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The Peak Season Visibility Gap: A Bullwhip Problem, Not a Staffing Problem
Posted on 26th August 2026Our CEO, Iain Coplans, wrote recently about why now isn’t the moment to change systems before peak on LinkedIn. This is the analytical version of that argument: what the peak-season visibility gap actually is, why it recurs so predictably, and what the correct response is once it’s named properly. The observation Every year, growing retail […]
Simplifying Global Trade with Multi-Currency Capabilities
Posted on 12th August 2026International growth adds more than a new currency. It adds new pressure across purchasing, pricing, stock, orders, fulfilment and reporting. UN Trade and Development estimated that business e-commerce sales across 43 developed and developing economies reached almost $27 trillion in 2022. Its 2024 study also estimated that digitally ordered exports from those economies were worth […]
The Deadline Is Approaching for Stocky To Shut Down — What Shopify Merchants Should Think About Next
Posted on 3rd August 2026As we are all aware, Shopify has confirmed that Stocky, its native inventory forecasting app, retires on 31 August 2026. Shopify’s own migration guidance points merchants to the built-in inventory tools in Shopify admin and Shopify POS. Does any of this describe your situation? You’ve relied on Stocky for reorder suggestions and now need a […]
The Problem With a Too-Complicated Tech Stack
Posted on 21st July 2026Nobody sets out to build a complicated tech stack on purpose. Every tool gets added for a good reason, at the time it’s added. The complexity shows up later, in the gaps between the tools – and by the time it’s obvious, untangling it feels like a much bigger job than adding any single piece […]
The Hidden Cost of Growth: When Manual Processes Multiply Across Stores
Posted on 14th July 2026A multi-store retailer we spoke with recently described a problem that sounds small until you actually do the maths on it!  Their card machines don’t talk to their EPOS system. So every single day, in every one of their nine stores, someone manually reconciles the day’s card payments against the till in a spreadsheet. Nine stores, […]
Rated 5 Stars by Operators Who Needed Operational Control
Posted on 21st February 2026Rated 5 Stars by Operators Who Needed Operational Control When retail and wholesale businesses scale, the strain doesn’t show up in marketing. It shows up in operations. Stock in the wrong location. Overselling across channels. Manual warehouse workarounds. Trade pricing errors. Replenishment decisions made in spreadsheets. That’s where margin leaks. And that’s why we’re […]