
Retailers must play their part in selling sustainability, says Amdea boss
Amdea CEO Paul Hide has told retailers that the industry has a collective responsibility to encourage consumers to embrace sustainability. [12-4-2022]
Amdea CEO Paul Hide has told retailers that the industry has a collective responsibility to encourage consumers to embrace sustainability. [12-4-2022]
Retailers at the recent Retra conference spoke out against the threat from manufacturers selling products direct to consumers. [6-4-2022]
Builders merchant Elliotts is to open a new warehouse in Lymington that will incorporate an Elliotts Living Spaces kitchen and bathroom showroom on the first floor. [23-3-2022]
Retailing in the UK is showing signs of stabilising post-Covid with shop vacancy rates falling for the first time since 2018. [17-3-2022]
Elgar Kitchens near Worcester won kbbreview’s New Kitchen Retailer of the Year award in 2021. Chris Frankland meets co-director Lisa Palmer to find out the secret of its success [14-3-2022]
European and UK buying group MHK had a large stand at the kbb Birmingham show this year where it unveiled a hardback book of useful business advice for its members. [14-3-2022]
Alison Evans, showrooms manager at Obsidian Interiors in Cheltenham, understands how exciting and engaging in-store events help cement a long-term relationship with customers [23-2-2022]
Shopper numbers across UK retail destinations were hit hard by severe storms, scuppering any hopes of a half-terms boost in shopper numbers. [21-2-2022]
Diane Wehrle, the marketing and insights director at retail analyst Springboard, considers the wider implications of the global pandemic for bricks-and-mortar retail. [14-2-2022]
Roccia’s 20,000sq ft flagship Preston store claims to be ‘the largest tile and bathroom showroom in the UK’. It added kitchens in 2018. Chris Frankland spoke to MD Zabir Patel about the company’s ethos and humble beginnings [10-2-2022]
This 1930s home is given a modern refresh by Such Designs in London, with the sleek, contemporary kitchen placed firmly at the heart of family life [29-12-2021]
When Sam Woodland and her daughter Hannah left an established kitchen retailer to set up on their own, what made them do it and what were the challenges they faced? Chris Frankland finds out [8-12-2021]