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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. 

Annual Field Awards 2020

Field Team Awards 2020

Every year we aim to recognise and reward the individuals in our Field teams who have gone above and beyond while embodying our company values. This year, our teams have felt additional pressures but have consistently worked hard and impressed both us and our clients. It was a tough task to choose our 2020 winners, so we want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their commitment, professionalism and resilience during this difficult time. Without further ado, here are the 2020 winners! Our 2020 winners New Employee of the Year For surpassing expectations of a new starter Winner – Kelsey Rawlings Shortlisted nominations for New Employee of the Year• Alex Woffindon• Paige Matthews Leadership Award For leading by example and showing genuine leadership qualities Winner – Luke Randall Shortlisted nominations for the Leadership Award• Jason Crawley• Tom Bowyer Directors Award Identified as an integral person within our business who has worked to a consistently high standard throughout the year Winner – Garry Leck Shortlisted nominations for the Directors Award• Mike Webb• Mark Goulding Effective Communication Award Communicates effectively with Management, Resource and Field teams Winner – Harry Stringer Shortlisted nominations for the Effective Communication Award• Tom Bowyer• Mihai Cojanu

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