Retail Membership
Open to all UK retailers, membership is underpinned by two core principles: to make a positive difference to the industry and the customers it serves while delivering tangible value to our individual member retailers.
JOIN THE GO-TO TRADE ASSOCIATION FOR UK RETAILERS
Retail is incredibly important to the UK: for consumer choice, product innovation and job creation. Retailers need a strong collective voice to both tell the story of retail and shape the debate around the issues and opportunities that matter. That voice is provided by the BRC. We want to add yours.
Whilst working to influence Government and minimise cost pressures, through our role-based communities, the team of BRC experts deliver a range of services which also add tangible value back to our individual retail members. The communities help members grow their networks, get the operational support they need, gain insights through benchmarking and protect their brands through collective responses to media, driving change and proactively developing standards to prevent crises.
The cost of joining as a Retail member is based on the size of your business and a rate card assessed on your UK turnover. Trade association membership cost is based upon how many members it represents.
5 REASONS TO BECOME A BRC MEMBER
Have a Voice
Ensure you’re heard and your reputation protected through the strength of our influence with media, government and stakeholders
Influence our Lobbying
Anticipate, influence and interpret regulatory changes to mitigate their impact on your business
Supercharge your Learning
Drive business growth by elevating your and your businesses’ leadership skills and knowledge, developing talent and improving retention
Access our Insight
Harness the power of our communities to access the best practice and thought leadership you need in an ever-evolving retail environment
Harness our Market Intelligence
Contextualise your business and make informed decisions with industry benchmarks, market monitors and economic forecasts
What Our Members Say
The BRC provides me and my team with vital support. Information, developments and emerging topics of vast breadth and depth are reviewed and summarised in easily digestible chunks, enabling us to cut straight to strategy and action. Thank you for doing what you do!
A great resource to have access to other retailers that are facing many of the same challenges as us.
The BRC allows a fiercely competitive sector to come together on some of the most important issues of the day. When it focuses on the long term topics that require well considered political and legal change it is at its most effective.
A positive and considered voice for our industry, useful learning/ business-focused communities that help our team in their roles, and data insights that help us benchmark our performance.
The BRC continues to do an excellent job of supporting the retail sector and its individual members on a wide variety of issues.
Adds a lot to our business, great sounding board, very well connected and able to influence.
The BRC is invaluable in bringing retailers together to discuss crucial topics and then lobby the retailer message to government on our behalf. The BRC’s media presence and focus on promoting the interests of retailers allows us to align on issues impacting the sector.
- Advocate for retail
- Be the voice of UK retail, telling the story of a dynamic and innovative industry
- Develop and implement high impact campaigns on issues that matter
- Influence and inform thinking of governments, media and others
- Horizon scan and provide a rapid and effective response in crisis situations
- Advocate for the BRC
- Provide data and case studies to support the BRC narrative
- Uphold the credibility and reputation of the industry
- Participate and support our initiatives
- Inform development of BRC campaigns and support positively
- Have a vision for the future of retail
- Represent the industry rather than individual members
- Be proactive in anticipating future developments
- Focus where we can and should make a difference
- Drive debate forward even where there is no consensus
- Ensure an evidence-based, solutions-driven approach
- Support our collective industry strength
- Recognise our top priorities will not always match your top priorities
- Contribute to our evidence base
- Give your views on issues that matter to you
- Not seek to use BRC to obtain commercial advantage
- Listen and understand your priorities and form our own views
- Provide timely and targeted communications
- Provide advice and input that is useful to the many
- Respond quickly to your requests
- Respect the confidentiality of your views and data
- Convene online and in-person events that enhance knowledge and provide networking opportunities
- Commit to actively participating, by joining calls, attending events, contributing data to benchmarks and supporting initiatives
- Give us regular feedback on how we’re performing
- Help us connect with the right people at the right level and keep our database up to date
- Inform us when your views change, explaining why
- Recognise we cannot provide one-to-one consultancy
- Cascade relevant information to your colleagues
- Participate, share the views of your company and constructively challenge us
- Pay your subscriptions on time