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Retail Active, a Smollan company

Updated November 2025.

About Retail Active, a Smollan company

Company Overview
Retail Active measures brand standards and customer experience on behalf of brands in retail, hospitality, automotive and housebuilding. We provide auditing and mystery shopping solutions that deliver assurance for our clients of compliance in store and online to brand and contractual standards. Our audits enable us to compare the experience brands want to deliver versus reality through identifying gaps and sharing ideas and recommendations which grow sales, drive loyalty and consistently improve the customer experience. From single market projects to multi market programmes we are trusted by global brands delivering audits in 80+ countries driving measurable growth for our clients.
Company Size 19 UK-based Employees
(Small)
INDUSTRY Retail
CONNECT
Retail Active, a Smollan company Head Office
Winnersh, Berkshire
South East England, United Kingdom

Employee Demographics

Tenure
  • <2 years - 26%
  • 2-5 years - 42%
  • 6-10 years - 21%
  • 11-15 years - 5%
  • 16-20 years - 5%

Company Culture at Retail Active, a Smollan company

The employee experience below at Retail Active, a Smollan company, compared to a typical company.

95% of employees at Retail Active, a Smollan company say it is a great place to work*, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company.
Retail Active, a Smollan company
95%
Typical Company
54%
*Responses to the statement “Taking everything into account, I would say this is a great place to work.” vs. a typical UK company.

100%

I am given the resources and equipment to do my job.

100%

This is a physically safe place to work.

100%

When people change jobs or work units, they are made to feel right at home.

100%

Management is approachable, easy to talk with.

100%

Management genuinely seeks and responds to suggestions and ideas.

Working at Retail Active, a Smollan company

Retail Active celebrate 25 years of business in 2025.
Hosting our colleagues from Smollan India when they visited the UK.
Retail Active Summer Challenge - who can grow the tallest sunflower?
Christmas team training day with the classic Christmas Jumper dress code.
2025 European Leadership Conference, Prague.
osting our clients with the team from our business in Germany.

Getting the list of awards....

Best Workplaces Lists

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