In partnership with
Future-ready commerce, without the heavy lifting
Branch of the Future is a modular, ready-to-deploy digital commerce framework built specifically for builders merchants. Backed by four industry-leading partners - BigCommerce, Brave Bison, The Journey and Pimberly - it brings together platform, product data, strategy and implementation in one packaged solution.
It provides a fast, evidence-led way to identify how your business can connect a modern commerce solution to your operations without the usual cost, risk, or complexity.
No complicated, seven-figure re-platform project. Just a clear path to meet your customers where they are – both in branch and online.
Meet the partners
Brave Bison is your tech partner for ecommerce without limits – combining strategic consulting with end-to-end delivery to help builders merchants modernise fast, and achieve smooth, seamless project success.
Brave Bison
Implementation & Support
BigCommerce empowers merchants to grow their business while optimizing back-office and sales operations to increase profitability - with built in tools like buyer-specific pricing, custom catalogs and quote management, your customers can find the products that they’re looking for at the prices they expect, when they expect it.
BigCommerce
B2B Ecommerce Platform
With decades of experience in the building supply industry, The Journey will benchmark you against sector leaders and advise on the best approach to help you get ready for modern commerce.
The Journey
Building Supplies Consultancy
Pimberly PIM is built to manage complex product data, and comes pre-loaded with 1.2M building supply SKUs - so you can immediately provide customers with clean, complete product data wherever they are.
Pimberly
Product Information Management
Build what’s next
Construction demand is forecast to rebound. Nationals are investing heavily in ecommerce to support their branch operations. Independents can’t afford to stand still. Can you?
Branch of the Future is built for:
Regional and national builders merchants
Businesses that want to modernise without disrupting their branch operations
Teams with limited internal ecommerce capability
Latest research from The Journey has uncovered:
3x higher spend when customers engage online and offline
60% less churn for digitally active buyers
<25% of merchants offer basic online order tracking
<5% of builders merchant revenue is currently online
Laying the foundations for growth
Sign up and you’ll get a concise, actionable plan covering:
Your digital maturity benchmark
How your current experience stacks up against sector leaders.
Opportunity sizing forecast
Revenue upside from enabling online browsing, quoting, and reordering.
Platform readiness assessment
What’s in place, what’s missing, and what can be improved.
Recommended roadmap
A phased plan to go live quickly – integrated with your ERP and tailored to your customers.
Investment model
Clear pricing scenarios and ROI forecast to inform board discussions.
Ready to see what’s possible?
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Joe Edge
Build on a framework
that’s fit for trade.
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