Home and Things Ltd ready
When the Jamaica observer visited the Old Hope Road branch in Kingston on Wednesday (November 25), Human Resources Manager Janice Bolton-anderson said that additional security and personnel were employed to ensure that COVID-19 precautions are followed.
“Between both stores we will have approximately 215 employees and this is from administration to the car park attendants and extra people to assist us with crowd control. Judging from last year and this year even with COVID-19, we think that we will exceed sales expectations. Last year was something to behold, we were full to capacity. On a regular day, we still have purchasers coming in even with the knowledge that we will be having a big sale today,” she told the Business observer.
HTL’S other branch is located at 68 ½ Constant Spring Road also in Kingston.
“Last year we had to closed the doors and just allow only a certain amount of people in the store at any given period, so that will be done this year again. We will also have one-way traffic within the stores with special indicators on the floor, so that will be able to control the traffic. All in all I will say that our staff is pretty prepared because we have been practising the health protocols ever since March,” she added.
The retailer of home finishings and hardware products offers tiles and laminated floors, bathroom fixtures and faucets, and windows and doors from brands such as Moen, American Standard, Corona, Boston Harbor, Pamesa Ceramica, STN Ceramica, Jeld-wen, and more.
Bolton-anderson pointed out that for this Black Friday customers can look forward to a large range of tiles including porcelain tiles that can be used inside and outside the home. In addition, there are 48”x48” floor tiles and 24”x40” wall tiles. The largest standard wall tile is 24”x24”.
There are also all-in-one toilets, dual flush toilets, slow closing draws for floating vanities and new designs for shower enclosures.
While the sale is in-store only, she asserted that the staff is well knowledgeable about the product lines that HTL carries due to frequent training