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How to get started with digital marketing

Digital marketing can be daunting with so many options open to businesses. Marketing consultant Hayley Simmons guides you through how to get started and structure an effective marketing strategy

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Internet pricing: a level playing field at last?

Recognising the difficulties faced by bricks-and-mortar retailers, a milestone change in EU competition law will make it possible from June 1 for suppliers to charge higher prices to online resellers than to showrooms.

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Victoria Plum named best performing online bathroom retail site

Online bathroom retailer Victoria Plum is the best performing online bathroom retail site according to the UK 2022 Digital Retail Index.

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Move on from online vs showroom ‘myths’, says Plumbworld boss

Showroom retailers must abandon ‘myths’ about online dealers and accept the ‘new reality’ of doing business to survive. That’s the view of…

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Victorian Plumbing appoints new MD

Online bathroom brand Victorian Plumbing has announced the appointment of Stephnie Judge as its new managing director.

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Victorian Plumbing reports record rises in sales and profits

Online bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing has posted its full-year results for 2019, with record sales of £151.7 million – an increase of 28% over the previous 12 months. Profits jumped 188.6% to £10.1m.

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Victoria Plum acquired by Endless LLP

Online-only bathroom retailer Victoria Plum has been acquired by private equity investor Endless LLP from TPG Capital for an undisclosed sum.

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Online retail: If you can’t beat them, join them

A retailer responds to Nathan Helms, MD of Arte Form brassware, on the impact of the internet on the bathroom market.

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Premium kitchens to boost market by £50m in 2019

Premium kitchen cabinets, appliances and taps will support growth for the UK kitchen market in 2019 against a difficult economic backdrop, new data shows.

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‘The end for online? You’re totally naïve,’ claims Plumbworld CEO

Plumbworld chief executive James Hickman has rejected claims that the challenges facing Victoria Plum are an online problem.

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Amdea: price trumps reputation for online appliance bargain hunters

Almost a third of UK shoppers said they would buy a major domestic appliance from a website they didn’t know to get the cheapest price, according to a new survey.

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Two-thirds of shoppers still prefer stores for big-ticket purchases

New research has revealed that consumers are going in-store rather than shopping online for expensive purchases.

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Online sales fall due to poor e-commerce sites

Almost half of consumers would be more persuaded to make expensive purchases online if websites were more helpful and contained better in-depth…

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Retailers won’t survive if customers can buy below trade

The Bathroom Company MD Lawrence Haddow wades into the European pricing issue that is threatening UK showrooms.

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Tile Mountain to open new £10m HQ

Online retailer Tile Mountain has announced it will invest £10 million in new premises in Stoke-on-Trent.

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How to get started with digital marketing

Internet pricing: a level playing field at last?

Victoria Plum named best performing online bathroom retail site

Move on from online vs showroom ‘myths’, says Plumbworld boss

Victorian Plumbing appoints new MD

Victorian Plumbing reports record rises in sales and profits

Victoria Plum acquired by Endless LLP

Online retail: If you can’t beat them, join them

Premium kitchens to boost market by £50m in 2019

‘The end for online? You’re totally naïve,’ claims Plumbworld CEO

Amdea: price trumps reputation for online appliance bargain hunters

Two-thirds of shoppers still prefer stores for big-ticket purchases

Online sales fall due to poor e-commerce sites

Retailers won’t survive if customers can buy below trade

Tile Mountain to open new £10m HQ

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