Trusted Advice for Convenience Retailers

In these extraordinary times, it’s never been more important to have a trusted partner to help you make the right decisions. We’ve been providing unbiased advice for nearly 20 years, so it’s no surprise that we are trusted by 95% of convenience retailers*.

Welcome to New improved Partners for Growth! With more categories, more business support and more opportunities to share ideas, we’re certain you’ll find our impartial advice can help you grow your sales!

Our range of key convenience

Home Cleaning

Laundry

Condiments & Sauces

Cooking Ingredients

Pot Snacks

Ice Cream

Tea

Personal Care

Home Cleaning

Laundry

Condiments & Sauces

Cooking Ingredients

Pot Snacks

Ice Cream

Tea

Personal Care

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Shopper Missions

With the arrival of the pandemic, Convenience stores became the go-to destination for shoppers, but on very different missions than pre pandemic, so read on to make sure you are fully catering for the missions your shoppers are on.

Store Layout Advice

With shopper’s missions changing it might be time to review your store layout to ensure you aren’t missing out on sales. Panel member Ramesh Shingadia did, and found that shoppers were only shopping part of his store. Find out more!

Retailer Support

In 2009 we brought together seven of the best names in convenience retail so they could share their insights and experiences to help other retailers improve their business. Check out some of the great insights they have provided that have helped retailers just like you improve their business.

The basics for a great store.

Could your store be greener?

Get your store in shape.

Time is Money!

The importance of delivering value to customers.

What to consider when taking on a new store.

Partners In Action helps three retailers grow their businesses.

Theft – employee and customers.

Sustainability in Action in Convenience Stores.

The Importance of Technology in Convenience Stores.

Why planograms are important.

Using Social Media to promote your business.

Making the most of the ‘Big Night In’.

Get the ranging right and boost profits!

The basics for a great store.

Could your store be greener?

Get your store in shape.

Time is Money!

The importance of delivering value to customers.

What to consider when taking on a new store.

Partners In Action helps three retailers grow their businesses.

Theft – employee and customers.

Sustainability in Action in Convenience Stores.

The Importance of Technology in Convenience Stores.

Why planograms are important.

Using Social Media to promote your business.

Making the most of the ‘Big Night In’.

Get the ranging right and boost profits!

The mentoring has really helped me. The category advice has been really effective, with increases of 25% in both Household and Laundry. I’ve started doing social media which has had a huge impact…and started selling grow bags, compost & BBQ charcoal & am looking to introduce flowers too.

Sarj Patel, Pasture Lane Stores, Loughborough

Partners for Growth provided some really useful ranging advice for the store. I followed their recommendations, focusing on the best-sellers and relayed my fixtures based on their planograms in 3 categories - Toiletries, Laundry and Household - and saw a 10% increase in sales across the board. We're really pleased with these results!

Ian Bateman, Filey Road News, Grimsby

For me, the biggest benefit were definitely the planograms. We can't stock everything but Partners for Growth helped us to condense the display, focusing on the best-sellers and identifying poor performers. The Toiletries and Laundry fixtures look great which has helped us see an increase in sales. I would definitely recommend Partners for Growth to other retailers

MK Vaish, Costcutter Stockport

"I had doubts that Partners for Growth would have much effect on my household sales. However, it turned out to be a great tool to increase sales effortlessly, and make it easier for shoppers. Best of all, sales in the category were up 18%. In these challenging times, that’s almost magical"

Gurch Singh

After reviewing the planogram and seeing which products should be removed, and which we needed to stock, we set about changing the fixture and waited for the results.

Paul and Gail Mather

Sarj Patel, Pasture Lane Stores, Loughborough

Ian Bateman, Filey Road News, Grimsby

MK Vaish, Costcutter Stockport

Gurch Singh

After reviewing the planogram and seeing which products should be removed, and which we needed to stock, we set about changing the fixture and waited for the results.

Paul and Gail Mather

Sarj Patel, Pasture Lane Stores, Loughborough

Ian Bateman, Filey Road News, Grimsby

MK Vaish, Costcutter Stockport

Gurch Singh

After reviewing the planogram and seeing which products should be removed, and which we needed to stock, we set about changing the fixture and waited for the results.

Paul and Gail Mather

News & Seasonal Advice

What to focus on this Autumn

As the nation returns to shop ‘little and often’, retailers must once again adapt to cater for changes in their customer's shopper behaviour...