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Tool theft: What do retailers think needs to be done?

After last month’s major tool theft rally, we asked the KBB industry’s retailers for their own opinions on this issue, and how they think can be done to solve the problem

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Alexander continues family legacy with new appointment

Alexander has now become a third-generation family company, as founder Terry Linkhorn’s granddaughter, Lucy Beechinor, has joined the business as an assistant.

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Phil Beechinor: ‘Everything was done on a Saturday in the showroom’

To round out kbbreview’s 40th anniversary celebrations, Phil Beechinor, managing director of Alexander, walks us through some of the biggest changes he’s seen across his career.

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Installing a positive culture

Whether you’re a lone wolf looking to expand, or a large outfit seeking to improve customer satisfaction, you may be able to learn a thing or two from Alexander managing director, Phil Beechinor, who has operated his own installation team for more than thirty years.

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Case study: Traditional with a contemporary twist

Phil Beechinor of Alexander explains how he set about fulfilling its clients’ strong vision for a practical kitchen for cooking and entertaining in this 1920s property.

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Artwork for the supplier communication episode of The kbbreview Podcast

The kbbreview Podcast: What’s going on with supplier communication?

This week we’re talking all the communication retailers get from their suppliers. Has it got better or worse since Covid and how has the role of the rep changed?

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Are brands still failing to communicate?

Phil Beechinor, managing director of Alexander in Worthing reflects on how the Covid pandemic changed the way that suppliers communicate with their and retailers, and how things are still not quite back to how they used to be

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Inside an award-winning installation company

Many may have been surprised when Worthing KBB retailer Alexander won our Installation Company of the Year award. But while Alexander is the retail face of the business, separate company Masterfit does all of its fitting.

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Retailers very positive as more showrooms open

Customers are lining up to make appointments as the independent kitchen and bathroom retail market opens its showroom up to genuine consumer…

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Tool theft: What do retailers think needs to be done?

Alexander continues family legacy with new appointment

Phil Beechinor: ‘Everything was done on a Saturday in the showroom’

Installing a positive culture

Case study: Traditional with a contemporary twist

The kbbreview Podcast: What’s going on with supplier communication?

Are brands still failing to communicate?

Inside an award-winning installation company

Retailers very positive as more showrooms open

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