Merchandiser of the Month for September Named

IMS are pleased to announce the winner of our Merchandiser of the Month Award for September is Andrew Eveleigh.

Andrew was announced as September’s Merchandiser of the Month as a result of his extremely impressive work in the field and committment to quality. Over the month of September, Andrew was highly flexible when arranging his visits in order to ensure that he met with certain contacts at designated times. Andrew also managed to build up a very good rapport with key in-store contacts in order to meet client objectives.
 
Additional instances of good practice achieved by Andrew were as follows:

• Consistently good time keeping.
• Complete and comprehensive response forms.
• Excellent spelling and punctuation on all submissions 

As a result of being named Merchandiser of the Month, Andrew will receive a bottle of bubbly and will also feature in the next issue of the IMS Chronicle. On behalf of everyone at IMS, we would like to pass on our sincere congratulations to Andrew for being named September’s Merchandiser of the Month. 

Notes to Editors  

1. IMSFUSION, The Future Generation of Field Marketing

Field Marketing is a flexible tool used by companies to communicate their brands and evaluate their services out in the field. IMS services range from Mystery Shopping (or secret shopping) in bars and restaurants to merchandising confectionery in supermarkets or auditing razors and toiletries in chemists. Utilising a total e-business model IMS provide Field Marketing activities supported by unique industry leading technology that delivers live interactive results within 24 hours to all clients via their own secure website. IMS Field Staff and Head Office Staff also logon to the IMS website to complete daily tasks such as booking assignments, downloading paper work, uploading results or quality checking completed assignments. Having won the National E-Commerce Award for Innovation IMS are changing the face of Field Marketing for the better with their strategic and tactical solutions. IMS have also launched a new mystery shopping service for small to medium businesses by the name of MysteryShopMyBusiness.com.


2. IMS Directors

Laura Holden – Sales & Marketing Director

Steve Radford – Operations Director

Robert Taylor – IT Director

3. Investors in People

Investors in People is the national Standard which sets out a level of good practice for training and development of people to achieve business goals. The Standard was developed during 1990 by the National Training Task Force in partnership with leading national businesses, personnel, professional and employee organisations such as the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD). The work was supported by the Employment Department..

4. The Direct Marketing Association

The Direct Marketing Association UK is the leading voice for the direct marketing industry (direct mail, telemarketing, e-commerce and more), championing best practice and self-regulation, so that DMA members can gain competitive advantage and maximise the value of their businesses in an atmosphere of consumer confidence and trust.

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