Triplar, the Wellingborough-based retail display, shop fitting
and commercial interiors specialist, celebrated the launch of three
new stores at the recently completed Westfield Stratford City
shopping centre.
The 24-strong company finished new stores totally nearly 400 sq
m for bootmaker Dr Martens, men's tailoring brand Frencheye and
fashion retailer Jeans West's new outlet ahead of Westfield's
opening.
Triplar, which counts Nike, Dr Martens, Nokia, Levi Strauss and
Lush among its clients, worked intensively on the three varied
projects in the run-up to the launch of Europe's biggest urban
shopping destination.
Works for Dr Martens and Frencheye included building a number of
furniture items at Triplar's production facility, which is based on
the Finedon Road Industrial Estate.
Triplar MD Tim Rodwell said: "The buzz and excitement
surrounding the launch of Westfield has been phenomenal, it's not
very often that you get the opportunity to work on three stores in
a development of this scale.
"With contractors covering every square inch on-site to ensure
their stores open on time, we've had to ensure our approach is
joined up and all aspects of the supply chain work like
clockwork."
Triplar's work on the Frencheye store involved a full shop fit;
encompassing all mechanical and electrical works, decoration,
manufacture and installation of all furniture, and fitting of the
shop front and glazing. The team also provided a turnkey fit-out
for Dr Martens and installed everything but the furniture and
fittings for Jeans West.
Shamim Hyder is a director of Jeans West, which stocks Levi's
and G-Star. He said: "This project ran very late in the concept
planning stage and we only had four weeks to build, merchandise and
open the store. A lot of people were doubtful if it could be
achieved in this time scale.
"We were assured by Triplar that they could deliver the store on
time. Having worked with them in the past we had complete
confidence in their planning and execution of this complex project.
Completed on a tight deadline, we are very happy with the high
standard of finish in-store."