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B&M Stores Scraper

B&M Stores Scraper is a data extraction tool designed to collect structured product and store-related information from bmstores.co.uk. It helps teams turn publicly available retail listings into clean, usable data for analysis, monitoring, and decision-making.

Built for reliability and clarity, this project focuses on delivering consistent product data from a major UK retailer in a format that’s easy to integrate into analytics workflows.

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Introduction

This project extracts product and catalog data from B&M Stores’ online presence. It solves the problem of manually tracking fast-changing retail products and pricing. It’s ideal for analysts, developers, and e-commerce teams who need structured retail data.

Retail Data Collection Context

  • Targets large-scale UK variety retail listings
  • Handles frequently updated product catalogs
  • Normalizes pricing and availability information
  • Outputs data ready for analytics or reporting
  • Designed for repeatable, automated runs

Features

Feature Description
Product Listing Extraction Collects product names, categories, and URLs from listings.
Price Monitoring Captures current pricing to support comparison and trend analysis.
Category Mapping Organizes products into clear retail categories.
Structured Output Delivers clean, machine-readable data formats.
Scalable Runs Handles large product catalogs efficiently.

What Data This Scraper Extracts

Field Name Field Description
product_name The displayed name of the product.
product_url Direct link to the product page.
price Current listed price of the product.
category Retail category or department.
availability Stock or availability indicator if present.
image_url Main product image URL.

Example Output

[
  {
    "product_name": "Garden Storage Box",
    "product_url": "https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/garden-storage-box",
    "price": "£39.99",
    "category": "Garden & Outdoor",
    "availability": "In stock",
    "image_url": "https://www.bmstores.co.uk/images/storage-box.jpg"
  }
]

Directory Structure Tree

B&M Stores Scraper/
├── src/
│   ├── runner.py
│   ├── collectors/
│   │   ├── product_collector.py
│   │   └── category_parser.py
│   ├── processors/
│   │   └── data_normalizer.py
│   └── config/
│       └── settings.example.json
├── data/
│   ├── sample_input.json
│   └── sample_output.json
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md

Use Cases

  • E-commerce analysts use it to track B&M product prices, so they can identify pricing trends.
  • Market researchers use it to analyze category distributions, so they can understand retail focus areas.
  • Data teams use it to build retail datasets, so they can feed dashboards and reports.
  • Developers use it to integrate retail data into internal tools, so they can automate insights.

FAQs

Does this scraper track all B&M products? It targets publicly available online listings and categories. Coverage depends on what is visible on the site at runtime.

Can the output be used in spreadsheets or databases? Yes, the structured output is suitable for spreadsheets, databases, and analytics pipelines.

How often can it be run? It’s designed for repeatable runs and can be scheduled as frequently as needed based on data update requirements.

Does it handle catalog changes? The scraper is built to adapt to common listing changes, but major site redesigns may require updates.


Performance Benchmarks and Results

Primary Metric: Processes several hundred product listings per minute under standard conditions.

Reliability Metric: Maintains a high success rate across repeated runs with consistent data structure.

Efficiency Metric: Optimized requests minimize unnecessary page loads and reduce runtime.

Quality Metric: High data completeness with accurate product names, prices, and categories across listings.

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