Dealing with Downturns: Practical steps
What do you do when the economy or the season is against you?
Getting Started
At the Drawing Board?
When planning a new retail business, it’s tough to find information and inspiration to help you get up and running. Explore our guides and tips for indie success, with videos and stories from people who have been in your shoes.
Up and Running
There’s so much to achieve as you start your business
From setting up shop, to hiring your first employee, to getting online, we’ve got articles, videos and checklists to help.
Branching Out
Shoot for the Stars
Looking to expand or evolve your Business? Whether you want to go international, need advice on improving your supply chain or using social media for your business, explore our tips and guidance from experts in the industry.
Fine-Tuning
Making your Business even better
E-commerce, data, new buying habits – they all bring their challenges. Read and listen to what our senior retailers have to say with top tips on how to improve business performance.
About
Welcome to Inside Retail
The online destination for independent retailers.
Whether you sell on the high street or online, are just getting started or tweaking the dream, you can find stories, tips, interviews and inspiration to help accelerate the growth of your business. Explore below or browse through to find content that’s right for you.
Latest
How garden centres are appealing to the wider community
Inside Retail asked indie garden centres how they are tapping into the local community and attracting new customers with classes and events.
Garden retail: building a long-term relationship with the millennial customer
If you’re not using the internet to reach new customers, you’re limited to traditional marketing which excludes a large proportion of your potential customer base.
Garden retail: Pinning down the millennial market online and in store
Many millennials feel about garden centres the same way garden centres feel about social media – that it’s unknown territory, a language they don’t speak, not for them.
Millennials: an opportunity for independent garden retailers?
To what extent have garden retailers taken advantage of the trend for house-plants that millennials of all ages have bought into with alacrity?
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Ready For Growth?
Designed specifically for small retailers, G by Grant Thornton has developed The Retail Growth Programme in partnership with Inside Retail
