Buying power for homewares retailers
Group pricing across kitchen, dining, home living and seasonal ranges, for independent homeware and gift stores.
Compete on price, keep your independence.
Homewares is a seasonal, repeat-purchase category that rewards a sharp range and strong marketing through the key trading periods.
IBG gives independent homeware retailers group-negotiated terms across kitchen, dining and home-living brands, with seasonal buying programs and marketing support to make the most of each season.
What independent homewares retailers are up against
The pressures this category puts on a store buying and operating on its own.
The season is short and unmissable
Homewares turns on a handful of key trading periods, so range and marketing have to be right and ready before each one, not after it has passed.
A sharp range is the whole difference
With so many lines available, curating the kitchen, dining and home-living pieces that actually sell is what separates a strong season from a stockroom of dead stock.
Low-ticket lines only pay on volume
Homewares are repeat, lower-ticket purchases, so profit comes from turnover and keen cost, not from any single sale.
Everyone expects to find you online
Gift and homewares shoppers browse online before they visit, and a store with no web presence is invisible in that first look.
How IBG works for homewares retailers
The same pressures, answered through group buying power and hands-on support.
Buy and promote ahead of each season
Seasonal buying programs and marketing support across kitchen, dining and home-living ranges help you range and promote before each key trading period, not scramble during it.
A sharper range, no forced lines
With no mandated range, you curate the lines your customers actually buy, and category support helps you back the winners and drop the rest.
Keen cost on high-turnover lines
On repeat homewares, sharper cost across the network adds up quickly, and central billing keeps the admin off your counter.
An online shopfront, ready-made
List kitchen and home-living lines on Everyday Home Living, the group's online store, so you meet the online browser without building and running a website of your own.
How membership works
Four steps, and no obligation to change how you run your store.
Apply for membership
We take the time to understand your store, your categories and your local market, and confirm IBG is the right fit before anything else.
Get approved
Once approved, you unlock group-negotiated pricing, supplier rebates where available, the member B2B portal and the full IBG support team.
Order through the B2B portal
Buy across the network through a single account, with central billing across most suppliers, so you spend less time on admin and more on the floor.
Ongoing support
The IBG team helps you put group pricing, marketing, IT and category support to work for homewares retailers over time. There are no mandates and no forced ranges.
Brands in the homewares network
A selection of names you can access on group terms. Members always choose what they stock.
Support built for homewares retailers
Membership is more than buying power. The IBG team helps you run and grow the business.
Questions from homewares retailers
Straight answers to what independents ask before they join.
Yes. Seasonal buying programs and marketing support across kitchen, dining and home-living ranges help you range and promote ahead of each key trading period.
No. There are no forced ranges. You curate the kitchen, dining, gift and home-living lines your customers actually buy, and skip the rest.
Yes. On high-turnover homewares, sharper cost across the network adds up quickly, and central billing keeps the admin off your counter.
Members can list home and kitchen lines on the Everyday Home Living store, a ready-made online presence for the group, while keeping their own shopfront brand.
Related retailers
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For furniture retailers
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For toy and gift retailers
Group buying across toys, board games, gifting and licensed lines, for independent toy and gift stores making the most of every season.
For appliance retailers
Group buying power across whitegoods, cooking, laundry and floorcare, so independent appliance stores can compete with the chains on the brands customers ask for.
Everyday Home Living
Kitchen and home-living lines can also feature on Everyday Home Living, the group's ready-made online store for home, kitchen and technology.
A sharper range and stronger seasons, with the buying power behind them.
Apply for membership and the IBG team will walk you through pricing, suppliers and support for homewares retailers. No obligation, no forced ranges.