{"id":5463,"date":"2020-06-04T11:48:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=5463"},"modified":"2020-06-02T16:12:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T15:12:37","slug":"supporting-our-customers-to-meet-new-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/supporting-our-customers-to-meet-new-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting our customers to meet new demands"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

As small businesses have needed to adapt how they operate or change what they supply throughout the UK\u2019s lockdown, one InXpress franchisee went the extra mile to support their customers\u2019 new approach.<\/h3>\n

As a small business themselves, InXpress Derby have been able to empathise with their customers, throughout the pandemic. Changes to how businesses needed to operate in order to stay open in lockdown, gave franchise owner, Stephen Whatton, plenty of scope to support his customers as they adapted. <\/p>\n

One company, Mulitcolour, sells Danish oil for protecting fencing, sheds and outdoor areas, have seen their orders rocket, \u201cBefore we went into lockdown, they were shipping around 30 \u2013 40 parcels a day with us. But since then, as everyone moved to online shopping, they are now processing anywhere between 300 \u2013 400 parcels a day. To help them manage this, and allow them to maintain their own excellent customer service, we arranged two collections, morning and evening, rather than our client having to remember to arrange collection.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Stephen noticed there was a way in which he could support his client further, and remove some of the headache of processing so many new orders in a day. \u201cWith more people making improvements to their gardens, and some of their competitors having to close, our customer had a massive influx in the number of people ordering their oil. So, I suggested they integrate their eBay and Amazon accounts with our webship platform, which they did. I talked him through how to do this, to make the integration easier. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision was a huge benefit to him, and has saved our client so much time, mainly because they no longer have to manually create and print labels. Had he decided not to integrate his systems, he would have been overwhelmed by the sheer volume of orders, and wouldn\u2019t have been physically able to handle the increase, which would have meant switching off his online store, and losing business.\u201d<\/p>\n

A second client, Parafly, contacted Stephen a few weeks ago, to say they were going to start sending out hand sanitiser, and PPE cleansing products specifically for the jewellery industry. As a company their normal business is to supply lighting and specialised fittings for jewellers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur customer wanted to be able to help their customers reopen, whilst also being able to start trading again, after the lockdown. So, they had an idea to develop products which would enable jewellers to reopen, with new hand sanitiser and cleansers which wouldn\u2019t damage the precious metals and stones they handle. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo support their goal, I arranged for preferable rates, so they could ship their new line of cleaning equipment, as quickly as possible. We also arranged a daily collection, so the client didn\u2019t have to worry about trying to arrange collections each time, and could focus on making the urgent items his customers needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

As an InXpress franchise, you have the ability to support your customers, and ease some of the burden many small businesses have been feeling. \u201cTo be able to accommodate the changes our customers have implemented, during the pandemic, is a good feeling. I love that our business has allowed us to help keep other small businesses trading.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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