NEWS


Focused on Retail Support


Independent Retailers’ profitability is under constant pressure in the rapidly changing market with greater consumer choices. Home Hardware is committed to help its Retailers address this.


Service led distibution


Home Hardware is increasing supply chain efficiency and reducing Retailers costs wherever possible.


Their two Distribution Centres


at Barnstaple and Bedford use sophisticated warehousing


systems to provide low cost efficient distribution to


its


Retailers. Not only do they offer over 95% stock availability, they sell virtually all products in single units with an on-time delivery success rate over 99%.


Deliveries, predominantly on their own vehicle fleet, arrive on a regular day at a regular time. This means that their drivers become familiar with the stores and its specific delivery needs.


Helping Retailers reduce overheads


Optional Consumer Advertising Brochures


In terms of reducing Retailers costs, Home Hardware has strategic business partners to help them reduce their costs, including utility and overhead costs, insurance,


credit card processing, etc. All of these services are provided with no Head Office commission or contribution in order to ensure the savings are passed onto members.


Home Hardware are helping their members maintain or increase their footfall through optional consumer advertising brochures with four, eight, sixteen and twenty page


options to suit all sizes of store, as well as other various marketing initiatives and support. “I joined Home Hardware in 2000, within five years I’d doubled the turnover, just


with doing the brochures and promotions and the stock availability and support” said Philip Wyatt from Ilminster Home Hardware.


Sell more with no stock required Grow Your Sales


Home Hardware produces 4 seasonal consumer catalogues for its Retailers.


These cover the Outdoor Living, Cookshop, Fireside and Christmas Decorations. As well as being available to hand out to consumers, they also provide a laminated version on an in-store plinth for consumers to browse. Retailers are achieving significant levels of extra turnover and profit by taking special orders from these comprehensive catalogues for prompt delivery.


Home Hardware recently launched it’s new 150 page Gardening Catalogue featuring 2600 products from all the leading brands.


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