RETAILCONNECT · RETAIL ACCESS & SALES CHANNEL MANAGEMENT
We Don’t Just Support Your Retail Strategy — We Run It
RetailConnect is a done-for-you route to market for premium beauty brands seeking UK, EU and global retail presence. Acting as your managing partner rather than a passive distributor, we open the right retail doors, integrate your operations, and manage your channels day to day — so your team can focus on the brand while we run the retail.
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What Is RetailConnect?
RetailConnect is LBW’s done-for-you retail access and channel-management service for premium beauty brands. Rather than acting as a passive distributor, we work as your managing partner: opening the right retail doors, integrating your product data and inventory, running your accounts and orders day to day, and scaling your presence as demand grows. One partner, no fragmentation.
It’s built for brands that want genuine retail access — UK, EU and global — without building a retail operation of their own.
The Service Model
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How It Works
Steps block. Seven numbered steps straight from the fact sheet — written for HowTo structured data.
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Retail readiness & data assessment
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You provide your product catalogue
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Inventory shipped to RetailConnect
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Products stocked with select partners
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Customers place orders
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We pick, pack & dispatch
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Sale proceeds paid back to your brand
What We Manage on Your Behalf
Retail Network
Why RetailConnect
A Managing Partner Who Lifts Everything at Once
A managing partner who lifts everything at once — faster retail access, stronger channel positioning, a more strategic route to growth. LBW Group is an award-winning UK beauty distributor (SME Enterprise Awards 2024, Best Luxury Beauty Distribution Company) and a Northern Powerhouse Export Champion, bringing genuine buyer relationships and end-to-end infrastructure to every brand we represent.
Established relationships
Placement through proven buyer relationships, not cold outreach.
One partner, no fragmentation
Access, operations, fulfilment and reporting under one roof.
Aligned commercials
No listing, no fee; we succeed when you sell.
Built to scale
Add channels as demand grows, with transparent per-channel terms.
FAQs
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
From first enquiry to the finer detail — the questions brand founders ask us most.
RetailConnect is LBW’s done-for-you retail access and channel-management service for premium beauty brands. We open the right retail doors, integrate your operations, run your accounts day to day, and scale your presence as demand grows — acting as your managing partner rather than a passive distributor.
Retail access comes through buyer relationships, a retail-ready proposition and day-to-day channel management. RetailConnect provides all three: we secure placements through established relationships, integrate your product data and inventory, and manage your accounts — so your brand reaches shelf without building a retail operation of its own.
RetailConnect uses a transparent, per-channel model: a one-time channel setup fee, a monthly management fee plus a 5% commission on sales, and per-channel expansion fees as you grow. There’s no listing, no fee — and a brand- and channel-specific projection is shared at the retail readiness stage.
RetailConnect works across multi-channel partners and e-commerce pure-plays — from Boots, Sephora, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols to LookFantastic, Cult Beauty and THG. The network shown is representative; the right channels for your brand are confirmed during the retail readiness assessment.
It means our commercial model is aligned with your success. Our commission is earned on sales, so we’re incentivised to secure the right placements and drive sell-through — not simply to charge for activity. Setup and management fees cover the operational work of running your channels.
No. RetailConnect supports premium beauty brands seeking UK, EU and global retail presence. We start where your brand is ready and expand into new channels and markets as demand builds, adding channels on transparent per-channel terms.