July Performance
July was a very strong month for us, anybody present for the Monday Morning team calls will have noted that the sales charts for this month were all highlighted in green
Sales were up nearly 20% compared to the same period last year which is a testament to the huge effort made across the sales team and the rest of the company
Save the Date
TRACER Screwfix Launch - 14th August
Brodie’s Trade Day Success
Toolstation Together 2023
OnAugust30/31st,BobandNormanwill be attending the Toolstation Together Conference. The event will be a great opportunity to network with Toolstation Managersandupperechelon
Below is an example of the sponsored notepadsweareprovidingfortheevent
Data Literacy Training
Mudy and the Operations team are hard at work with a new data training platform for the business. We have partnered with Enterprise DNA, a company that works with the likes of Coca-Cola, Unilever and more, to increase the team's data literacy
Sales Team Update
OnJuly26th,tosupportofthesales team,Brodiegothands-onanddidhis firsttradedayattheBasildonbranchof Howdens
CongratulationstoBrodie,hesaidthatit wasahardday'sworkbutNormanwas pleasedwithhisresults.
Welcome back, Kim!
The accounts team is pleased to announce that Kim will be officially starting back with the team this month, with her Keep in Touch days coming to an end Please give her a warm welcome back when you see her.
While the team unfortunately had to say goodbye to Dave Allsopp this week, On August 24th, the sales team will be welcoming Michael Scheffer as ROYD’s new National Accounts Manager for the UK and EU region. He will be assisting Norman and will be a valuable asset to the company.
Screwfix Live Preparation
The Marketing Team completed a test build of the Screwfix Live stand The design team are now hard at work preparing new banners and activities for the stand We have enlisted an influencer called Scott Godfrey to build a bespoke storage unit and tv stand for the show
Sales Team Meeting
The face-to-face sales meeting, detailed last month, took place the day before the summer barbeque Norman has reported that the discussions were productive with the launch of four TRACER lines. Also, Norman and Rob were also able to unveil the new UK8MAKP and Made in Britain display unit to the team.
Operations Team Updates
As you may know, the Operations team has grown by two in the last few weeks Many may have met Nathan at the team summer barbeque event and Keiran has joined the team as a DevOps Engineer Keiran will be key to developing the company’s software structure going forward. The team has a lot of projects in the pipeline ready over the coming months, these new additions will be vital components to the team going forward.
ePim Launch
e-Pimisadatamanagementsystemthat has been in the works for some time that has full integration into our Intact ERP system. It will serve as the new hub for product operational and marketing data goingforward
SCOPIC Filming
Product News
TRACER has a wide array of additions joining the range, last month's update showed the Contour Gauges, Carpenter's Pencil and the new Crayon Marker selection. See below for further changes.
TRACER ALH1 Changes
TRACER Lead Replacements are changing soon. The ALH1 and all products containing the ALH1 as a component will be adjusted to contain 6x 2B Graphite Leads and will no longer contain 2x Alternative Yellow Leads.
TRACER Lead Packs
Alternative and replacement lead packs will instead be available in packs of 12 With one featuring 12 graphite leads while the other features 6x red and 6x white alternative leads.
Finally, Rob is pleased to say that his time in Wales with the SCOPIC Team was a huge success. Below are some of the images from the shoot
To see more and videos, please check out the dropbox link containing all of the content from the day
Upcoming Media Content
In late August, Olivia will be another To The Maxx Video with Influencer, Tom Cardy.
She has also been filming new product videos for upcoming campaigns includingaproductvideofortheContour Gaugewithatutorial.
Written by Phil Cattley