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Underwood Hardware & DIY is a family run hardware store situated in the heart of Felixstowe. Having been in business for 75 years, the shop has served the local community, bearing witness to the changes over the decades, such as a well-known DIY chain business opening up just around the corner.
Located in the rural heart of Norfolk, Brundall Home Hardware is a treasure trove of over 9,500 products. After opening in 2005, Andrew and Alison have built up a local, independent and thriving community hub selling everything from cookware to ironmongery services to garden supplies.
Over the last year, many brick and mortar retailers have learned the importance of having an online presence. Whether that’s selling online, or simply deciding to build a website. Whilst having an online presence is important, keeping a product catalogue up to date can be a time consuming task for busy retailers.
Shops using NearSt are perfectly placed to benefit from the inevitable surge of shoppers as all of retail opens up across the UK.
After previous lockdowns, we saw that the growth in online shopping brought by the pandemic also brought a substantial rise in local product searches, with a 3x increase in shoppers going online to check in-store availability.
Parkview Retail are the proud owner of three Co-op Welcome convenience stores situated in Southampton’s city centre. Their stores have been serving the local community and its visitors for 20 years, selling a wide selection of low cost, quality everyday products. Having won multiple convenience retail awards such as ‘Best use of technology’, they’re always keen to be at the forefront of new tech and find ways they can best serve their customers.
Part of the Young Ideas Group, Henmores is an award-winning country and lifestyle fashion retailer located in the Derbyshire Dales. Named after a local brook, the beautiful surrounding landscape inspires their collection of quality brands. The team pride themselves on their personal, high-level customer service and they’re always on hand to help with life’s fashion wants and needs.
Better Food has three shops across Bristol that specialise in local, ethical and organic food and products. Originating over 25 years ago, packing veg boxes in a local kitchen, they now have an extensive range of sustainable, healthy and local, food and products and the local community remains at the forefront of what they do.
Found at the heart of Linlithgow High Street, Far From The Madding Crowd is an award-winning bookshop which has been trading since 1973. The team and shop is well known to locals as a community hub and unique shopping destination full of beautiful and unusual products.