The Blueprint
A Commercial Assessment for Independent Fashion Brands
Understand exactly what your numbers are telling you and map out what to do next.
You've been in business long enough to have data.
Sales reports, stock records, Shopify dashboards, seasonal patterns. It's all there. But when you sit down and look at it, you're not sure what you're supposed to see. You know the numbers are telling you something, but you're just not sure what.
Meanwhile, you're making buying decisions based on instinct and gut feel. As the business gets bigger, that feeling of uncertainty gets a little louder each season.
The Blueprint is where we change that.
What is The Blueprint?
The Blueprint is a thorough, end-to-end commercial assessment of your retail business. We go deep into your sales and stock data, across product, category, channel, and season, to identify what's working, what's not, and exactly where the opportunities and risks are hiding.
You'll leave with a clear, quantified picture of your business: where the profit is really being made, where margin is being lost, what to carry forward, and what to change. In addition, you'll have the tools to keep tracking it, which are yours to keep and use independently with no ongoing charges.
This is the offer for independent fashion brands who are ready to stop guessing and start making decisions backed by evidence, and improved by a strong commercial eye and market insights.
The Blueprint is for you if…
You've been trading for at least 3 years and have sales data to work with
You are VAT registered
You use Shopify as your primary website platform
You know your numbers could be telling you more, but you can't see what
You're making buying decisions on instinct rather than analysis
You've hit a plateau, or feel like something's off, but you can't pinpoint it
You want to understand your business properly before planning your next season
If you're scaling quickly and need the full planning infrastructure built, forecasting, range planning, buying budget, category plans, that's the Merchandising Mastery. The Blueprint is for brands who need the thorough commercial assessment first.
What’s Included
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This is where every Blueprint begins, and where some of the most valuable insights tend to emerge. We take a thorough look at how your Shopify account is structured: your products, categories, channels, and margins. We check that everything is clean, consistent, and ready to build on.
This stage often reveals things brands didn't know were there: miscategorised products, missing margin data, tracking gaps that have been quietly distorting the picture. We share our full findings with you after this stage.
In some cases, we'll ask you to make a few adjustments to your data or Shopify set-up before we proceed to Stage 2. This ensures the analysis is as accurate and meaningful as possible. We'll be clear about exactly what's needed and roughly how long it should take. If you'd prefer us to handle it on your behalf, we can discuss what that would involve.
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A clear view of how your business makes money, across five years of history and your forward plan. We go deep into your trading performance by product line, category, colour, price point, supplier, and best and worst sellers. This is where we understand where profit is genuinely being won and lost, and what that means for the season ahead.
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Your analysis distilled into clear, commercial findings: the biggest opportunities, the most pressing risks, and the specific actions that will move the needle. Presented to you in a 1:1 wrap-up call where we will walk through everything and recommend what to do next.
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Three bespoke templates built and set up specifically for your business: your Sales and Margin Summary, your Markdown Spend Tracker, and your Sales Analysis Pack. Each comes with a video walkthrough so you and your team know exactly how to use them. They are yours to keep and use indefinitely, with no ongoing charges or licence fees.
What you’ll leave with
Complete clarity on what's working in your business and what isn't
A quantified view of your opportunities and risks for next season
Three bespoke planning templates, set up for your business and yours to keep
The confidence to make buying and planning decisions backed by evidence
A clear picture of what your next step looks like
The process
Kick-off
Conversation
We start with a conversation to understand your business, your goals, and the areas you want to focus on. You'll complete a short questionnaire in advance so we can prepare properly.
Stage 2 & 3
Deep-Dive & Lessons Learnt
We go into your sales and stock data in detail, building your Sales and Margin Summary and your Sales Analysis Pack. We present our findings in a live session, walking you through what we found, what it means, and exactly what we recommend you do next.
Stage 1
Commercial Discovery
We review your Shopify set-up, check that your data is clean and structured correctly, and share the initial findings with you. Where adjustments are needed before we proceed, we'll confirm what's required and agree a timeline.
Stage 4
Tools Handover
You receive your three planning templates with video walkthroughs, a full recording of the wrap-up call, and written next steps.
The investment
£5,500
(all fees exempt from VAT)
Investment is structured across three milestone payments. We'll walk you through the full details when we speak.
To get started, get in touch and we'll arrange an initial conversation. We'll follow up with a proposal tailored to your brand.
Looking for the full commercial build? Merchandising Mastery takes you one step further, from understanding your numbers to having the complete forecasting, planning, and buying infrastructure in place.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The Blueprint is a thorough commercial assessment that gives you a clear understanding of your business, what's working, what isn't, and what to do next. Merchandising Mastery goes further: it builds the full forward-planning infrastructure, your sales forecast, buying budget, range plan, and sizing tools. The Blueprint is the right starting point if you're at an earlier stage, or if you want the commercial assessment before committing to the full build.
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The Blueprint typically takes around 7 weeks from kick-off to completion, though this can vary if data preparation is required after Stage 1. We'll confirm the full timeline in your proposal.
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Shopify is where our expertise lies. We work exclusively with Shopify-based businesses, as it gives us the cleanest and most reliable access to your sales and stock data.
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Part of what Stage 1 does is identify exactly that. Even if your data isn't perfectly set up yet, we'll work with what you have, flag what needs improving, and tell you what best practice looks like. In some cases we'll ask you to make adjustments before Stage 2 proceeds. We'll always be clear about what's needed and why.