did two of these aisles today. tried working around the dividers that could stay in the same place, but ultimately it was faster to remove all of them, wipe the shelf liner and stick new ones. the set was fairly straightforward and it was the push that killed us. one time saver was sliding the backer paper in between shelves with product on rather than removing shelves to change it. what was your struggle and i will try to help? i am fairly NIR also.. but we were able to complete the sets in a reasonable amt of time. we are 6am start as well.
I will be setting both isles tomorrow, I'm pretty sure I have to remove all the product to put new dividers on to match new product location.
Did you demerchendise the whole isle or did you set one section at a time?
I generally found it was best to demerch one section, set it, restock it with what you removed/what comes out of other sections, then repeat with the next section. Hopefully a decent amount comes out of the other sections, so they'll be less and less work to demerch as you work your way down the aisle. For the first few sections the amount of stuff left over after each section (in carts, or tubs, or however you're managing it) will gradually increase, but then once you get past the halfway point you should find you have less and less stuff left over after each section. Tearing the whole thing down and setting it all at once and then stocking works best--but only if you're overnight. You definitely won't get away with it at a 6am store (I couldn't even do it at a 4am store unless the STL was out of town

).
Of course this all assumes you've got a transition this time around that doesn't involve major changes, like swapping Brand X from Hair A to Hair B and Brand Y from Hair B to Hair A. When that sort of stuff goes down, you're pretty much screwed no matter how you look at it. It will be a rough morning for shampoo and conditioner sales, no way around it. (And, as we all know, it will just so happen to be the morning that
every single guest in the store decides that she
absolutely must have shampoo and conditioner. Again, no way around it.)