Scaling with Confidence: How Barron McCann and Retail Assist Enabled Nutmeg’s Nationwide Expansion

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Summary

Nutmeg, Morrisons’ fashion brand, used the Merret ERP system from Barron McCann and Retail Assist to support rapid growth from a childrenswear range to a multi-category fashion brand in over 500 stores. Merret provides end-to-end visibility across buying, merchandising, warehousing and store operations, enabling Nutmeg to scale confidently while ensuring the right stock reaches the right stores at the right time.

Location

United Kingdom

Industry

Retail

Dates

03/02/2026

We use it from our buying and merchandising teams all the way through to our warehouse, where stock is picked and sent to stores.

Jo Jones Senior Trading Manager Nutmeg

The Challenge

Managing Rapid Retail Growth

As Nutmeg expanded quickly from childrenswear into a full fashion range, its store footprint grew from 85 to over 500 locations. This rapid growth increased operational complexity and required accurate, real-time visibility across the supply chain to ensure the right products, sizes and quantities reached the right stores at the right time.

With a growing product range and wider store distribution, Nutmeg needed a system that could support efficient stock allocation, maintain availability across locations, and provide the data needed to make informed merchandising decisions.

The Solution

A Unified ERP Platform Powering the Entire Retail Operation

Nutmeg implemented Merret, Barron McCann and Retail Assist’s retail ERP solution, to unify buying, merchandising, warehousing and store operations within a single system. Merret supports the entire product journey, from purchase order creation through to warehouse distribution and store allocation. Its simplicity enables teams to work quickly while maintaining full visibility across stock levels, store performance and product availability. This allows Nutmeg to ensure the right products, in the right sizes, reach the right stores at the right time.

As Nutmeg expanded into new categories, stores and channels, Merret scaled seamlessly alongside the business, providing the data and operational control needed to support continued growth.

The Results

Scalable Growth and Better Stock Visibility

Merret has played a key role in enabling Nutmeg’s nationwide expansion while maintaining strong stock availability and operational control. The system provides detailed insights into product, store and size-level performance, helping teams make informed decisions that improve availability and customer satisfaction.

Today, Nutmeg operates in 500+ stores across the UK, relying on Merret to support stock allocation, replenishment, multi-channel retailing and continued brand growth.