Welsh brand Au Vodka tops list of UK’s fastest growing online companies
Swansea-based premium drink brand, Au Vodka, has been revealed as the UK’s fastest growing online brand from 2019 to 2020 - the most challenging period ever for British retail.
Brightpearl acquires Inventory Planner, giving savvy merchants better ways to accurately predict demand
Brightpearl has acquired Inventory Planner, a market-leading demand planning tool that enables e-commerce retailers to forecast inventory and optimise stock.
Brightpearl is Go10’s go to for operational expansion
Choice distributor for UK brands and retailers, Go10 has opted for Brightpearl to streamline its operations as it expands its roster.
Majority of High Street retailers reject plans for mandatory Covid ‘Shopping Passports’, new survey shows
“Covid passports” could still be required for customers visiting shops in England after the removal of lockdown restrictions on 21 June, Downing Street has indicated.
With 67% of Brits planning to visit the high street less, search begins to find the UK’s fastest growing online retailers
One of the world’s leading Digital Operations Platforms has launched its search for the inaugural ‘Lightning 50’, a league table of the UK’s fastest growing e-commerce businesses of the last 12 months. The list has been launched to celebrate the
Bristol tech firm wins prestigious award for ‘Best Business Turnaround’
Brightpearl, the Bristol-based technology firm specialising in retail operations solutions for some of the world’s biggest brands, has picked up a prestigious Management Today award recognising the turnaround in the company’s fortunes over the past four years.
Pineapple Island selects Brightpearl to add punch to its operations
Fast-growing handmade jewellery and accessories company Pineapple Island has selected Brightpearl to support rapid scale and introduce more customers to ethical accessories that won't cost the Earth.
Shoppers shun new suits as nation stays out of the office during lockdown, Brightpearl finds
Just 6% of British shoppers are planning to buy business suits in 2021, according to a new Brightpearl survey on how Covid will impact on spending. The survey points to a crisis in the luxury sector with a major switch
Retailers face difficult festive period as families rein in Christmas spending due to Covid, Brightpearl finds
Terrible Christmases have been few and far between for the nation's shopkeepers, but retailers are now bracing themselves for the worst festive season since 1981 after Brits report financial woes from being hit so hard in the pocket by Covid.
A quarter of shoppers have been let down by an online order since Covid crisis, new survey finds
A quarter of shoppers (24%) have been let down by an online order since the Covid crisis, according to a new survey.
Apparel retailers launching free delivery en masse by the New Year in bid to win back shoppers, finds Brightpearl
Apparel retailers are launching a range of new online services as a response to Covid-19 and in a bid to lure shoppers to make more online orders.
More than half of UK retailers have made no preparations for second wave of Covid-19, Brightpearl survey finds
More than half of UK retailers have made no preparations for a second wave of Covid-19, according to a new survey.
Nearly half of retailers set to follow Amazon and ban ‘serial returners’, Brightpearl reveals
Brightpearl, the world’s largest purpose-built retail ERP platform, today reveals that nearly half (45%) of retailers are planning to ban ‘serial returners’. These are shoppers who deliberately and regularly buy multiple items with the intent to return some. New research from
North East shoppers are Britain’s worst ‘serial returners’, study reveals
A new study from Brightpearl, released today, reveals that the North East is the worst region for ‘serial returners’, a trend that is costing retailers £7bn a year. Brightpearl recently surveyed 2,000 consumers across the UK and found that 36% of
New Brightpearl Omnichannel Survival Guide offers eight tips to retail success
A new retail bible, The omnichannel survival guide: for the new retail reality, publishing in the spring, is offering retailers eight top tips to be the ultimate omnichannel retailer. Co-authored by Chris Tanner, founder of Brightpearl, and Derek O’Carroll CEO, the Guide
Technology ignorance will cost UK independent retailers dearly this Christmas, says Brightpearl
Just seven per cent of SME decision makers surveyed in the retail sector invest in technology to meet peak periods, like Christmas, which could put themselves at a clear disadvantage against the online and high street giants. As today’s major retailers
Independent retailers use technology to turbo-boost sales and save two months of work, Brightpearl reports
New research highlights how real-time technology allows independent retailers to focus better on multi-channel sales, while simultaneously boosting weekly order volume by over 50% and revenue by 30%, and cutting nearly two months of work annually. Brightpearl, retail management solution of
Brightpearl adds Shopify POS app to offer to help retailers expand in multiple channels
Brightpearl, the multi-channel retail management system, has announced the introduction of the Shopify POS app into the Brightpearl app store. Brightpearl, Shopify and Shopify POS are all tightly integrated, giving retailers the confidence to expand their businesses across multiple channels, the companies claim.
Brightpearl launches App Store for retailers
Brightpearl – the multi-channel retail management system – today announces the launch of the Brightpearl App Store, allowing retailers to extend Brightpearl functionality with the capabilities they need, through an array of apps including web stores, forecasting tools, reporting tools and
Brightpearl raises $10m to accelerate expansion and platform development
Brightpearl (www.brightpearl.com), a cloud-based multi-channel retail management system that integrates orders, inventory, accounting, reporting and customer data, today announced it has raised $10m in a funding round led by new investor MMC Ventures, alongside participation from Quayle Munro and existing investors
Brightpearl supports small businesses with £1m stimulus fund for software
Brightpearl, a leading supplier of cloud-based commerce management software for small businesses, has launched a stimulus fund of £1m ($1.6m) to mark Independent Retailer Month in the US and UK. Independent Retailer Month is a global campaign that will run
Brightpearl recruits marketing automation software supplier to advisory board
Brightpearl, a supplier of cloud-based commerce software for small businesses, has recruited Fergus Gloster, managing director EMEA Marketo, to its board of advisors. With over 25 years’ industry experience, including founding Salesforce.com’s sales and marketing operations in Europe, Gloster will
Brightpearl reports its software customers post like-for-like growth of 35%
Brightpearl, a supplier of cloud-based software for small retailers, reports its customers’ growth figures are bucking industry trends. According to the company, its software has helped its customers record like-for-like sales growth of 35% between February 2011 and February 2012.
Online garden store, Garden Deco, increases revenues with Brightpearl software
Online garden nursery store, Garden Deco, reports it has significantly increased sales revenues during the last two years as a result of implementing Brightpearl’s cloud-based software for small businesses. The niche online store uses Brightpearl’s technology to integrate eBay and Magento into its business model
Retailers must take advantage of eBay’s double digit growth, claims Brightpearl
Salman Malik, CEO at Brightpearl, a supplier of cloud-based business management software, on the retail potential of the UK eBay phenomenon The number of Britons using the UK eBay site has seen double digit growth year-on-year, so it’s no surprise
