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SUPPLIERS HONOURED AT THIS YEAR’S DULUX DECORATOR CENTRES CONFERENCE
Dulux Decorator Centres’ supplier conference was a hit with attendees after the UK’s leading decorating specialist shared the company’s focus for the year ahead.
Dulux Decorator Centres, which achieved its highest sales ever in 2011, shared the company’s growth strategy with its suppliers in a bid to maximise working partnerships and improve the operational excellence of the company. The company also wanted to continue to stand up to the challenges of the recession and increase the value offered to its customers.
Two suppliers that had already demonstrated significant improvements in their working relationships during the course of 2011 were given special recognition by John Adams, head of commercial at Dulux Decorator Centres. Brand communications agency, Refinery picked up the Special award for helping Dulux Decorator Centres with its brand overhaul, which saw the company unveil its new strapline ‘We Know Decorating’. While Barrettine, the decorating products specialist, collected the coveted Supplier of the Year prize for the company’s approach to doing business, its new product offering and its ease of driving complex products through Dulux Decorator Centres’ distribution facility.
On handing out the awards, John, said: “The conference gives us the perfect platform to lay out our ambitions for the business in a way that encourages suppliers to see the underlying opportunities and come onboard with us. I’m hoping it will now lead to even stronger relationships between us and our suppliers.”
Steven Bailey, group managing director at Barrettine, commented on the award win: “For an SME family business like ourselves to get such recognition from such a major multinational is simply fantastic. We have developed a strong two way partnership with Dulux Decorator Centres, particularly as we moved towards central distribution and I am extremely proud of our team, as it exemplifies the quality of service and customer care that is the hallmark of the Barrettine Group. It is very special when a business of Dulux Decorator Centres’ stature recognises and appreciates our performance.”
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