09 / retail
Multi-store decorating packages for UK retailers: night-shift delivery, brand-consistent finish, per-store KPI reporting. Active on Primark, Tesco and M&S rollouts.
When this is the right route
Scope · included
Scope · not included
Sectors
Process
01
Sample-store walk with the estate manager. Brand spec captured (sheen level, RAL, finish to BoH vs shopfloor). KPI agreed (m² per shift, reopen-ready time). Programme overlay with shopfit and M&E trades.
02
Brand-matched paint stack per area. Typically Dulux Trade Diamond Matt to walls, Eggshell to joinery, Floor Coatings to BoH. Variations captured in the programme, not flagged as surprises on the night.
03
Per-store RAMS: masking schedule, dust-curtain plan, fire-route maintenance during night works, lone-working procedure. Issued to PC 48 hours before mobilisation.
04
Rolling night-shift delivery. Reopen-ready by trading-start each morning. Daily progress photo log to estates manager. Slippage flagged before it hits the programme.
05
Per-store handover sheet with KPI line, photo record, snag close-out within 48 hours. Weekly KPI roll-up to estates manager.
On the books
Primark · Hammersmith
Kings Mall, London W6 · Uplands Retail
Case study
Kings Mall, London W6 · Retail
Full shopfloor and back-of-house decorating package at Primark Kings Mall, Hammersmith. Delivered live within the fit-out programme under Uplands Retail. On site from 15 April 2026; the 50% milestone application was issued on programme in May.
This case study supports searches for live-site commercial decorating, retail refurbishment, on-site spraying and aluminium frame restoration by showing the kind of programme, access and handover constraints A Star Decorators handles for national estate clients.
Read project →Built for the people who buy decorating
We are a specialist sub-contractor, not a turnkey fit-out outfit. We deliver decorating, spraying, restoration and coatings under main contractors and direct estate teams.
For main contractors
Variations priced ahead of the request. Per-store handover record. AFPs delivered on the day they're due. We run the way you run.
For estate + FM teams
Survey to handover without closing the unit. Powder-coat restoration with a 5-7 year service life. Run-off, masking and reopening tracked store-by-store.
For retail estate leads
Brand-matched paint stacks against the estate spec. KPI reporting per store. Programme that survives shopfit slippage instead of inheriting it.
Find the right route
Most visitors arrive with a sector problem before they know the coating system. These routes match the way buyers search: home and residential work, retail fit-out programmes, and industrial painting or warehouse coatings.
Domestic and residential decorating
We come from commercial sites: Primark stores, Tesco superstores, occupied warehouses. That discipline carries into residential work. A proper survey before quoting, written dust-control plans, and a room-by-room handover that does not leave loose ends.
Retail decorating contractors
Retail decorating is not about paint. It is about working nights around store teams, matching brand colour exactly, absorbing late variation instructions without losing the handover date, and walking away with a signed snag list. Not a punch list left for someone else to close.
Industrial painting contractors
Industrial and warehouse scopes need the coating system specified by substrate condition, not by what is cheapest to apply. We survey the floor, the cladding, the steelwork and the roof before recommending a system, then plan MEWP access, exclusion zones and drying-time sequencing around live operations.
How we deliver
Twenty years finishing commercial buildings across the UK. Director led, directly employed crews, one programme and one point of contact from survey to handover.
01
Stores stay open. Surveys, masking and run off planned around foot traffic.
02
Night programmes on retail and hospitality estates. Clean before doors open.
03
Rolling 4 to 12 stores a week against a national programme.
04
Offices in Poole and London. Crews mobilised across England, Scotland and Wales.
05
Decorating, on site spraying, powder coat restoration and floor coatings under one PM.
06
Before and after record, gloss readings and written service life on every scheme.
Frequently asked
Depends on geography and scope. Most rolling programmes run multiple stores per week. Capacity confirmed at brief stage.
Yes. That's the operating model. Programme is agreed and locked before mobilisation.
Yes. Each store gets a handover record and a KPI line. The estates manager has visibility before the next day's trading starts.
No. Night works are built into the cost model. We don't add a surcharge after the fact.
We've delivered from convenience-store format up to large supermarket. Bigger stores require more resource, not a different process.
Start a conversation
We will review the service route, access, preparation, finish and likely next step before the job is priced properly.
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