Are you ready for the return to school?
In just a few weeks from now schools will be open and pupils will be back after what seems like an eternity. School uniform hasn’t been thought about for months, but with with the new school year comes fresh new uniform, looking clean and smart to get back in the swing of school life.
Since the start of July there has been a steady stream of customers coming to the showroom to try on uniform for size, yet the biggest thing we have noticed is online ordering has now fully and convincingly taken over the face to face customer. We had feared people queueing outside in the variable British weather whilst sizing for 1 family at a time in the showroom, but that’s not been a problem at all.
70% of our orders this year have been placed online and almost every single order have been delivered free of charge. We think this is down to our willingness to invest in our very straight forward website, which allows all customers historic information about previously orders ensuring they make the right sizing decisions are made.
Hiccups in the supply chain have been vastly reduced this year by a running our machines (and staff) to capacity and pre-embroidering the greater majority of stock for the schools we partner with as the preferred supplier. It has certainly taken a little pressure off and we, so far, are managing to smile our way through the busiest weeks of the year.
On Monday 17th August it is our last day to guarantee delivery for the start of the new school term, but we will be working hard to complete all orders that come in beyond that date to ensure students arrive at school looking great in their new school uniform.
We are still open Monday to Friday 9-5 and Saturdays 9-4 and we have our own on-site parking.
Lastly, we would advise collecting from the showroom where practical for orders placed after Monday as we know that all couriers are taking a little longer than normal to deliver.
