Brightpearl has announced a new industry league for UK eCommerce businesses. It is hoping to attract registrations from UK eCommerce providers with £1M – £250M of revenue. Registration is free and will close on 16th July. Brightpearl intends to publish the list on 23rd September 2021. Besides the kudos of the listing and being recognised by Brightpearl, there does not seem to be any other benefit for taking part. Brightpearl is hoping that the list will receive recognition similar to the Inc 5000 list in the US within the UK retail sector.
Brightpearl CEO Derek O’Carroll commented: “There has been a big shift to online post-Covid, and with Brits stuck at home for most of the last year, online deliveries have been one of the rare highlights of our stay at home life. Our own data shows many multichannel retailers reporting incredible growth rates – and we decided it was time to celebrate the nation’s fastest ecommerce growers over the past 12 months.
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