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Three white paint roller covers with different coloured stripe grades

Own Brand Painting Tools For Decorating Retail

Building a decorating aisle that reads clearly and reorders predictably, from one supplier instead of five.

Pain Points

What Goes Wrong In A Decorating Aisle

Retail buyers rarely lose money on unit price. They lose it on returns, on dead stock and on ranges that customers cannot read.

01

The Shelf Does Not Explain Itself

If the grading marks change between deliveries, a customer cannot tell a fine surface cover from a textured one and picks wrong.

02

Refills Do Not Match The Frames

Selling frames from one supplier and refills from another guarantees returns when the fit is not exact.

03

Multipack Counts Are Set Too Late

Pack counts decided after production start push cost into rework and delay the launch date.

04

Barcodes Arrive Wrong

One wrong barcode block stops a whole delivery at goods-in and eats the margin on the shipment.

05

Seasonal Peaks Are Missed

Decorating sells in a window. A shipment landing four weeks late is a shipment sold at markdown.

06

Sample Rounds Never End

Every extra supplier is another sample cycle, another approval and another chance for drift.

Buyer Requirements

What This Buyer Asks For

  • A grading system that survives across widths and across seasons
  • Frames and refills that are guaranteed to fit each other
  • Print, hang tab and barcode handled with the goods, not afterwards
  • Pack counts fixed before the run starts, not during it
  • One approved sample per line held as the standard for reorders
Delivery

How We Support The Programme

  • Stripe colours matched to the grading system you already use
  • Sleeve, header card and hang pack formats quoted with the goods
  • Barcode artwork proofed before the print run is released
  • Covers, frames, brushes and knives loaded on the same packing list
  • Reorders produced against the sample you signed off
6 inch mini roller cover with red blue and yellow stripe bands standing upright

Stripe bands act as the shelf grading system, which is why they have to stay identical between orders.

Typical Scenarios

A Typical Own Brand Programme

Most retail programmes start with three cover grades and two frame sizes, then add brushes and filling tools once the shelf proves itself.

  • Three cover grades coded by stripe colour, each in 4 inch and 9 inch
  • A cage frame and a push-in frame chosen for the local standard
  • A brush block in two or three widths with matched handle colour
  • A filling tool block sitting beside the preparation products
  • Multipacks for the trade customer and single sleeves for the householder
How It Runs

How A Programme Runs With Us

  1. Range Definition

    You send the shelf plan or the existing range. We map each line to a catalogue item and flag anything we cannot match.

  2. Sample Approval

    One sample per line, including the pack, goes out for sign-off. That sample becomes the reference for every reorder.

  3. Artwork And Barcodes

    Sleeves, header cards and barcode blocks are proofed together before any print is released.

  4. Production And Loading

    Lines run together and load together, so the whole aisle lands on one bill of lading.

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Answers

Paint And Decorating Retail FAQ

Can you match the stripe colours we already use?

Yes. Send a physical sample or a colour reference and we will match it so your existing shelf grading carries over without retraining staff.

Do you supply hang packs and header cards?

Yes. Sleeve, header card and hang pack formats are quoted with the goods and proofed before print.

How far ahead should we place a seasonal order?

Tell us your on-shelf date and we will work back to a realistic order date in writing. We would rather refuse a date than miss it.

Can we start with a small trial range?

Yes. Most programmes start with three or four lines and grow once the shelf proves itself.

Who holds the approved sample?

Both sides. We keep the signed sample as the production reference and you keep the matching one for goods-in checks.

Send Us Your Shelf Plan

Email the range you want to build or the one you already sell, and we will map it to the catalogue and quote it line by line.