Holland and Barrett: Leicester

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16 November 2021

Summary

Bluestones One are very proud to support Holland & Barrett with their New Stores Programme.

Our team of expert merchandisers supported Holland & Barrett’s New Store Implementation Team by merchandising all areas throughout the store, leading up to the store opening.

Challenges

Bluestones One’s challenge was to ensure that the correct skill set within the team was selected correctly. There are a lot of small line items to be merchandised, the largest section being vitamins. Attention to detail is required when matching the product to the planogram and shelf edge labels and installing POS, such as headers and shelf talkers to the standard Holland and Barrett expect.

Results

Working alongside Holland & Barrett’s internal team, Bluestones One merchandisers worked as one, showing a high standard of professionalism achieving great result’s for the opening of the store.

Employee of the Month – September

We’re delighted to announce that September’s Employee of the Month has been awarded to Adil Hussain.

Meet Gary Lowe, Operations Director

How did your journey at Bluestones One begin and what has it been like since?I was lucky enough to be one the first to join Bluestones One and since joining the business we have grown significantly, we are now a strong business with a great reputation for being customer and people focused. Why do you enjoy about working in this industry?Everything! From interacting with customers to visiting stores and meeting the teams that do the hard work at the shelf edge. I have some great relationships with customers and our field teams which we have built over time. Every day is both challenging and rewarding and I can’t imagine ever working in any other industry than this one. What is your proudest professional moment?It is really difficult to pick just one moment as there have been many in my career. But if I had to pick one, it would have to be when we won ‘Best New Business’ at the Bluestones Investment Group Awards. To share this accolade with my fellow Directors made me very proud indeed. What are your values as a leader?I have 3 values I tried abide by in everything I do: 1. Lead by example. 2.