Happy New Year! We are welcoming in 2019 with two new team members. We are very happy to welcome Stewart and Steve. Stewart has joined the sales team and will be focussing on the on trade market. If you are a restaurant, hotel or pub then Stewart is your man. Ask him anything about our
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Come and getcha ‘booch’: Stock up on the UK’s coolest vegan soft drink
The healthy soft drinks market is growing and we’re excited to announce that one of the UK’s market leaders, Equinox Kombucha, has teamed up with The Great British Exchange to offer retailers a special deal on stock until Wednesday 26th September. Equinox Kombucha is a health revolution in a bottle, packed full of naturally occurring
Featured brand: The Harrogate Candle Company
Premium British home fragrance brand The Harrogate Candle Company is well known in its home county of Yorkshire for creating luxurious products using only the very best natural ingredients and now, thanks in part to a collaboration with the team here at The Great British Exchange, the word is spreading even further afield. The brand
Now Stocking British Rum by Burning Barn
We are now listing two unique craft rums on our trade marketplace as retail demand for alcohol gifts and products continues to rise. Burning Barn is a brand that rose from the ashes of a barn fire on the family farm and has since tapped into an emerging market for dark spirits with
Sourcing: Spotting the trends your customers will buy
How can you, as a retailer, know what customers are going to want to buy in 3 or 6 months’ time? This is a real challenge, particularly for smaller retailers, and is one reason why so many default to buying the bestsellers in an agent’s catalogue rather than questioning what will give them the
We’ve been shortlisted!
The Great British Exchange has been shortlisted for two awards in the prestigious Transforming Retail Awards by Retail Insider. As well as being named finalists in the Most Promising Newcomer and Overall Technology Innovation of the Year categories, we have also been nominated for the Retail Insider Editor’s Special Award. The judging panel consisted of
More support for our British producers
Recent investment in our producer team has brought two new faces to the GBE team. Hannah Cross will work with UK designers and manufacturers to help them list their products with The GBE and showcase their brands to retail buyers. Tom Williams will be responsible for account support, compliance, logistics and fulfilment once new
John joins us to support garden centre buyers
As part of our mission to make life easier for garden centre buyers who want to stock more British homewares and gifts we’re delighted to welcome John Hinde to the growing team at The Great British Exchange. John has been working with garden centre retailers for many years and joins us from firebowl brand
Changing Tide for Yorkshire Themed Gift Shop
A Whitby shop that specialises in selling gifts with a Yorkshire theme has found an unexpected market in local gin. Moor and Tide on Church Street is one of The Great British Exchange’s nationwide network of retailers and we are pleased to have been able to support owner Amanda Shaw in developing her range
Retail Survivors: Who is doing it well?
Photograph: Charlotte Luisa pop-up shop in John Lewis, Leeds. [1st August 2018] Here at The Great British Exchange we are lucky to work with some excellent retailers that excel at both experience and brand. Having taken time to get to know their customers really well, they are at ease with them in store which