DELIVERING FIRST MI ELECTRONICS STORE IN THE UK
Fixtures and fit-out for a consumer electronics store
Modern space for cutting-edge electronic gadgets
Xiaomi is a Chinese, international retailer that specialises in design, manufacture and distribution of smartphones, applications and other consumer electronics. The company’s first product was the Mi1 smartphone
CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS
Supporting MI with their first store in the United Kingdom
The investor approached CAPS via a recommendation. They needed a reliable supplier for a flawless and on-time delivery of their first store at the UK’s premier shopping Centre location in Westfield, White City, London. We made it happen! The Mi store was officially opened on November 18, 2018, as scheduled.
CASE STUDY
Delivering fixtures and fit- out for a consumer electronics store
Store fixtures manufacturing and fit-out
We have been doing shopfitting across Europe for over 15 years.
How do we manage to meet the needs of such a demanding retailer?
It’s all about our operations model built on our own key resources and business philosophy based on:
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- own manufacturing facilities
- team of experienced designers and engineers
- own installation teams + partner network
- SAP system in use
- efficient supply chain management
- great customer service
Big challenge – little time
In just 6 weeks we transformed a raw unit with no floors and ceiling into a fully fitted retail space.
CAPS manufactured and installed all the store fixtures and fittings.
Outcome? The client was very happy with the result. They were also very impressed that the CAPS team took care of so many issues that were technically out of our control and still met the deadline for the store handover.
CAPS manufactured and installed all the store fixtures and fittings.
Outcome? The client was very happy with the result. They were also very impressed that the CAPS team took care of so many issues that were technically out of our control and still met the deadline for the store handover.
We tackle challenges every day
We successfully handled a number of project management challenges making sure the client could open the store as planned:
- at this exceptionally busy time of the year, shortly before Christmas, we managed to coordinate all the material supplies to site from relevant suppliers
- due to on-site noise restrictions imposed we had to complete a lot of works at night. We worked on two shifts, day and night, installing glass elements which arrived, as per manufacturing lead times, just a few days before the handover
- as no materials storage on site was allowed, we had to deal with them on a ‘just in time basis’, following a 48 hour minimum booking in process.
