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Case Study: Holland & Barrett

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.

Meet the team: Martin Sweeney

Meet Martin Sweeney, Installations Director

How did your journey at Bluestones One begin and what has it been like since?I joined the business in February 2020 and was really excited with my role and new opportunity to develop. Unfortunately, I was grounded slightly by the pandemic. This then presented the business and me with lots of obstacles which we had never experienced but with the support from the internal team and from our partner company, Bluestones Investment Group (BIG), we overcame these. Whilst many businesses have failed to survive, Installations continued to develop and grow its customer base. The next few years may present many challenges, but I am excited to drive the business forward in the coming years. What do you enjoy about working in this industry?I believe you must be a self-motivator and be ready to tackle daily challenges. Each day presents itself with new challenges, and whilst this can be difficult, you get a sense of achievement when you deliver for the customer. One thing that really excites me is the opportunity to see lots of the UK whilst on client and site meetings. We have a fantastic internal support team who are young and ambitious, and this allows us to develop.

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