Key Information
Turnover: c. £1.6M
Industry: Retail
Employees: 8
Contact: paul@chelseacorporate.com
The company is a long-established retailer in the nursery sector with 10 years of trading history, and sells through over 20 channels, both nationally and internationally including a website, eBay, Amazon and their own showroom.
Their portfolio includes all the major bands in the sector and in terms of clients, 40% of sales are from international trading.
The catalogue contains approximately 10000 items from around 60 different suppliers. Around 50% of the catalogue is drop-shipped (delivered directly by the supplier) or bought to order. The warehouse is organised using the same storage system as Amazon with all products stored in individually bar-coded locations. Picking and putting stock away is managed via handheld PDAs
Reason for Sale: The owner has other business interest and is looking to exit.