RETAILER FEATURE
Even though the next big-box store is
about 30 miles away, Matt and Bill knew
how important it was for their customers
to have quick access to a broad selection
of home improvement items. The store is
known locally for its electrical, hardware
and lumber and construction products.
Because the store is located in a remote
area of southern Colorado, one of the coldest
areas of the country, customers rely on Post
Commissary’s highest-selling department—
plumbing—to fix frozen pipes regularly.
“Pipes and fittings account for the single
largest portion of things we sell any given
year for this reason,” Bill says.
The brothers were also eager to imple-
ment new merchandising ideas and bring
in items they’d been eyeing at Blish-Mize
Buying Markets.
“Our store is in a remote location,
which brings about its own challenge in
that we need to stay stocked with just
about everything somebody in a small
town could need,” Bill says. “That’s
where Blish-Mize really shines with a
large selection of goods.
“Blish-Mize is also priced well enough
that if need be, our prices are never that
far off and sometimes better than the
big boxes.”
Trusted Experience
Construction on the expansion began
in April 2013, and immediately customers
could tell something big was happening.
In addition to the brothers building
it literally from the ground up, another
aspect of the store’s remodel is unique—all
materials used in construction were items
available for purchase in-store.
Even with a major remodel happening,
business didn’t stop for Post Commissary.
Matt and Bill relied on Blish-Mize through-
out the building process.
“Blish-Mize staff worked around the
clock to help us move our inventory from
one store to the other when we finished the
new building,” Bill says. “The whole reset
process was done in a weekend.”
Once construction was complete, Blish-
Mize staff and the store’s regular Blish-Mize
sales representative, Terry Lane, were on
hand to help move inventory and develop a
merchandising layout.
“We need to stay stocked with just about
everything somebody in a small town could need,
and that’s where Blish-Mize really shines with a
large selection of goods.”
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