KBB Review Indepth archive from September 2009
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Robert Laurie
Robert Laurie is design director with kitchen specialist Poggenpohl, where he's worked for 25 years... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Fran Marshall
Fran Marshall has worked in the kitchen business for 25 years and is now product advice team leader with appliance giant BSH... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Bodie Kelay
In his 25 years in the industry, Bodie Kelay has swept the warehouse floor, driven the trucks and done the accounts. These days he's md of kitchen specialist Bauformat... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Lyndsey Merchant
Kbbreview Industry Award winner Lyndsey Merchant is just 25 but already has an experienced eye for bathrooms... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Ian Cram
Ian Cram, northern regional sales manager for Roca UK, tells us how he got where he is today... | |
| FOCUS: Kitchen furniture on a budget
The informed consumer wants style and value for money from retailers. Selling designer kitchens through a recession is not impossible if you can adapt to a desire for both savings and quality... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Adam Aldred Lane
At 23, Adam Aldred-Lane is one of Maytag's youngest key account managers but he has his sights firmly set at the top. Could this be the future boss of Maytag..? | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: David Moorcroft
David Moorcroft has been a sales rep with bathroom distributor Robert Lee for over 30 years... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith may only have two years experience in the kitchen industry but he already has a very hands-on design role at PWS. Definitely a talent to watch out for.... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Stephen Joseph
Retired but not out, Stephen Joseph, ex-managing director of Allied Kingswood, reflects on 43 years in kitchen distribution... | |
| FOCUS: Induction hobs
Induction hob technology has been slow to take off in the past, but with rising fuel bills, is now the time for this niche market appliance to shine? | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Erin Shevlin
Kbbreview Industry Award winner 2009, Erin Shevlin is only 24 but is already reluctantly changing career... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Rod Goodier
RAF veteran and civilian instructor Rod Goodier has been in the kbb industry for 30 years. Currently, he's UK md of German bathroom specialist Huppe... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Benn Klewpatinond
Bristan's design engineer Benn Klewpatinond describes why inclusive design is the future of the bathroom industry... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Joanna Foster
Joanna Foster joined Mereway in 1984 as part of a YTS training scheme. Now she's md... | |
| FOCUS: Water saving showers
Saving water and energy are important considerations for consumers but how do you do it without compromising on usability and style? | |
| FOCUS: BCG Big Tour preview
The BCG Big Tour 2009 kicks off in October and we take a look at some of the things you'll be seeing... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Leanna Fry
At just 25 Leanna Fry is already a senior designer, at Ripples' Tunbridge Wells studio, with over six years of industry and design experience. She was also a runner up in the Young Designer for Bathrooms category at the 2009 kbbreview Industry Awards... | |
| ANALYSIS: The High Street revisited
Back in our 200th issue, our Mystery Shopper travelled to the kbb stores of Basildon and Billericay. Now in our 300th issue, Tim Wallace takes a return journey to the neighbouring Essex towns to consider the changing face of the British High Street... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Paul Tate
Paul Tate is a designer with Coventry-based bathroom retailer Tubbs and Tiles and has been in the bathroom business for over 30 years... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Michael Linsky
Michael Linsky is the Alan Sugar of the lighting industry. He's already the md of a successful business and he's not even 25 yet. He tells us his story... | |
| PROFILE: Mark David's Nolte showroom
After 28 years distributing Nolte kitchens in the UK, Mark David Associates has finally made its plan to open a combined trade and retail showroom, with dealer training facility, into a reality. Kbbreview went along to the Sawbridgeworth showroom's open day to speak to md Mark Evans... | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Mike Godden
Industry veteran Mike Godden is md of kitchen manufacturer Wycliffe of Warwickshire... 02 September 2009 | |
| 25 YEARS OF KBBREVIEW: Donna Redman
Donna Redman, senior purchasing coordinator at VADO, 25, shows just how far a bit of hard work, loyalty and determination can get you up the career path... 01 September 2009 | |
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