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Case Study

Summary

Pets & Friends reached out to Bluestones One requesting merchandising support to deliver a refit programme across their store estate.

They required updates to multiple store layouts, moving and rebuilding gondolas, and merchandising both new and existing product ranges.

We deployed teams of 3 with dedicated Team Leaders to deliver this project over a five night period per store. 

Challenges

Having never worked on a Pets & Friends store before our teams had to quickly learn and recognise the products, following plans that had their own challenges in some areas. They were challenged with replacing discontinued products with new lines, whilst moving departments to new locations across the store. 

Results

Once our teams had completed their first few nights, they increased their efficiency and streamlined their processes whilst getting a feel for the store. 

The teams worked to a high standard to ensure that every item was to plan. By the fifth night, they were left with snagging and implementing POS, ready to hand over the store over with a fresh new look in time for store opening.

After the initial successful store openings, Bluestones One are completing the refits of 11 stores over a 10 week period. 

Meet the team: Gary White

Meet Gary White: Managing Director

We’re getting to know the Bluestones One team so, we’ve asked Managing Director, Gary White, about his journey in the merchandising and installation industry and what it’s like leading the team at Bluestones One. How did your journey at Bluestones One begin and what has it been like since?I joined the business in May 2018 and it’s been a whirlwind experience ever since. We built the business from scratch with the support of the group and have gone from strength to strength. We now have a market leading business that will continue to grow and I’m very excited for the next few years. What do you enjoy about working in this industry?No two days are ever the same. We are constantly engaging internally and externally on new projects, ideas and initiatives. As with every business there are always challenges, but as a team we face them head on and come out stronger for the experience. What is your proudest professional moment?There are a few, but we have been very fortunate to be part of such a supportive Investment Group and have won 3 awards in 3 years at the annual awards. Our first one (Best New Business) was incredible but

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