Retail100 Consulting

Its been a week (or two) of trade shows for Retail100 Consulting this week, with Top Drawer London, Glee Birmingham Show and Speciality & Fine Food Fair. Retail100 Consulting were proud to speak at all 3 shows with sessions covering sourcing, buying, merchandising, circularity and supply chain. Yesterday, the team were in discussion with Matthew Hopkins from IND!E at Speciality & Fine Food Fair talking about the importance of small brands and what they can offer big retail #SmallBrands #tradeshows #connections #retail 

Retail100 Consulting were at Top Drawer London this week from Sunday through to Tuesday We are supporting the brilliant frank green - their impactful stand could not be missed - thank you to all who visited. It was a great pleasure to catch up with many colleagues across the industry from Portico Design to Talking Tables Ltd | B Corp and make some new contacts Lots of innovation and excellent products to drive sales this year and into 2025

Retail100 Consulting are very proud to be working with Australia's leading lifestyle brand frank green whose produucts are innovative, sustainable and seriously stylish. Please come and see us at Top Drawer London where Anna Berry, Sara Allbright, Richard Smiedt and Natalie Rachele will be in the grand hall, booth F19. This will be the first time that customers and media will see what has created this extraordinary brand and culture. #neonpink #ceramiclined #ontrend

In the midst of a trade show fortnight, with new relationships and deals being started, it’s time to talk Negotiation. In the latest of our webinars with IND!E, hosted by Matthew Hopkins, we’ll discuss the secrets to getting a good deal. Sign up here and join us tomorrow https://lnkd.in/ebw29rDp

It was a great first day yesterday for Retail100 Consulting on the Responsible Retail stage at Source Home & Gift We are back in action over the next 2 days as follows and would love to see you if you’re at the show. Sept 3rd 12.05 - 13.00 - Reducing overconsumption and overproduction - can we achieve true circularity? 14.15 - 15.00 - Derisk your business and increase supply chain resilience. Sept 4th 12.15 - 12.55 - How to source and range new product categories. Also if you have time and are as passionate about sourcing as us please fill out this survey to contribute to a major piece of insight on the subject. https://lnkd.in/e6EZEZWj

Retail100 Consulting love working with like brands that have Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle embedded in their ethos and we are proud to say ROKA London has just launched in John Lewis & Partners 🙌 Available on JohnLewis.com and in Oxford Street, Oxford and Cambridge this BCorp brand is for Everyone, Every Day, Everywhere. Check out their fantastic range for yourselves and live you life in colour.

It has been a pleasure to work with Beatrice LEPETIT and the wider Voluspa team to create a new UK retailer strategy and in its 25th anniversary year to launch the brand in such a prestigious retailer as John Lewis & Partners If you have not tried the brand before now is your opportunity to experience the fragrances and find out for yourself what has given the company longetivity and customer loyalty accross the globe. https://lnkd.in/eeqSa7C6 Let us know your favourites and if you have tried the brand before.

This week our team day had a slightly different focus.  We consciously didn’t talk about work pipelines and budgets - we spent our day talking about ourselves.. We discussed how we like to work together, how we work on our own, what we like, what we don’t like. Here are some takeaways: 👉 We miss having a buzzing working environment *TIP*: more in real life time, more connection. 👉 Motivation: WFH has its perks, but it does test our self discipline *TIP*: understand your daily and weekly goals.  If you are not completing them, really focus on  why.  And talk about it. 👉 Procrastination - the silent ninja that gets us when we least expect it! *TIP*: Time block, take regular breaks, get an accountability buddy. 👉 Celebrate: Share the wins *TIP*: whether big or small - it’s always a team effort. Throughout our careers these kind of day have always been met with a ‘we don’t have time’ attitude, but then afterwards, always provide clarity, honesty and actually a lot of value that allow us to think about each other,  how we interact with each other and this ultimately drives workflows, ambition and KPIs. A day well spent. #team #smallbusiness #together #people #productivity

Thank you to Clare Turner and the team from Gifts Today for the opportunity to share our thoughts on another hot topic for brands, suppliers, and retailers. The importance of an agile sourcing strategy in this volatile world is critical as is the building of strong relationships with your sourcing partners.

Retail100 Consulting are buzzing! We have just finished the second podcast in a series, with the fabulous Matthew Hopkins & Hannah McKillop. Today's topic was " The Secrets of Merchandising in Retail" (no, it wasn't about Visual Merchandising). Led by the super knowledgeable Neil Amer, who can make exit strategies and planning sound fun - honestly! With 200 people signed up, there were some insightful questions, it is clear there was a lot to discuss about how to make your companies Merchandising (or should that be profit boosting?) skills stand out. If anyone would like to follow up with us or ask any further questions, we would love to hear from you at hello@retail100consulting.co.uk.