VFUK has announced plans to roll out another 50 stores over the forthcoming financial year – which will take it’s total to 400. The stores are being designed so customers can experience services before purchasing, and the extra staff required to show those off and operate the shops will mean 200 more jobs – definitely a good thing.
The new stores will start to appear on the high street and in shopping centres from September starting with Bristol Cabot Circus and White City London in September and Liverpool One in October. It is planned that the majority of the new retail locations will be found, and work completed to turn them into stores by spring 2009.
Customers who are in a hurry will be pleased to know that Vodafone is also investing in store connectivity to speed along the tills and back office systems – meaning faster transaction times ultimately. The increased bandwidth will also see updating digital signage become more common.
I am all in favour of developments that mean I have a store nearer to me, which can speed me through the buying process – this sort of investment is only going to benefit the customer, which may well see Vodafone adding to it’s many millions of subs!
[Via: 3G.co.uk]