Name: Matalan
Description of business: Matalan is a British clothing and homeware brand created by John Hargreaves in 1985. The head office is based in Knowsely, and boasts an impressive 217 stores across the UK. It creates fashion forward women's, men's and children's wear, as well as stylish homeware, at affordable prices.
Mission statement: Matalan's mission statement is to 'provide outstanding value for modern families'.
Aims and Objectives: 'We take our time to listen, understand and evolve to fit changing modern family needs, always with an emphasis on providing the highest quality clothing and homeware for the lowest price. 12 million UK families each year trust us with their precious family budgets and to provide the range, style, quality and value that enable them to run a modern, happy, family home. It's no surprise then that we were recently awarded a prestigious Gold Award at the Mumsnet Family Friendly awards for a second year running.'
My role in the company: I helped the junior buyers on the children's accessories and nightwear department during my 2 weeks there. My tasks included: making sure the sample room was tidy, attend fittings, check post; make sure everything on the clothing labels/swing tags was correct, attend meetings about future trends I also sat in on a meeting with merchandise team.
Staff hierarchy:
Staff hierarchy:
- CEO- John Hargreaves
- Upper Management- Head buyers/designers/merchandisers. Head of departments.
- Department Management- Assistant buyers/designers/merchandisers
- Workers- trainee buyers/designers/merchandisers
Exteriors of a Matalan store
Inside of a Matalan store (ladies wear)
John Hargreaves owner and founder of Matalan
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