Andrew Banks

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CEO at Venture Forge – Commercial Clarity and Success for Leading Amazon Brands. Amazon Seller - Amazon Vendor - Amazon Advertising - Amazon DSP - Marketplaces @ Venture Forge
halifax, calderdale, united kingdom
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Leeds, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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Ready to take your Amazon Business to the next level?Our fluff-free, full-service, global Amazon offering takes the “meh”, the monotony and the mystery off your hands and replaces it with a more magical marketplace - one that drives results, growth, performance and profit.And all while you get on with business. Lovely.The Venture Forge team is made up of time-served Amazon experts; either we ran our own marketplace brands or worked inside a brand like yours. Building successful brands and leading some of the UK’s largest e-commerce retailers has shown us what made these businesses exceptional in their growth trading and profits.Through this, we saw an opportunity to help others do the same, by blending the energy, culture and agility of a high growth start-up with the rigour and process of the major retailers to drive amazing growth.Today, we’re all fully Amazon certified (to further strengthen our genuine, real-life expertise), and we’re one of a select number of Agencies backed by a true partnership directly with Amazon.Our unique background means we still think and act like a hands-on brand, not a hands-off consultancy. Forget traditional Agency boundaries, we’re all about partnership. It’s you + us = one team, working together in beautiful harmony towards a single goal - your growth. And our commitment to partnerships doesn’t just drive how we work, it drives how we charge too. Our shared risk approach means we only profit when you do. Because that’s what makes a true partner.Sound good? Get in touch and let’s explore how we can make Amazon sing for you.

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Venture Forge

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CEO at Venture Forge – Commercial Clarity and Success for Leading Amazon Brands. Amazon Seller - Amazon Vendor - Amazon Advertising - Amazon DSP - Marketplaces
halifax, calderdale, united kingdom
Employees:
6
Andrew Banks Work Experience Details
  • Venture Forge
    Ceo At Venture Forge – The Uk'S Most Trusted Amazon Agency For Brands
    Venture Forge May 2018 - Present
    Halifax, United Kingdom
    Built by ex-Retailers to serve ambitious Amazon Brands, our fluff-free, full service, global offering will take your marketplace business to the next level.Unlike most agencies, we've been there done it and bought the t-shirts ourselves. Our entire team consists of entrepreneurs and retail experts who have cut their cloth working in brands and growing their own online businesses, rather than working in agencies. That gives us a different view of the world to most. One where we know your world as well as what it takes to grow quickly on Amazon.
  • The Marketplace Awards
    Founding Sponsor
    The Marketplace Awards Jan 2023 - Present
    London, England, United Kingdom
    Founding sponsor of The Marketplace Awards - the new annual awards event for Amazon sellers, vendors and the wider marketplace industry.
  • Veloskin Ltd
    Investor
    Veloskin Ltd Nov 2018 - Present
    Halifax, United Kingdom
  • Matalan
    Head Of E-Commerce
    Matalan Dec 2016 - May 2018
    Liverpool, United Kingdom
    Having grown Matalan Direct and shaped the e-commerce strategy for Matalan Retail, I took up the position of Head of E-Commerce within Matalan to oversee a period of rapid growth.
  • Matalandirect.Com
    Chief Operating Officer
    Matalandirect.Com Oct 2014 - Dec 2016
    Leeds, United Kingdom
    Initially, as a founder of Earth Bathrooms, a business later acquired by Matalan to become Matalan Direct - the online home furnishings division of Matalan.With day to day operational responsibility for the business, the business went from startup through a period of rapid growth and to acquisition within 9 months.As well as the rapid online growth of the business, we worked extensively on the launch of the first Matalan Homestore concept bringing both Matalan Direct and Matalan Retail together in a new omnichannel store concept. Alongside the day to day involvement with Matalan Direct, I worked extensively with Matalan Retail to help shape and define their e-commerce strategy as well as delivering tactical omnichannel initiatives across the group including the launch of DPD Pickup and Google Store Tracking across all 220 stores.
  • Blue Mantis
    Non Exec Director
    Blue Mantis Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
    Leeds, United Kingdom
    Advising an exciting, and rapidly growing, digital agency in Leeds.
  • Victoria Plumb
    Head Of E-Commerce (Interim)
    Victoria Plumb Mar 2014 - Aug 2014
    Hull, United Kingdom
  • Squeeze Digital Marketing
    Owner
    Squeeze Digital Marketing Sep 2010 - Nov 2013
    Leeds, United Kingdom
    After leaving Digital Welly to launch my own agency, Squeeze Digital was launched in October 2010.As a strategic digital marketing agency we helped our clients attract, engage, convert and retain customers through digital channels.Whether this involved SEO, PPC, email, new site planning, web development, conversion optimisation etc.. our responsibility to our clients was always on a commercial level. Regardless of the projects we were delivering we always had a clear focus on delivering results and numbers.To our clients we were seen as their digital marketing team, and through consistent delivery of results we attracted clients such as: - ASDA - Genting Casinos - PCH Prizes - Fish Insurance - Chase Templeton Insurance - Horizon Platforms - Stanley BetWe were also a supporting partner to larger agencies in the north.
  • Digital Welly
    E-Commerce Director
    Digital Welly Aug 2007 - Sep 2010
    Responsible for e-commerce, online marketing, SEO, email marketing and conversion optimisation at Digital Welly

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