Welcome to the ChannelX 2025 Leaders Interview featuring Simon Spencelayh, Managing Director at Robert Dyas.
Robert Dyas is one of the fastest growing UK online channels, featured in the ChannelX 15 UK Growth Channels ebook which you can download for free. In this interview, Simon discusses the pros and cons of dropship (2P) marketplaces including the all important profitability, how Robert Dyas work with suppliers’ business models, marketing and promotions and how to get selling on Robert Dyas in time for Q4.
In this video you will find:
- 00:00 Introducing Simon Spencelayh
- 00:38 How Robert Dyas became a marketplace
- 02:23 Drop shipping on Robert Dyas
- 06:03 Range extension with existing and new suppliers
- 09:03 Working with the suppliers’ business model
- 11:15 Profitability: Drop ship vs traditional marketplace
- 13:44 Still time to launch on Robert Dyas for Q4
- 15:34 What’s the future for Robert Dyas?
