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Retail Case Studies
1. SUCCESS STORIES
Auditel lowers the cost of doing business
in the retail sector
Lowering the cost of doing business
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2. SUCCESS STORY RETAIL
Auditel: the right recipe for Bakels
Profile Financial Controller at Bakels, Ade Abass engaged Auditel to conduct
British Bakels manufactures a thorough review of Bakels’ essential services overheads. The initial
and distributes a wide range investigation into fixed wire communications revealed potential savings
of ingredients, some of which of an impressive 29% and a further 25% reduction on mobile phone costs
are tailor made. Its customer soon followed by switching to a more cost-effective mobile phone tariff.
base includes industrial Auditel also analysed gas expenditure and negotiated a reduction in gas
bakeries, in-store bakeries, rates when the contract came up for renewal.
craft and food service sectors.
“This last year has been vital for the growth and development
of our business and knowing that all our utilities and SAVINGS
communications costs are under control is a great benefit
in terms of our management time and peace of mind. ”
TO DATE
– Ade Abass, Bakels £15,000+
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3. SUCCESS STORY RETAIL
Auditel turns up significant savings
for Calvin Klein Jeans’ UK operations
Profile Auditel began working with CKJ’s UK Operations Director, Pierre David,
Calvin Klein Jeans is the UK in early 2006. An earlier internal review had failed to achieve sustainable
arm of the international savings because, as many organisations find, staff were too busy focusing
fashion group. They have six on the core business to implement the opportunities they had identified
stores around the country, or to consistently review new opportunities. Working with outsourced
with a flagship outlet at the specialists, therefore, made perfect sense, especially as the self-funding
Bluewater shopping centre contingency fee model meant there was no financial risk in engaging
in Kent and access to the Auditel to make their initial investigations.
main Calvin Klein shop in
Regent Street. “Auditel has the time, experience and knowledge of
suppliers to get the best deals for us. It really is a ‘win SAVINGS
win’ situation; we can focus on running our business and TO DATE
dealing with accounts, but we don’t have the time to
always keep looking at suppliers in such great detail.” £30,000
– Pierre David, UK Operations Director
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4. SUCCESS STORY RETAIL
Auditel applies the brakes to
Dews Motor Group costs
Profile Attracted by the time that would be saved and the share of savings, no
Founded almost a hundred commission, fee structure, Head of Business Strategy and Marketing,
years ago, Dews Motor Group Craig Hamer, and CEO, David Hamer, approached Auditel to see how their
is a multi-site car dealership overhead costs could be reduced and streamlined in preparation for a
based in the North. At their future site acquisition.
5 franchises (2 Vauxhall, Alfa
Dramatic savings on telecoms costs resulted and, impressed by these
Romeo, Peugeot and Ford), in
savings, Dews asked Auditel to manage the electricity and gas at a new
Halifax and Brighouse, they
site, resulting in further cost reductions and the streamlining
sell new and used cars, offer
of end dates to coincide with the rest of the group.
an accident repair service,
provide car and van rental, as “ Not only has Auditel found us substantial savings which
well as giving after sales care, SAVINGS
we’ve added to our bottom line, Auditel also manage our
including MOT’s, servicing business costs meaning we can concentrate on our core TO DATE
and valeting. business.”
£23,000+
– Craig Hamer, Head of Business Strategy at Dews Motor Group
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5. SUCCESS STORY RETAIL
Auditel have saved PizzaExpress
over £4 million in eleven years
Profile John Metcalf, Group Operations Director of PizzaExpress, engaged Auditel
PizzaExpress is noted for the Consultant David Lowe in 1995, to examine cost reduction opportunities
quality of its food and the style for the Guildford restaurant. They had not had good experiences with
of its restaurants. Founded in previous utilities consultants and although impressed by Auditel’s risk-
1965 and originally developed free approach, wanted to tread cautiously. The high quality of the analysis
through both company owned work and the attention to every aspect of implementation of the agreed
and franchised operations, cost reduction recommendations quickly persuaded them, however, that
the successful formula has Auditel would make a positive contribution to their business performance.
resulted in growth to over
11 years later, savings now stand at over £4million!
300 UK restaurants and a
significant international “Our Auditel experience has been, and continues to be, quite SAVINGS
business. outstanding. We particularly value the honest and ethical TO DATE
approach, which gives us complete confidence that they
are working solely in the interests of PizzaExpress.” over
– John Metcalf, Pizza Express £4million
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6. SUCCESS STORY RETAIL
Auditel makes a positive impact
on Plus Shops’ overheads
Profile Escalating electricity costs and service received from brokers in the past
Plus Shops Ltd is a privately had prompted Plus Shops to approach Auditel on the renewal of their
owned shopping centre Kennet Shopping Centre’s utilities contracts.The savings made were
management company. To impressive; 36% on elecricity, 19% on fixed line telecoms and a huge
date they have managed 83% on waste. Delighted by these results, Margo Goodall the Retail and
seven properties, all of which Marketing Executive for Plus Shops asked Auditel to turn their attention
are shopping centres and to the Hart Shopping Centre where the discovery of long term, incorrect
include Hart Shopping Centre billing led to a welcome refund of £48,000.
in Fleet and Kennet Shopping
Centre in Newbury.
“We have found Auditel to be very quick and responsive to SAVINGS
our queries. More importantly within the first six months TO DATE
of working together they have made substantial savings.”
– Margo Goodall, Plus Shops
£130,000+
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7. Auditel is currently making big savings in the retail sector
throughout the UK.
Our advisory service comes at no cost, and we don’t
charge a penny until you see real, quantifiable savings.
Contact us now to find out how much we could be
saving you.
Lowering the cost of doing business
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