Blog archive from January 2011
| DESIGN VIEW: Range cookers
Holly Johnson, marketing manager, Falcon looks at trends in the range cooker market... | |
| Positive thinking
The anonymous designer known as 'The Kitchen Mogul' says Kevin McCloud should thanked for starting an important debate... | |
| MARKET ANALYSIS: Kitchen sinks and taps
Dave Mayer, sales and marketing director of Reginox UK... | |
| Down to earth
Deputy editor Tim Wallace reports on the latest trends at the Living Kitchen Exhibition in Cologne... | |
| Margin for survival
Michael Kimball-Smith says the power of the internet means new techniques for sales must be found... | |
| MARKET ANALYSIS: Shower enclosures
David Osborne, managing director, Roman examines the shower enclosure sector... | |
| Sale now off?
Editor Andrew Davies asks when discounting should enter the sales process... | |
| Driven to distraction by McCloud
Valerie Cutts says people choose products by need and aspiration, and that's where the value lies... | |
| DESIGN VIEW: Kitchen sinks and taps
John Swain, product manager for Franke UK looks at the sinks and taps market... | |
| Foot in mouth
Bernard Griffith pulls no punches in his assessment of Kevin McCloud... | |
| MARKET ANALYSIS: Range cookers
Nigel Jacobs, managing director, Euroline sales and marketing, sole UK importer of Bertazzoni, looks at range cookers... | |
| Hardly Ideal...
Editor Andrew Davies on the woes of Ideal Standard and the UK bathroom industry as a whole... | |
| Price... not the same as value
Bill Davies says an expert eye is needed to appreciate true value... | |
| DESIGN VIEW: Shower enclosures
Sandra Hyde, marketing manager at Aqualux takes a look at trends in the enclosure market... | |
| New year, new start?
Editor Andrew Davies gives his top ten New Year resolutions for the KBB industry... | |
| You can tell the difference
Stewart Woodruff says the value in kitchens is the human effort that's gone into it... | |
| MARKET ANALYSIS: Built in ovens
Ruth Ferguson, marketing manager at Gorenje gives her opinion on the state of the built in oven market... | |
| Culture shock
Is it time for a new approach to selling and to abandon the concept of the never-ending sale? Tim Foley says the Arthur Daley days are numbered... | |
| DESIGN VIEW: Kitchen flooring
Harvey Booth, sales manager for Kährs (UK), looks at why wood flooring is growing in popularity in the kitchen... | |
