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Mothercare

Building ecommerce from an early-stage channel

  • Channel

    Ecommerce established as a core channel

  • Process

    Trading and merchandising disciplines built

The challenge

Developing ecommerce from an emerging channel into a meaningful part of the commercial model, alongside an established store business.

The diagnosis

Online needed its own merchandising, forecasting and trading disciplines rather than inheriting store processes wholesale.

The strategy

Establish ecommerce merchandising and trading foundations — range, forecasting, availability and weekly trading — and connect them to the wider commercial plan.

The work

  • Ecommerce merchandising and range planning foundations
  • Sales and stock forecasting for the online channel
  • Weekly trading process and performance reporting
  • Omnichannel customer journey development

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