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The kbbreview Podcast: Insight 2023: Simeon Gabriel

Our guest is Simeon Gabriel, the new head of Hettich in the UK. So how does he look back at 2022 and how is he seeing 2023 play out?

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The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E7: Instagram for retailers

We talk to Josh Delane from The Woodworks in London about Instagram for retailers and how he has grown his followers to over 150,000.

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The kbbreview Podcast: Insight 2023: Stephen Johnson

I’m talking to Stephen Johnson, the head of Quooker in the UK. His remarkable and rapid rise to the top has seen his brand become one of the most recognisable and respected in the industry.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E5: Housing market latest

First is advice from our business judges at the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2023. Then we’re talking mortgages and the housing market.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E4: Need help?

In The kbbreview Podcast, we’re looking into what help is available to you and anyone who works in the wider KBB industry if you fall on hard times.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E3: Retailer roundtable – part two

We’re going to deal with another couple of BIG subjects, including probably the biggest of them all at the moment, the floundering supply chain in some categories and the disruption it is causing the retailers day-to-day business.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E2: Retailer roundtable – part one

We’re going to hear from a roundtable of top retailers discussing some of the biggest topics in the industry – post-lockdown business, supply chain problems, training and sustainability.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E1: Would you get all your appliances from AO?

We’ve got an exclusive interview with Anthony Sant, he’s the managing director of AO Business – now over the last couple of years many of you will have turned to AO with a furrowed desperate sweaty brow to try and fulfil those elusive appliance orders.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E10: How do you pay your staff?

This week we’re looking at a topic that affects every single retailer in the country – what and how do you pay your staff? In particular we’re looking at sales designers – do you pay low salary and high commission? Or high salary and low commission? And how do you even work out what that commission is going to be in the first place?

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The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E9: Linda Barker

Welcome to the kbbreview podcast, this is episode 9 of Season 5 and your host as always is Andy Davies.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E8: Entries are open

This episode is all about the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards as past winners, answer some of the questions we get asked the most, hopefully dispel some myths and we’ll give you our top tips for putting together a winning entry.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E7: Appliance availability update

The availability of appliances is still causing massive headaches for kitchen retailers, we speak to Luke Harding, the MD for the UK & Ireland for Electrolux.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E6: Designing a new bathroom showroom

This week we’re talking all about bathroom showrooms with a fantastic case study from TBK Design, North London.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E5: Who’s responsible for sustainability?

What can the manufacturer do to engage retailers and consumers? We’re talking it all through with BMA CEO Tom Reynolds and Dan Lintell, the sustainability manager at Triton Showers.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E4: The KBB industry in numbers

With so many scary numbers floating around about the economy we thought we’d ask two of our favourite researchers to come up with a couple of interesting numbers each that they believe really illustrate the current state of the KBB market.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E3: Project planning during shortages

This week we’re looking at project planning with Darren Taylor of Searle & Taylor and Phil Beechinor of Alexander Kitchens.

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The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E1: Display deals

The products you choose to display – and how you display them – are vital parts of any kitchen studio but how do you choose the right ones?

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The kbbreview Podcast: Insight 2023: Simeon Gabriel

The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E7: Instagram for retailers

The kbbreview Podcast: Insight 2023: Stephen Johnson

The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E5: Housing market latest

The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E4: Need help?

The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E3: Retailer roundtable – part two

The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E2: Retailer roundtable – part one

The kbbreview Podcast: S6 E1: Would you get all your appliances from AO?

The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E10: How do you pay your staff?

The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E9: Linda Barker

The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E8: Entries are open

The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E7: Appliance availability update

The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E6: Designing a new bathroom showroom

The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E5: Who’s responsible for sustainability?

The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E4: The KBB industry in numbers

The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E3: Project planning during shortages

The kbbreview Podcast: S5 E1: Display deals

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