Partner
Project
Taking an online-first brand into two new pop-up locations
Services
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Recruitment
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Training & Compliance
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Staff Management
Helping bring one of fashion’s most loyal online followings into two pop-up locations in the busiest shopping destinations.
What we provided
A ready-to-trade team for two stores
ARNE built its following online. Since 2018 the brand has grown a community that turns out in numbers whenever it opens a door, from early pop-ups to its permanent home at Liverpool ONE. The next step was bigger: two new pop-ups, at Bluewater and Westfield Stratford City, opening within weeks of each other.
We helped ARNE open both. That meant finding people who already understood the brand and its customer, getting them trained and ready before day one, and keeping both teams running to the same standard once the doors opened. The result was two openings delivered in a single month, each with a team trading at full pace from the first hour.
Solutions
What problems are we solving?
+1700
Applicants
99
New Team Members
2 Seasonal Pop-Up Stores in London
Pace without compromise - Two openings, weeks apart, in two of the busiest centres in the country’s calendar. ARNE needed a partner who could build both teams in parallel, hold every date, and make sure neither opening came at the expense of the other.
A team who understand the brand - Launching a new store requires the right people in place at exactly the right moment. We took the pressure off GARAGE by recruiting, training, and coordinating a fully prepared retail team, ensuring every role was covered and the store was ready to trade smoothly from opening day.
Ready from day one - A pop-up doesn’t have time to find its feet. With a six-month window, every week counts, so teams were trained, briefed and confident before the doors opened, ready to handle opening-weekend crowds and trade at full pace from day one.
One standard, two sites - Two locations, two teams, one experience. Shared training and day-to-day management meant a customer at Bluewater got the same ARNE as a customer at Stratford, and the brand could see how both sites were performing.