Travis Perkins has announced that it is trialling its new PoS systems from OneView Commerce at Wickes, the group’s home improvement retailer.

The pilot went live at the Bristol store over the Easter Weekend, initiating the retailer’s busiest season. Aligning the pilot and planned rollout with Wickes’ peak season allowed the organisation to test out OneView’s capability to handle Wickes’ fast-moving strategy. The pilot demonstrated “rapid promotion setup” that drives increased basket potential and “improved customer satisfaction”.

Wickes store management have reported that the touchscreen interface that simplifies product lookup has helped to improve customer service. In addition, by improving legacy business processes, returns and purchases can now be processed in the same transaction, reducing customer wait times. All promotions are now set up in minutes rather than hours and enable expanded discount functionality.

Neil Pearce, chief investment officer at Travis Perkins, said: “The successful pilot of OneView Digital Store at Wickes is a significant milestone as we embark on our commitment to digital transformation across the Travis Perkins brands.

“OneView’s digital point of sale enables a high level of agility in delivering on operational strategy, and the hosted infrastructure aligns with the Travis Perkins cloud-based business strategy that supports the ability to take advantage of innovative, advanced applications to continuously improve store operations and supply-chain effectiveness.”

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