LOTS TO REPORT !!

Sunday Sept 21

Great progress has been made in the past week. As you can see in the pictures we have our offices and the break room all set up. Just about all the "profiling" has been done, that's where we put up the shelves and peg hooks according to the plan-o-gram from ACE. This past week we received two semis full of stock and have made good progress in putting it on the shelves....

(Bills office on top, Harrys below)

As you can see here we also received and set up the checkout counters and the service center counters. The electrical has also been dropped to these counters. This past weekend the phone and sound system was installed so we now have phones scattered throughout the store....

We are also pleased that our new entrance doors and entrance mat have been installed.

This is the Custom Frame counter. The wall behind it will be covered with a grey carpet to hold the frame samples.

As of Saturday Sept 13

All shelving units are up & most of the "renovation" work is done...

I know it's been a while since my last update here but until now there wasn't much to show. This past Wednesday two trucks of fixtures were delivered. Thursday the crew arrived to set them up. The crew of seven assembled all the shelving in 1 1/2 days, they were a pleasure to watch (see pics below). Also on Thurs. the computer company came to start the installation setting up our main server and a work station. In addition we are able to get to the internet via a wireless laptop and the painters put the finish coat on the walls.

Next Tuesday the first of six trucks of merchandise will be delivered, with two each week. Monday some of the new staff will start. So far everything is coming together nicely. Many comments from people in the area basically saying...

" they can't wait to have a hardware store back"