Practical AI for UK independent retailers

AI that still sounds
like you.

We set up AI in your shop without losing your voice. Every change is shown before and after, and a person signs off every output.

Fixed prices, no VAT chargedBefore and after, against a baseline agreed at the startSigned off by a person, every time
The problem

Everyone says AI.Few say where it helps.

Independent shops are told to “do AI” with no clear place to start, no way to measure it, and a real risk of sounding like everyone else. The answer is different for every shop, so we start by finding where it fits in yours.

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Example Illustration only. Your audit finds where AI fits in your shop.
What we look at

Six areas of your shop, reviewed against your own baseline.

Prepared by the Dan Group Growth Engine team using AI tools, then checked by a person before it reaches you.

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    What you get

    A branded PDF report. Included in the fee.

    No presentation to sit through. You get a clear, prioritised report you can read in your own time and share with your team.

    Dan Group Growth Engine · Retail AI Audit
    Retail AI Audit
    A UK specialist food retailerExample
    Findings
    A one-page summary
    Speed and first impressions on a phone
    Product pages, delivery and search engines
    On-site search, recommendations and the basket
    Email, reviews, accessibility and housekeeping
    Example
    Prioritised plan
    A costed 90-day plan
    Three quick wins you could start this week, at £0
    Days 30–90
    Risks, and what not to do
    Example
    Before and after
    Every change shown before and after
    Before
    After
    Example
    • 01A one-page summary of what matters most
    • 02Findings across speed, product pages, search, basket, email and reviews
    • 03Three quick wins you could start this week, at £0
    • 04A costed 90-day plan, in priority order
    • 05A tool shortlist that starts with what you already pay for
    • 06Risks, and what not to do

    Page mock-ups use headings from our anonymised sample audit. Contents are illustrative.

    How it works

    Five steps. Your report in 3 to 5 weeks.

    Everything happens by email. No presentation, no meetings to sit through.

    1

    You reply

    Email us your shop's website and which audit you'd like.

    2

    Scope confirmed

    We confirm exactly what's covered, in writing, by email.

    3

    Deposit invoice

    50% to book. No VAT charged.

    4

    Data access

    Read-only access or exports. We never access order or customer records.

    5

    Your branded PDF

    3 weeks (Independent) / 5 weeks (Growth) from the Start Date. The balance is due on delivery.

    3 weeks (Independent) / 5 weeks (Growth) from the Start DateOptional 15-minute Q&A, if you want one
    Pricing

    Fixed prices. No VAT charged.

    A 50% deposit books your audit. The balance is due when your report is delivered.

    Independent audit

    £1,750
    No VAT charged
    £875 deposit to bookBranded PDF 3 weeks from the Start Date
    • Product content, conversion, merchandising, customer-service and marketing workflows, reviewed against your baseline metrics
    • A 90-day roadmap
    • A tool shortlist that starts with what you already pay for
    Book the Independent audit

    Growth audit

    £3,950
    No VAT charged
    £1,975 deposit to bookBranded PDF 5 weeks from the Start Date
    • Everything in Independent
    • An analytics review, a catalogue sample and a customer-service ticket analysis
    • A data-protection and EU AI Act Art. 50 transparency check
    • A business case
    • 50% of the fee credited against an implementation Sprint booked within 60 days of delivery (Sprints start from mid-January)
    Book the Growth audit

    We give recommendations, evidence and estimates, not guaranteed sales, conversion or growth. Results depend on your store and what you implement. Delivery is 3 weeks (Independent) / 5 weeks (Growth) from the Start Date: the later of your deposit clearing and you giving us data access. We confirm the Start Date in writing.

    FAQs

    Questions shops ask.

    The audit is prepared by the Dan Group Growth Engine team using AI tools, then checked by a person before it reaches you. You receive it as a branded PDF report.

    No. Everything happens by email and you get a branded PDF report to read in your own time. If you'd like, there's an optional Q&A of up to 15 minutes.

    Delivery is 3 weeks (Independent) / 5 weeks (Growth) from the Start Date. The Start Date is the later of your deposit clearing and you giving us data access. We confirm it in writing.

    A named contact, read-only access or exports of your products and content, aggregated analytics reports (such as GA4), your current tools and subscriptions list, and the baseline figures you already track. For the Growth audit, also a redacted export of recent customer-service tickets.

    No. We work from public pages, read-only product and content access, and aggregated reports. We don't access order or customer records. Any personal data (e.g. in Growth ticket exports) is handled under a written data processing agreement, minimised and redacted first, and deleted at the end of the project.

    No. We give recommendations, evidence and estimates, not guaranteed sales, conversion or growth. Changes are measured before and after against a baseline agreed at the start.

    No VAT is charged. 50% to book, and the balance when your report is delivered.

    That's exactly what we design against. A person signs off every output, and every change is shown before and after.

    Book an audit

    Tell us about your shop.

    Email us your shop's website and which audit you'd like. We'll confirm the scope by email and send a deposit invoice to book.