Case Study: schuh boosts employee financial wellbeing with Stream

Schuh boosts employee adoption to 78.5% with Stream

schuh, a leading UK footwear retailer, needed to provide meaningful financial wellbeing support to its large, young, hourly-paid workforce. The company wanted to move beyond costly pay advances and traditional pay cycles to offer a solution that would ease financial stress, support recruitment, and reduce the administrative burden on its payroll and store teams. They partnered with Stream to implement a complete financial wellbeing toolkit.

Stream provided a platform featuring earned wage access, workplace savings, responsible loans, and financial education tools. The solution achieved a 78.5% adoption rate, significantly reducing staff loan requests by 85% and helping employees save over £200,000. Stream also helped schuh identify payroll issues earlier and became a key benefit for attracting and retaining talent, with 82% of users reporting less financial stress and 88% feeling more in control of their finances.

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