WHILE some people will position themselves on the sofa for Boxing Day and the days thereafter, others will wake up early and head to the shops in search of a bargain or two.
If you are someone that loves sale shopping, chances are you may have had a look around the Next sale once before.
The Next sale is popular with many bargain hunters – with cut price clothing, homeware and accessories too.
A Store Manager at Next named Melanie today took to TikTok to share a behind the scenes look at the preparation that goes into their epic sales.
Known on the platform as @melanieatnext, the retail manager posted her clip just six hours ago, giving customers an insight into how the popular chain prepares their stores for the highly-anticipated sale period.
Of course there's pricing to be done, but you might be surprised to see that the staff also take part in Secret Santa and have a Christmas tipple before preparing too.
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Melanie said: “Here’s a little behind the scenes look at what it takes to plan our Next sale in retail.
“Preparation is the key to success so we have lots of meetings prior to our sale.
“I do run our rotas in advance to give our teams as much notice of shifts and I’ve tried very hard to accommodate shift changes and requests.
“We have got new tickets for this sale which we are getting organised.
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“The Eve of Christmas Eve we actually do some out of hours work and move some of our stock around and position it ready for Christmas Eve ticketing.
“We’ve actually got some new directional marketing for this sale which is actually very impactive and will direct customers to products around our departments.
“It’s Christmas Eve now – we’re going to have our last meeting before we head to the floor to mark down."
Before the staff got ready to get the sale items priced, the team handed out their Christmas presents.
Melanie continued: “We’ve got some gifts to give out, exchanging Secret Santa.
"Here are my team working across the floors to ticket the stock ready for sale and reposition.
“Here is the finished look and we are all ready to go.”
In the clip, we see Melanie’s dedicated team preparing the shop for the big event, as they attach sale price tickets to the reduced clothing.
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Melanie’s video has clearly impressed many, as it has very quickly racked up 68.7k views.
It has 2,370 likes, 31 comments and 34 shares.
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