About RetailABC
RetailABC helps UK businesses solve commercial problems across buildings, stock, auctions, vehicles, logistics, technology and specialist business services — directly and through specialist group operations.
RetailABC began in trading and ecommerce: buying, selling and moving stock, and building the systems needed to do it at volume. That work exposed the same problems again and again — inventory nobody could shift, assets that had to be sold to a deadline, vehicles coming off fleet, space needed faster than a building could be constructed, and operations held together by spreadsheets.
Rather than pretend to be a single-service business, we built and worked with specialist operations for each of those problems. RetailABC is where the commercial conversation starts; the specialists do the delivery.
We would rather tell you we are the wrong people for something than take on work we cannot do well. If a service page here does not answer your question, the answer is a phone call rather than a form.
See our specialist operationsCompany details
- Legal name
- Retail ABC Ltd
- Company registration number
- 08568864
- VAT number
- GB192020636
- Address
- Prosperfi, ColonyFlint Glass Works64 Jersey StreetAncoats Urban VillageManchesterM4 6JWUnited Kingdom
- Phone
- 0161 241 6855
- cs@retailabc.co.uk
- Service area
- United Kingdom
What Retail ABC does
Stock & asset disposal
- Clearance stock buying — delivered with WeBuyClearanceStock
- Selling and disposing of clearance stock — delivered directly by Retail ABC
- Commercial auction services — delivered with EAMA Group
- Fleet and vehicle disposal — delivered with VanAuctions
Logistics
- Return loads and backloads — delivered with Transport Return Loads
- Warehousing and logistics — delivered directly by Retail ABC
Technology
- Auction management software — delivered with ManageAuctions.Online
- Ecommerce and custom software development — delivered directly by Retail ABC
- Ecommerce and marketplace management — delivered directly by Retail ABC
- Vehicle history and data services — delivered with CheckVehicles
Commercial services
- Commercial debt recovery — delivered directly by Retail ABC
- Modular buildings, garden offices and cabins — delivered with Adacon
Quick answers
- What does Retail ABC do?
- Retail ABC Ltd is a Manchester-based UK business that buys and disposes of clearance stock, arranges business asset auctions and fleet disposal, matches return loads and backloads, provides auction management and ecommerce software, and offers B2B commercial debt recovery. Some services are delivered through specialist group operations; Retail ABC remains the point of contact.
- Does Retail ABC buy clearance stock?
- Yes. Retail ABC buys surplus, overstock, end-of-line and returned stock from UK businesses, usually as whole lots, and arranges collection.
- Can Retail ABC dispose of business assets?
- Yes — through outright purchase, managed sale or online auction. Business asset auctions are conducted by EAMA Group, the group's auction operation.