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Home improvement retailer rolls out new facility across seven stores, following launch of national 'online stock check' service in May.
The 'check and reserve' facility, which is hugely successful in sister company Argos, allows customers to select products from the website and check if there is stock in their local store.

Five stores launched the stock check and reserve trial on September 16, followed by a further two stores a month later.

Homebase marketing director Ajay Kavan said: "This is a key part of Homebase's multi-channel development, which started with a website relaunch earlier this year. We will continue to develop our multi-channel proposition and to closely monitor the success of our 'check and reserve' trial.