TEAM SPIRIT AT ITS BEST
Staff from different cities play key role in Calgary opening of newest Roots store
The opening of a new Roots store always brings out the best in staff. Mindful of the fast-approaching deadline, everyone pulls together like a well-oiled machine. Great team spirit takes hold. That was certainly the case last week when the latest addition to the Roots retail family opened for business in northwest Calgary in the new Beacon Hill shopping complex.
The critical stage in the ‘Roots 73’ store opening process began on the last Sunday of October when a Roots delivery truck arrived in Calgary, from the distribution centre in Toronto, with products for the store. Under the direction of Senior Visual Merchant Peter Paquette, a team of helpers worked feverishly in some three inches of snow to ready the outlet location for its opening four days later.
The Beacon Hill mall, which also includes Costco, Home Depot, Home Sense and Winners, is currently finishing its first phase, spanning 440,000 square feet of space. It will undergo a major expansion in the coming years as part of its second phase.
The store opening mission would not have been successful had it not been for Peter along with the support of a great team that included Colin MacDonald Visual Merchant, Western Canada; Marie-Anne Laporte, Visual Merchant, Ottawa; Andrew Gerock, Visual Merchant, Calgary; Denise Bazzana, Senior Manager, Chinook; Mark Yoders, Store Manager, Blue Bonnet Outlet; Colleen Weber, Senior Manager, Heartland Outlet; Donna Illfley, Assistant Manager, Windsor Crossing and also to the Roots general contractor Gerry and family who all helped unload boxes from the delivery truck. Shaun Bratzel, former Manager of the Signal Hill Outlet in Calgary, will be the Store Manager of the new 5,000 sq. ft. store.
The opening of a new Roots store always brings out the best in staff. Mindful of the fast-approaching deadline, everyone pulls together like a well-oiled machine. Great team spirit takes hold. That was certainly the case last week when the latest addition to the Roots retail family opened for business in northwest Calgary in the new Beacon Hill shopping complex.
The critical stage in the ‘Roots 73’ store opening process began on the last Sunday of October when a Roots delivery truck arrived in Calgary, from the distribution centre in Toronto, with products for the store. Under the direction of Senior Visual Merchant Peter Paquette, a team of helpers worked feverishly in some three inches of snow to ready the outlet location for its opening four days later.
The Beacon Hill mall, which also includes Costco, Home Depot, Home Sense and Winners, is currently finishing its first phase, spanning 440,000 square feet of space. It will undergo a major expansion in the coming years as part of its second phase.
The store opening mission would not have been successful had it not been for Peter along with the support of a great team that included Colin MacDonald Visual Merchant, Western Canada; Marie-Anne Laporte, Visual Merchant, Ottawa; Andrew Gerock, Visual Merchant, Calgary; Denise Bazzana, Senior Manager, Chinook; Mark Yoders, Store Manager, Blue Bonnet Outlet; Colleen Weber, Senior Manager, Heartland Outlet; Donna Illfley, Assistant Manager, Windsor Crossing and also to the Roots general contractor Gerry and family who all helped unload boxes from the delivery truck. Shaun Bratzel, former Manager of the Signal Hill Outlet in Calgary, will be the Store Manager of the new 5,000 sq. ft. store.
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