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Netherlands
Helping the disabled
Volunteers from Kruidvat the Netherlands visit children and adults with mental or physical disabilities, helping them to tidy up the kitchen garden and petting zoo at the back yard.
Painting with smile
ICI PARIS XL supports the SOS Children's Village by sending volunteers to help painting the village. Volunteer is doing the finishing touches, drawing a wonderful full stop to the happy and meaningful activity.
ICI PARIS XL is Voted as the Best Online and Offline Perfumery
ICI PARIS XL is now the best online and offline perfumery in both Belgium and Netherlands. Besides being awarded as the Best Perfumery Chain in Netherlands for the 11th consecutive time, it also won accreditation of Best Perfumery Webshop with more than 275,000 Dutch consumers visiting its eStore during last couple of months. Its eStore was highly commended for its price level, product quality and wide product assortment.
Excellence for Employee Engagement
ICI PARIS XL is recognised for its excellent employee engagement practices, attaining the global winner title of ORC International’s Employee Engagement Award for the second year to demonstrate its determination in caring its employees – the most important asset of the company.
Kruidvat Ranks Top 3 in Retail Survey
Kruidvat was ranked amongst top 3 of the retail ranking in the Netherlands in a latest study by Q&A Research and Consultancy. Q&A Research surveyed 13,000 shoppers in the country to gain an insight into which chain store are the most distinctive and ready for the future. Kruidvat has achieved a high score in several aspects including customers’ activeness on the Internet, attractiveness of stores, distinctiveness in the marketplace, and indispensability.
Managing energy use in stores
Smart meters are deployed in stores to track electricity consumption and thereafter readjusting electricity usage pattern to successfully reduce overall energy consumption.
Energy-efficient transport
Kruidvat trucks are powered by natural gas which generates a lot less carbon footprint compared to its diesel counterparts. Optimal route planning and truck loading can also ensure fuel efficiency.
Bringing more to community
To reward and benefit the community, staff volunteers of Kruidvat Netherlands take part in different volunteer works twice a year like helping out at a petting zoo, taking senior citizens for a day-out and picking up litter.
Kruidvat Triumphs As Exemplary Employer In The Netherlands
Kruidvat has recently been recognised as the Third Most Attractive Employer in the Labor Market Behavioral Research Survey conducted by the reputable international research and recruitment agency Intelligence Group, for its exemplary performance in HR practices. Rated ahead of many other famous retail brands in Netherlands, Kruidvat's achievement has demonstrated its longstanding caring culture of bringing MORE to the lives of its employee and the trust placed in it by the labor force in the territory.
