How Kotsovolos Filled Two Visual Merchandiser Roles Fast with linq Sourcing+

Kotsovolos is Greece’s largest chain of electrical and electronic appliances, founded in Athens in 1950 and now operating 97 stores across Greece and Cyprus. With more than 3,000 employees and as a member of the PPC Group, the company leads the Greek market in electronics, white goods, mobile devices, and home appliances, serving millions of customers both in-store and through its online platform.

At a company of this scale and with such an extensive physical footprint, in-store presentation is not a secondary concern. Visual Merchandising determines how products are displayed, how store environments align with brand standards, and how customers experience each location. Across a 97-store network, the absence of this capability in even one location can have visible consequences.

Kotsovolos has an internal talent acquisition team responsible for hiring specialist roles, including the type of specific, time-sensitive search represented by the Visual Merchandiser brief. When urgency demands fast tooling and faster results, choosing the right platform matters.

Kotsovolos had an immediate need to fill a Visual Merchandiser role. In large retail chains, this type of requirement carries an implicit deadline: stores continue to operate, and every day without the right person in the role is a day the in-store experience falls below standard.

The practical challenge in this scenario is not only finding the right candidates, but moving quickly enough to secure them while they are still available. Strong Visual Merchandisers in the Greek retail market are in demand, and their availability windows are often short. A hiring process that moves too slowly risks losing the best candidates before evaluation and decision-making can be completed.

We provided immediate support to Kotsovolos from the very first contact. We began with a full walkthrough of the linq Sourcing+ platform, enabling the Kotsovolos talent acquisition team to use every feature effectively from day one, without losing time to onboarding.

At the same time, we advised Kotsovolos to contact interested candidates directly and without delay in order to preserve candidate availability throughout the evaluation process. That combination of rapid platform activation and practical process guidance shaped the success of the search.

From 22 targeted requests and 14 total applications, 7 candidates expressed genuine interest. The search concluded with 2 successful hires for the Visual Merchandiser role.

Urgent retail searches do not reward slow processes. The Kotsovolos engagement demonstrates what happens when platform access, fast onboarding, and direct sourcing guidance come together in a time-sensitive hiring brief. Two successful hires from seven interested candidates reflect a pipeline that was built quickly and operated efficiently.

Filling two Visual Merchandiser roles gave Kotsovolos the in-store capacity it needed without the delays that often affect urgent searches when the hiring process is not structured for speed. For a retail chain where the in-store experience is a direct competitive factor, closing that gap quickly delivers measurable operational value.

The Kotsovolos engagement demonstrates what linq delivers when urgency is the defining constraint. The walkthrough that enabled the platform to be used immediately, the guidance to move quickly with interested candidates before availability closed, and the responsive support throughout the process were the operational decisions that turned a time-sensitive search into two successful hires.

linq works for companies of every size and structure. The Kotsovolos case demonstrates that it also performs effectively for Greece’s largest retail chains, under the same conditions of urgency and operational pressure that smaller companies face every day.

Facing an urgent need for a Visual Merchandiser or another specialist retail role? linq Sourcing+ is built for exactly this type of situation.