Paul Murray PLC

Paul Murray PLC, trading as Murrays Health & Beauty, supplies health, beauty and nursery brands to retail trade channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its services cover sales and account management, buying and forecasting, warehousing and logistics, customer services and accounts, design and marketing, quality control, and e-commerce fulfilment. It is the sole pharmacy field sales distributor for brands including Scholl, Wella, Tree Hut and Tommee Tippee, and acts as UK agent for Bayer consumer healthcare products.

Its customers are brand owners and trade retailers, including independent pharmacies, department stores, nursery independents, grocers, wholesalers, online retailers and high street chains. The company also produces own-label ranges for retailers and supplies its own brands, such as Safe & Sound, Cassandra and LaModa. It offers drop shipping and B2C fulfilment for retailers, and its in-house IT team sets up APIs and manages 3PL integrations.

The business was established in 1963 and states it has served retail trade channels for over 60 years; the company was founded in 1974. Its head office and 50,000 sq ft warehouse are at Mountpark Southampton, and the facility is AEO compliant and MHRA certified for distributing medicinal products. The company reports more than 80 brand partners, over 4,000 SKUs and a retailer reach of over 10,000, and has sourced from the Far East since 1984 through 30 suppliers in that region.

Product: Sales, account management, buying, forecasting, warehousing, logistics, customer service, design, quality control and e-commerce fulfilment for health, beauty and nursery brands.