Merchant Zone Helping create…successful business partnerships

Tailored to the demands of domestic applications, the market leading Building + Landscape range provides stockists with the most complete and stylish surface water management offering for driveways, patios, level doorway thresholds, landscaped areas, roofs and wetrooms.

A comprehensive support package is available to merchants from stock profiles, pricing, product training and full merchandising solutions, providing all of the support needed to sell ACO products.

Merchant Support

ACO Academy

Surface water management is one of the most dynamic sectors of the construction industry with new legislation, innovative products and ground breaking materials constantly emerging.

ACO has recognised that knowledge transfer is fundamental in keeping up-to-date with these latest advancements and has a unique training offer that can be accessed online, in-branch or at the state of the art training facility at ACO UK headquarters.

The aim of the academy is to offer builders’ merchants, their employees, domestic contractors and homeowners a free and accessible up-to-date resource to gain knowledge of ACO and its products

Academy Facility

The state of the art training facility is equipped with a substantial product display and learning zone, which can be utilised by groups of any size.

Each course at the training facility is unique and tailored to each group’s requirements and can include a unique tour of ACO’s production facilities.

Academy in Branch

ACO has a nationwide network of product trainers, who offer in-branch training tailored to meet the individual requirements of a merchant branch.

The in-branch training is built on a merchant branches stock profile and covers, an introduction to surface water management and load classes, product features and benefits, product applications and installation details.

Academy Online

ACO’s e-learning modules allow you to find out more about ACO surface water management products at a time that is more convenient for you.

The online modules give users an overview of surface water management, its products and accessories and the applications they are suited for.

The below link will direct you to the Online Academy, where you will be required to create a unique username and password to access the training modules.

Merchandising

ACO has a nationwide network of merchandisers and product trainers, the team are dedicated to helping builder’s merchant branches improve sales turnover, product understanding and deliver market leading point of sale solutions (POS)

The team closely supports merchant branches selling specific ACO products, an approach which has helped merchant branches grow sales and £ margin.

Here is an example of the merchandisers we can offer: