumbh: processed.thumb.h,
           thumbhash: processed.thumb.hash,
+          smallthumbw: processed.smallThumb.w,
+          smallthumbh: processed.smallThumb.h,
+          smallthumbbinary: processed.smallThumb.buffer,
           source: '',
           fullbinary: processed.full.buffer,
           thumbbinary: processed.thumb.buffer,
@@ -107,6 +110,10 @@ export default function addImage(provider) {
           w: processed.thumb.w,
           h: processed.thumb.h,
         },
+        smallThumb: {
+          w: processed.smallThumb.w,
+          h: processed.smallThumb.h,
+        },
         fullHash,
         thumbHash: processed.thumb.hash,
       };
@@ -121,4 +128,3 @@ export default function addImage(provider) {
     return runAdd(makeRunner(provider));
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/src/store/brand/addImage.js b/src/store/brand/addImage.js
index 528bd16..7bd3eee 100644
--- a/src/store/brand/addImage.js
+++ b/src/store/brand/addImage.js
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ export default function addImage(provider) {
   const addBrandPicSql = isSqlite ? SQLITE_ADD_BRANDPIC : MSSQL_ADD_BRANDPIC;
 
   /**
-   * Adds an image to a brand, processing it into AVIF full and thumb variants.
+   * Adds an image to a brand, processing full, thumb, and 40px-edge small-thumb AVIF variants.
    *
    * @param {number} googleAuthId - The id of the Google auth user.
    * @param {number} brandId - The id of the brand.
    * @param {Buffer} image - The source image buffer.
    * @param {object} [tx] - Optional transaction to run within.
-   * @returns {Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, pics: Array<object>}>}
+   * @returns {Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW: number, smallThumbH: number, pics: Array<object>}>}
    */
   return async (googleAuthId, brandId, image, tx) => {
     const runAdd = async (runner) => {
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ export default function addImage(provider) {
           thumbw: processed.thumb.w,
           thumbh: processed.thumb.h,
           thumbhash: processed.thumb.hash,
+          smallthumbw: processed.smallThumb.w,
+          smallthumbh: processed.smallThumb.h,
+          smallthumbbinary: processed.smallThumb.buffer,
           source: '',
           fullbinary: processed.full.buffer,
           thumbbinary: processed.thumb.buffer,
@@ -88,6 +91,8 @@ export default function addImage(provider) {
         thumbW: processed.thumb.w,
         thumbH: processed.thumb.h,
         thumbHash: processed.thumb.hash,
+        smallThumbW: processed.smallThumb.w,
+        smallThumbH: processed.smallThumb.h,
       };
 
       return {
@@ -96,6 +101,8 @@ export default function addImage(provider) {
         thumbW: processed.thumb.w,
         thumbH: processed.thumb.h,
         thumbHash: processed.thumb.hash,
+        smallThumbW: processed.smallThumb.w,
+        smallThumbH: processed.smallThumb.h,
         pics: [picObj],
       };
     };
diff --git a/src/store/category/addImage.js b/src/store/category/addImage.js
index 1448751..1c6d982 100644
--- a/src/store/category/addImage.js
+++ b/src/store/category/addImage.js
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ export default function addImage(provider) {
   const addCategoryPicSql = isSqlite ? SQLITE_ADD_CATEGORYPIC : MSSQL_ADD_CATEGORYPIC;
 
   /**
-   * Adds an image to a category, processing it into AVIF full and thumb variants.
+   * Adds an image to a category, processing full, thumb, and 40px-edge small-thumb AVIF variants.
    *
    * @param {number} googleAuthId - The id of the Google auth user.
    * @param {number} categoryId - The id of the category.
    * @param {Buffer} image - The source image buffer.
    * @param {object} [tx] - Optional transaction to run within.
-   * @returns {Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string}>} The added image info.
+   * @returns {Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW: number, smallThumbH: number}>} The added image info.
    *
    * @example
    * const result = await store.category.addImage(42, 5, imageBuffer);
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ export default function addImage(provider) {
           thumbw: processed.thumb.w,
           thumbh: processed.thumb.h,
           thumbhash: processed.thumb.hash,
+          smallthumbw: processed.smallThumb.w,
+          smallthumbh: processed.smallThumb.h,
+          smallthumbbinary: processed.smallThumb.buffer,
           source: '',
           fullbinary: processed.full.buffer,
           thumbbinary: processed.thumb.buffer,
@@ -98,6 +101,8 @@ export default function addImage(provider) {
         thumbW: processed.thumb.w,
         thumbH: processed.thumb.h,
         thumbHash: processed.thumb.hash,
+        smallThumbW: processed.smallThumb.w,
+        smallThumbH: processed.smallThumb.h,
       };
     };
 
diff --git a/src/util/processAvifImage.js b/src/util/processAvifImage.js
index 94eaa60..79e54b3 100644
--- a/src/util/processAvifImage.js
+++ b/src/util/processAvifImage.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { rgbaToThumbHash } from 'thumbhash';
 
 const FULL_MAX = 1000;
 const THUMB_MAX = 200;
+const SMALL_THUMB_MAX = 40;
 
 export default async function processAvifImage(inputBuffer) {
   const input = Buffer.isBuffer(inputBuffer)
@@ -26,8 +27,10 @@ export default async function processAvifImage(inputBuffer) {
 
   const thumbPipeline = sharp(input)
     .resize(THUMB_MAX, THUMB_MAX, { fit: 'inside', withoutEnlargement: true });
+  const smallThumbPipeline = sharp(input)
+    .resize(SMALL_THUMB_MAX, SMALL_THUMB_MAX, { fit: 'inside', withoutEnlargement: true });
 
-  const [full, thumb, thumbRgba] = await Promise.all([
+  const [full, thumb, thumbRgba, smallThumb] = await Promise.all([
     useOriginalFull
       ? Promise.resolve({
           info: { width: w, height: h },
@@ -44,6 +47,9 @@ export default async function processAvifImage(inputBuffer) {
       .ensureAlpha()
       .raw()
       .toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: true }),
+    smallThumbPipeline
+      .avif({ effort: 2 })
+      .toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: true }),
   ]);
 
   const thumbHashBytes = rgbaToThumbHash(
@@ -66,5 +72,10 @@ export default async function processAvifImage(inputBuffer) {
       buffer: thumb.data,
       hash: Buffer.from(thumbHashBytes).toString('base64'),
     },
+    smallThumb: {
+      w: smallThumb.info.width,
+      h: smallThumb.info.height,
+      buffer: smallThumb.data,
+    },
   };
 }