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Entry Title AkzoNobel Dulux Mix Lab
Category Installation
Company Name Momentum Instore
Client Company Name AkzoNobel
Entry Number 20-001
Year Entered 2015
What was the client brief?
Leading paints & coatings company AkzoNobel wanted to increase sales and market share within the DIY sector. To achieve this AkzoNobel launched a new high tech paint tinting solution to refresh the tinting isle in Homebase stores. The Dulux Mix Lab+ unit was rolled out across Homebase stores across ....
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Describe how the project was accomplished including any challenges that had to be overcome?
Summary The agency installed a massive 1,536 bays across 256 stores To fulfil the brief, the agency had to accomplish the following challenges: •Install a total of 1,536 units into 256 stores with an average of 2,584 parts per unit •Install integrated shelving, lighting, a touchscreen computer and s....
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How did you ensure a high compliance / success rate for the project?
Overview High compliance was achieved by the agency embracing a ‘right first time’ policy and ensuring all installers were trained to a high level through a robust training programme. This enabled the agency to meet the project deadline and an installation rate of 99%. Project Planning Pre-planning ....
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Entry Title Boots Instore Christmas
Category Installation
Company Name CJ Retail Solutions
Client Company Name Boots
Entry Number 20-002
Year Entered 2015
What was the client brief?
For Christmas 2014, retailer Boots set out to revolutionise its in-store experience, introducing a major cultural step-change in its trading approach to the festive period. Having identified that its existing in-store proposition was more akin to that of a supermarket rather than a department store,....
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Describe how the project was accomplished including any challenges that had to be overcome?
Boots has earned a reputation in recent years for delivering best in class retail installation projects. Indeed, its success has seen it win a number of POPAI Awards. Despite this success, it was keen to push the boundaries even further. It chose to appoint a new installation supplier ahead of Chris....
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How did you ensure a high compliance / success rate for the project?
Notwithstanding the extensive training we undertook for all our Installation teams, the pre-installation store site surveys we undertook to identify any accessibility, layout or electrical supply issues, and the massive store contact schedule we executed, there we other processes and practices we ad....
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Entry Title TaylorMade Shop In Shop
Category Installation
Company Name HRG UK Limited
Client Company Name TaylorMade Golf Ltd
Entry Number 20-003
Year Entered 2015
What was the client brief?
The brief was to deliver and install a golf club wall bay display unit into a number of independent and larger golf stores across Europe. The budget was to be kept as low as possible and initially this was ball parked due to the absence of defined store locations. The idea was for each store to have....
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Describe how the project was accomplished including any challenges that had to be overcome?
Planning was key to accomplishing the project. The first essential activity was to identify the key decision makers and ensure all stakeholders had the opportunity to add value and agree the defined processes and timescales. We had a client budget to work to and needed to define the most effective m....
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How did you ensure a high compliance / success rate for the project?
Through careful planning and risk assessment, the client agreed that no routing would be carried out until all survey results had been received and the information compiled on master spread sheets. Each component was assessed, graded and an appropriate number of spares provided to ensure any issues ....
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Entry Title Tobacco Display Ban Compliance Project
Category Installation
Company Name CJ Retail Solutions
Client Company Name Imperial Tobacco
Entry Number 20-004
Year Entered 2015
What was the client brief?
Achieving in-store compliance is vital to the success of any installation project. Here it was an absolute. After all, rarely does failure to achieve 100% compliance have the potential to result in a retailer facing possible legal action and the threat of serious financial penalties. For shopkeepers....
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Describe how the project was accomplished including any challenges that had to be overcome?
The first essential was retailer education. There was a great deal of uncertainty, and more than a few myths, around what did and did not represent ‘compliance’ in the law. This was not helped by multiple legislative requirements and solutions. Temporary display viewing of cigarettes was only allowe....
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How did you ensure a high compliance / success rate for the project?
Through meticulous project management, scheduling of works and close communication between client and manufacturers. With so many variables, it was also necessary to extensively train field staff to enable them to overcome almost any and every request. Dedicated project management on this installati....
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Entry Title Visual Merchandising Update 2014
Category Installation
Company Name Solutions Diverse Ltd
Client Company Name O2 Telefonica
Entry Number 20-005
Year Entered 2015
What was the client brief?
O2 TELEFONICA UK VM14 (Visual Merchandising) Programme Oct/Nov 2014 The brief was rip out existing wall displays and centre floor units and replace with manufacturer sponsored displays (Samsung and Sony). Make good the stores overnight within 12 hours to be able to fully open as normal the following....
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Describe how the project was accomplished including any challenges that had to be overcome?
The challenges were numerous. Examples of some are as follows.... The programme was managed by two teams of 3 split between days and nights for 8 weeks solid. These teams were headed up with a Snr Project Manager that ensured fully compliant and effective handovers were given between each shift, the....
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How did you ensure a high compliance / success rate for the project?
Using the day and Night teams as above ensured that we had clear communication lines, compliance and capability to deliver anything last minute to locations no matter how remote. All paper work had to be scanned in as complete and sent back to base for video verification of works completed before an....
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