At Summit, we transform the way retailer’s trade. We give you advice, technology and marketing, so you can use online to build your business. We make it more likely that people will buy from you, than from anyone else. We give you advice that helps you think differently about your business. We develop technology that makes it easy for you to trade and a pleasure for your customers to shop. We deliver online marketing that brings people closer to your business. We’ll challenge you, excite you, and surprise you, because we believe working together should be a joy.
Summit is ‘one of a kind’ in retail, offering consulting, online marketing and technology to retailers in the UK and Europe. With 120 experienced employees, offices in London, Yorkshire and Prague, Summit works with some of the UK’s most exciting retailers including, Arcadia Group, Argos, Homebase, Selfridges, John Lewis and Carpetright. Summit is a Magento Gold Partner and has a retail academy for its passionate staff.
Brands such as Selfridges, Argos, 3 Mobile and Carpetright work with us because of our extensive retail experience, strong commercial focus and perfect balance of strategic insight, technology solutions and marketing expertise.
Thanks to our sector-specific experience and knowledge, we can deliver better results than less specialised marketing and technology companies. In fact, we’re the best placed to help you unlock the unrealised and massive revenue potential of multichannel marketing.
Headquartered in East Yorkshire, we have three additional locations:
- a second office in Yorkshire, which is home to our affiliate management and social media listening teams
- a technology development centre in Prague
- an office in London
All of these locations, and every one of our 110 employees, contributed to an annual turnover of £35m in 2011.
The Summit story
The Summit team at Townend Farm, our Summit Training Centre
Summit is one of the most extraordinary success stories of the UK’s digital media industry.
We started in 2000 at HMP Wolds with the ambition of providing businesses with highly-effective online marketing services supported by a pioneering training and rehabilitation scheme for prisoners that would lead to employment upon release.
In the following decade, Summit has grown to 110 employees, across four offices, and works with some of the biggest brands on the high street.
Senior team
Chief Operations Officer Tony Patterson and Chief Executive Officer Hedley Aylott
Summit’s senior team has been at the forefront of online marketing and eCommerce for retail for more than a decade.
Led by co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Hedley Aylott, the Summit team is completely-focused on the online retail sector and has a considerable depth of experience in strategy, marketing and technology.
Partners
Summit works closely with a variety of key partners
Summit partners with leading online technology companies to ensure our clients have the best possible technical base to build their business online.
From analytics to payment processing, paid search to social media, Summit works with the industry’s leading players to provide clients with the highest-possible levels of service.
Awards and accreditations
Summit win Econsultancy’s Innovation in PPC/Search award
Over the past decade, Summit has been recognised for its excellent work by a number of leading organisations, from New Media Age to The Sunday Times.
Part of the reason for this success, is our dedication to training and relevant-accreditations for our team.
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Locations
Summit has offices in the UK and mainland Europe
Summit is headquartered at Albion Mills near Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire in the United Kingdom with additional offices in Central London, The Wolds in East Yorkshire and Prague in the Czech Republic.
From these offices, more than a hundred members of the Summit team provide strategy, technology and online marketing expertise for major high street brands such as Argos, Selfridges and Carpetright.
