The Resicom sales and solution team arrived in Texas this weekend to prepare for this week’s SPECS show (store planning, equipment, construction and facilities services). The 3 1/2 day event brings together retailers and vendors to share ideas, industry trends, develop business relationships and offer facility challenge solutions.
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Continue Reading →How can bathroom partitions deter would-be graffiti artists?
Summary
Facility maintenance management faces the aggravation of bathroom partitions being an easy target for graffiti. Maintaining presentable, unmarred bathroom partitions was a pain point for a national client.
Scope of the Work
Research and source options to replace existing material. Install new partitions [...]
Continue Reading →How can an asset capture be provided for almost 200 locations in 2 weeks?
Summary
With national ADA regulation changes set to become effective in March 2011, a retailer needed a comprehensive asset capture of individual stores. The retailer needed the consulting information delivered for over 170 stores in a 2 weeks time [...]
PRSM (Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association) will host a trade webinar on February 16, 2011 at 2 p.m. CST. Joe Reardon, Concrete Product Specialist from PROSOCO, Inc will lead the discussion. One (1) Continuing Education Unit available towards RFMP Designation Renewal will be earned by attending the webinar.
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Continue Reading →What is SMARTfit?
SMARTfit is a component of the SMARTspend program that answers the question “How can I complete a roll-out project cost effectively, with the right visibility?” It should be normal for clients and vendor partners to collaborate on the most effective way to execute a project. To accomplish this, we need to:
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Continue Reading →What is SMARTscope?
SMARTscope is a component of the SMARTspend program that answers the question “How can I gain visibility of the condition of my stores and bundle the repairs cost effectively?” It should be normal for a vendor to understand its clients needs and provide a report designed around the client’s standards. To accomplish [...]
Continue Reading →Retailers are seeing a growing demand for their brands worldwide. With this tremendous opportunity comes a handful of frustrating obstacles – communication barriers, difficulty in visibility, and time zone differences. These present a new set of problems for national facility managers.
It should be normal for a retailer to [...]
Continue Reading →A recent online article outed certain big box retailers for their elusive adherence to price match policies. A Gallup poll cites only 19% of Americans have “confidence in big business”. ABC news reported more and more employees experience what they consider to be disregarded verbal contracts on the part of their employer, but [...]
Continue Reading →An entertainment company owns movie theaters throughout the country, many of which were purchased from original owners. While each theater has unique characteristics and nostalgic styling, few meet today’s ADA compliance standards. The client needed a sliding tray installed in a ticket booth and the counter access retrofitted to meet current ADA height guidelines.
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Continue Reading →Click for ADA Sample Assessment
ADA regulations impact almost every part of the way a retail business functions – from the width of its aisles to the height of its counters. There are dozens of potential violations a retailer faces. There are groups popping up around the country who aim to exploit [...]
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