Well, here we are, perched at 2017’s doorstep. As we move past the busy holiday season, we at CLS Facility Services have but one simple question for facility managers like you: Are your signs ready to rock in 2017? We…

Well, here we are, perched at 2017’s doorstep. As we move past the busy holiday season, we at CLS Facility Services have but one simple question for facility managers like you: Are your signs ready to rock in 2017? We…
In our last blog, we talked about the importance of building and maintaining a solid and dependable extended network to handle any and all store maintenance and issues nationwide. Your extended network will serve you well throughout the year—and particularly…
Don’t look now, but Black Friday is right around the corner. Any bricks-and-mortar retailer will tell you that on this busiest shopping day of the year, everything in and about the store must be perfect, from product displays, signage and…
If we were to assemble a few dozen facility maintenance professionals in a room and ask those who expect larger operating budgets for 2017 to raise their hands, chances are pretty good we’d see few, if any, hands in the…
Facility Maintenance Savings Part I: Smart Planning and Implementation with Day-to-Day Services In previous blogs, we at CLS Facility Services have provided strategies and tips for ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of HVAC, lighting and electrical, signage and EMS systems throughout each of your stores….
In our previous blogs on LED (light emitting diode) retrofits, we heralded LEDs as today’s standard for lighting efficiency, and we identified the benefits of lighting retrofit projects for a variety of retail and commercial buildings. We also offered strategies…
In Part I of our three-part series on LEDs (light emitting diodes), we heralded LEDs as today’s standard for lighting efficiency, and we identified the benefits of lighting retrofit projects for a variety of retail and commercial buildings. In Part…
In our last blog on LEDs (light emitting diodes), we heralded LEDs as today’s standard for lighting efficiency, and we identified the benefits of lighting retrofit projects for a variety of retail and commercial buildings. These benefits include: Energy savings…
LEDs (light emitting diodes) are today’s standard for lighting efficiency. Referred to as LEDs because of the small energy-efficient diodes which produce a large amount of concentrated light, the term LED refers to lamps, fixtures, the diodes, and even the…
We hope you’ve found the first three installments in our series, “Selecting the Right Vendor to Service Your Stores” informative and helpful. To recap, in Part I, we outlined important criteria to consider as you devise and implement your selection process….
We hope you’ve found the first two installments in our series, “Selecting the Right Vendor to Service Your Stores” informative and helpful. To recap, in Part I, we outlined important criteria to consider as you devise and implement your selection…
In our first post of the series, “Selecting the Right Vendor to Service Your Stores,” we outlined important criteria to consider as you devise and implement your selection process. In Part II, we’ll share some strategies to use when testing the vendor…