
The skills for selling in the luxury market
Alexandra Singer, from THG Paris, explains why working in the luxury market requires a special set of skills. [23-5-2022]
Alexandra Singer, from THG Paris, explains why working in the luxury market requires a special set of skills. [23-5-2022]
Mark Young, Fisher & Paykel’s retail sales director looks at how retailers can push the sustainability message even if it doesn’t appear to be a priority for consumers. [19-5-2022]
One client has caused Howard Miller to call into question whether open-plan living is always the best design solution and discusses creating broken-plan spaces. [16-5-2022]
This month, our bathroom retailer tells tales of poo towels, severed toes and sons that need to move out of their parents home. [12-5-2022]
Paul Da Silva outlines his top tips for business planning and the 'Ten S' strategy to build a successful retail business. [4-5-2022]
KBB retail consultant, Paul da Silva, looks back on his early experiences with MFI when he discovered how much easier it is to teach someone product knowledge, rather than how to sell. [25-4-2022]
The founder of specialist KBB research company JKMR, Jayne Barber, can see a future where components and even whole houses are 3D printed and where the customisation of products can be taken to hitherto undreamt-of levels. [18-4-2022]
Smaller kitchen showrooms have many advantages over their larger competitors. Small is beautiful. Here Phillip Ozorio, the founder and design director of Connaught Kitchens, in London shares his thoughts on this widely debated subject. [11-4-2022]
Inspire KBB’s marketing director, Emily Halderthay, explains why online case studies are a valuable way for independent retailers to steal a march on higher-profile national chains. [4-4-2022]
David Yearsley, the chief executive of in-worktop drinks chiller manufacturer Kaelo reflects on how the pandemic has changed what people are looking for in their kitchens and how designers need to embrace that change. [28-3-2022]
Roy Saunders, CEO of components distributor TKC, looks at the impact of ongoing supply issues and price rises and why suppliers need to adapt to support retailers through the challenges. [21-3-2022]
Craig Matson, the chairman of The Kitchen Education Trust (TKET), on why the industry needs to raise its standards and why TKET’s Apprenticeship Degree for the Living Spaces Industry is a step in the right direction. [14-3-2022]