Growth through productivity

Furniture is the single biggest AIS trading category and covers all product areas from upholstery to cabinet and beds

Efficient, Innovative and Profitable

Designed exclusively for our Members, delivering new and innovative styles each season

Exclusive Brands

Increasing Member Profitability

Collective buying power means that major suppliers are keen to do business with AIS on some of the best terms available

Learn How

Designed exclusively for our Members, delivering new and innovative styles each season

Exclusive Brands

You are invited to attend a free workshop being presented by our partner RPS (Retail Performance Specialists) on:
Tuesday 5 December at AIS.

This is a proven programme that has worked for members and other retailers, and will increase your:- Top line sales and profitability

The workshop is on 5 December from 10.00 – 15.30 (lunch provided) and will cover the RPS 4 stage business growth programme and how it can support your business by taking it to a new level of success.

The 4 stages:

Drive sales - Improve conversion rate, average order value, items per sale.
Grow profit - Ranging, buying, merchandising, sales per square metre.
Drive traffic - Improving multi channel communication, current and new customers visits.
Build loyalty - Communication and effective promotions that retaining existing and new customers.

The programme has delivered significant increases in top line sales and profitability for several members and high profile retailers, including:-

Tudor Williams, Roomes, Housing Units, Alan Ward, Barretts of Woodbridge, Woods of Dorchester, Dreams, and Multiyork.

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We look forward to working with you.

If you have any queries in the meantime, please contact:
Rob Stanway, Procurement
0121 683 1454
rob.stanway@aistores.co.uk).

Date	Tuesday 5 December 2017
Venue	AIS, Cranmore Park, Cranmore Ave., Shirley, Solihull, B90 4LF
Time	Registrations - 10am - 10.30 Morning - 10.45 - 12.30 Lunch - 12.30 - 13.15 Afternoon - 13.15 - 15.00 Coffee / leave - 15.00 - 15.30

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Furniture

Furniture is the single biggest AIS trading category and covers all product areas from upholstery to cabinet and beds. Most of the leading Brands, such as Duresta, G Plan, Baker Bedford and Tempur are available through AIS and more than half of our members benefit from access to furniture ranges.

Fashion

The AIS Fashion division is comprehensive in its offering across Womenswear, Menswear, Accessories, Intimate apparel and Childrenswear. At the INDX Shows Members are able to source and buy many leading fashion brands across all sectors.

Linens

Linens and Soft Furnishings is a major product category within AIS and product sourced through us can be found in many of our members from department stores to furniture and home specialists. It’s supported by two shows each year which also include soft furnishings.

Housewares

Housewares covers ranges from cookware, kitchenware and small electricals to dining, glassware and candles and is one of our most exciting product categories with many lines being sourced directly from the Far East or Europe and exclusive to AIS members.

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We would recommend any forward thinking retailer to look closely at membership of AIS.

Charles Barker

Barkers (Northallerton) Ltd

Not once in over 25 years have we regretted joining.

Paul Glasswell

Glasswells Ltd

Our relationship with AIS is the key to our company's viability and future development.

Neville Moore

Ulster Stores Ltd

Sterling is a member of AIS for sound business reasons. Our membership goes back many years and we look forward to continuing to work together in the years to come.

Gordon Mearns

Sterling Furniture Group Ltd

Smart Slider 3 is the best slider that i’ve tried so far. There’s so many useful functions and easy to understand how to use it.

We value AIS exclusive merchandise that improves profit margins and AIS promotions that would not be available to us as an individual retailer.

Simon Fishpool

Fishpools Ltd

INTERSPORT UK has been established for over 35 years consisting of independent sports retailers forming a buying group with over 260 stores in the UK and Ireland and is now part of AIS.