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Ecommerce Consultancy

On-demand ecommerce experts, available exactly when you need them. We deliver clear, data-driven direction for growth through leadership, strategy and transformation

We embed within your team to provide commercial oversight and structural support, whether you are looking to turn around underperformance or accelerate an already growing brand.

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We give you access to hands-on, senior ecommerce leadership. Our operators have set strategic direction, managed complex commercial trade-offs, and run ecommerce functions for numerous brands.

This ensures problems are caught early, decision-making improves over time, and systemic issues are permanently resolved. We solve specific challenges, optimise what is already working, and surface growth opportunities that others miss.

Drake’s case study

Most ecommerce problems aren’t channel problems; they’re commercial ones.

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  • Transformation

Leadership

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Leadership:

Ecommerce requires clear, experienced leadership to ensure accountability and strategic alignment.

Our seasoned ecommerce operators bring this leadership into your business. We establish clear KPIs, define what success looks like, and guide decision-making across internal teams and third parties to achieve your commercial goals.

The result

Focussed action that moves your business, full visibility on why, and time spent only where it counts.

Strategy

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Strategy:

The foundation of any successful ecommerce business is a strategy that drives tangible action; a plan that identifies exactly where growth will come from and what must happen to achieve it.

We work closely with your leadership team to define exactly how your ecommerce channel will grow. This begins with a highly focused roadmap covering your technology stack, operational capabilities and structural requirements. We translate complex commercial goals into a straightforward, actionable plan, ensuring your budget and resources are deployed with absolute precision.

The result

Problems traced to their real source,
fixes that address the cause not the symptom, and commercial gain across
the whole system.

Transformation

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Transformation:

Successfully reaching the next level of ecommerce growth requires aligning your operational capabilities directly with your commercial ambition.

Whether managing a platform migration, restructuring your operating model, or preparing for an exit, we act as your strategic sounding board. We map out the exact operational steps required and steer delivery across your internal teams and external partners, ensuring you scale successfully without disruption

The result

Automated decisions checked against expert commercial logic, errors caught before they reach your customers, and confidence in every output your systems produce.

How Heur Is Different

Transformative growth begins with expert stewardship and joined-up strategy.

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Without Heur

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    Focus stays fixed on the original scope, even as the work moves elsewhere.

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    Generalists cover the basics, having never owned the full weight of a scaling operation.

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    A generic playbook is applied regardless of how the business actually trades.

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    Margins, stock and channel performance are reviewed separately, if at all.

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    The same generalist covers every phase, whether or not it's the right fit.

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    Strategy is set by one team and handed to another to deliver.

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    Agency-side theory stands in for real commercial and operational context.

With Heur

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    The focus remains on the ultimate commercial outcome, adapting dynamically wherever the work needs to go.

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    Operators bring end-to-end expertise, having actively managed every facet of a scaling ecommerce operation.

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    A comprehensive operational playbook is explicitly adapted to match exactly how the business trades.

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    Margins, stock levels, and cross-channel performance are constantly analysed as one cohesive commercial picture.

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    The exact right specialist is deployed precisely when required for each distinct phase of the work.

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    The strategic direction is defined by the same senior operators who remain embedded to drive its delivery.

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    Extensive brand-side ecommerce experience ensures deep commercial and operational context is present from day one.

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Every wrong turn has a cost - we're here so you don't have to pay it.

Chris Nawrocki / Co-Founder & CCO

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Read our magazine for clear, operator-led insights. We share the practical strategies and commercial advice you need to scale your bottom line.

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Case Studies

See exactly how we deliver compounding results. Explore our case studies to discover the strategic, connected gains we build for product-led brands.

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Resources

We are building a library of downloadable resources. Soon, you can access the exact tools and operational frameworks we use to drive growth.

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FAQs

What is ecommerce consultancy?

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Senior ecommerce leadership engaged on a flexible basis, bypassing the need for a permanent hire. It covers the strategic decisions an in-house director would make: defining operating structures, identifying what to stop, and holding third parties accountable. We work embedded within your team on a weekly basis.

Should we hire a head of ecommerce instead?

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Sometimes, and if so, we will advise it. A permanent hire is the optimal solution when the role is steady and the business has clearly defined expectations. Consultancy is better suited when critical decisions cannot wait for a three-to-six-month executive search, the role is entirely new to the business, or the project has a defined endpoint.

What does a consultant do week to week?

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We lead a weekly trading or strategy meeting, complete with the rigorous preparation behind it. Between these sessions, we analyse the data driving the next commercial call, write the operational plans the wider business works to, and facilitate complex trade-off decisions. It is a highly active role, and the primary output is decisive commercial action.

How is this different from ecommerce management?

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Consultancy sets the strategic direction and resolves structural issues. Ecommerce management runs the channel day-to-day once those foundations are set. Some client engagements begin with consultancy and transition into management; others require only strategic oversight.

Do you deliver the plan too?

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Yes, and that is the part that matters. A plan handed over as a document still needs someone with the time and the standing to run it, which is what the person who commissioned it was short of. We stay for the delivery, or for as much of it as you want.

How long does a consultancy engagement run?

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As long as the commercial requirement dictates. A distinct project, such as a replatform or restructure, concludes on its own defined end date. Ongoing leadership is reviewed quarterly against the initial transformation goals, with the intention that our involvement scales down as your internal capability grows.

What happens when the engagement ends?

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You retain the strategic plan, the reporting frameworks, and an internal team now experienced in making these high-level decisions. If the natural conclusion is that you require a permanent internal role, we will advise exactly that and support you through the executive hiring process