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About the STAG Buying Group

STAG is certainly the partner you need to ensure a competitive edge in the sport, outdoor, equestrian, shoe, promo-wear, lifestyle and leisure sectors. We combine the bulk buying power of over 400 independent retailers with more than 600 retail outlets, to give both suppliers and retailers genuine advantage in an increasingly aggressive trading environment and against the background of an uncertain economy becoming more uncertain by the day.

Join the leading buying group in the UK and you will immediately benefit from:

• Vastly improved buying discounts – many more offers, far more often.
• Considerably improved profitability - starting from your first day of membership.
• Reduced operational costs with the support of our own infrastructure.
• Brand and business promotions as part of your membership facilities.
• Increased sales to the key target markets.
• Greater market share, a higher profile and a more powerful impact.

We operate in the 5 key retail sectors – Sports, Equestrian, Outdoor, Shoe and Promo-wear giving you instantly the ability to gain a competitive advantage and improve your profit margins right away.

STAG - the buying group

Membership with the STAG Buying Group cuts overheads and helps you increase your margins.

• Retailers get bulk buying discounts with name branded suppliers but with far less administration which leads directly to reduced costs and therefore savings that go straight to the bottom line.
• Suppliers get to build greater market share and with less administration operational costs are reduced and greater profits accrue.
• When you join STAG you can enjoy all these benefits and yet, more importantly still, keep total control of how you manage your business.

We are the leading sport, outdoor, equestrian, shoe, promo-wear, lifestyle and leisure buying group in the UK. We have achieved this position in the market because retailers and suppliers, like yourselves, have come to realise that the benefits of STAG membership are a vital addition to your business. We fully understand your problems and how to exploit your opportunities. We will work with you to develop your business and make it an even greater success.

What is the saying? Safety in numbers. STAG Buying Group offers you the bulk buying prices of a group while you keep what’s totally important to you – the freedom to run your own business but more profitably.

Service
We fervently believe that personal, tailored, high quality service is the key factor to the success of our independent buying group. It is our complete and uncompromising emphasis on service that sets us apart and makes us a market leader. You will benefit from reduced administration time allowing you to focus on what you do best and that is to sell and satisfy your customers at the front end of your business. STAG also helps you improve your service levels by providing access to a huge diversity of world leading branded suppliers right here in the UK. You get wholesale sport, outdoor, shoe, equestrian, promo-wear, lifestyle & leisure apparel, clothes and equipment that give your business a genuine advantage; crucial in the current and increasingly difficult trading conditions.

Experience
STAG Buying Group brings that extra dimension to your business by adding 40 years of experience and understanding from both the retailers’ and the suppliers’ perspectives. When you join the STAG Buying Group you become part of the largest national network of independent retailers in our five key sports, lifestyle and leisure sectors, currently over 400 businesses, with a combined total of 600 plus retail outlets. We work for one another and become stronger standing shoulder to shoulder.

The bottom line
Let STAG help you increase your margins and your profits. Joining us now is probably the best business move you will ever make.

STAG Retailers National Coverage

With 400 independent retailers with over 600 retail outlets.