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Open-door, locked-door or appointment-only?

After Covid and being forced to open showrooms by appointment only, some retailers have gone back to being open all hours. Others, however, are embracing hybrid methods of opening or other alternative ways to generate worthwhile leads and customers.

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Design your showroom like it’s your own home, says top retailer

Showrooms should make sure every display is perfect and designed as if they were in your own home, says Gary Parker of TBK Design in London.

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Showroom of the month: BKNC, Islington

BKNC’s new showroom in The Business Design Centre, London allows the kitchen company to share real estate with the UK’s largest home and hospitality exhibitions, creating new opportunities with exciting clients.

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Experience isn’t everything

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.

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Small showrooms but perfectly formed

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.

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Elliotts to open new £5m showroom

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.

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Retailer profile: Obsidian Interiors

Obsidian Interiors already does kitchens and bathrooms and has moved into homewares with plans to take the whole-house concept further. Chris Frankland pays a visit

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The biggest challenges facing showrooms today

Malcolm Scott, the KBSA corporate chair, considers some of the biggest challenges facing showrooms today – from both product and skills shortages to sustainability – and what solutions might work best to deal with these issues.

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Gaggenau to open new showrooms in Europe and Asia

Luxury appliance brand Gaggenau has announced the launch of four new flagship stores and showrooms in Europe and Asia.

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Your showroom must sell the dream, says retail expert

KBB retailers need to understand what makes their customers tick and how to create a showroom experience that makes them want to buy, says one retail expert.

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Retailers gear up for ‘off the chart’ demand post lockdown

Consumer demand for new kitchens and bathrooms is going to go ‘off the charts’ when showrooms are allowed to reopen as lockdown…

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Showrooms need to be more ‘emotional’, says consumer behaviour expert

Kitchen and bathroom showrooms can be more effective by appealing directly to their customers’ emotions, according to consumer psychology expert Phillip Adcock.…

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INSIGHT: Would you go by-appointment-only permanently?

Since Wren reopened back in May, many retailers unlocked their business by operating a strictly by-appointment-only system. But now they can officially…

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20 – To open or not to open

This is episode 20 of The kbbreview Podcast Welcome to episode 20 of The kbbreview Podcast Well, that’s it, you can open…

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BONUS – Designing showrooms that sell

This is bonus episode of The kbbreview Podcast Welcome to a very special episode of the kbbreview Podcast – this is outside…

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Clients ‘very relaxed’ about home visits say retailers

Leading kbb retailers are reporting that clients are not as bothered by social distancing rules as expected when allowing designers into their…

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KBB retailers can open in Scotland

Scottish kitchen, bedroom and bathroom retailers ARE allowed to open immediately – finally mirroring rules in England. This is despite the Scottish…

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Exclusive: Cautious confidence as most KBB showrooms now open, survey reveals

Despite the government deadline of June 15 for the opening of non-essential shops, the large majority of independent kitchen and bathroom showrooms…

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Open-door, locked-door or appointment-only?

Design your showroom like it’s your own home, says top retailer

Showroom of the month: BKNC, Islington

Experience isn’t everything

Small showrooms but perfectly formed

Elliotts to open new £5m showroom

Retailer profile: Obsidian Interiors

The biggest challenges facing showrooms today

Gaggenau to open new showrooms in Europe and Asia

Your showroom must sell the dream, says retail expert

Retailers gear up for ‘off the chart’ demand post lockdown

Showrooms need to be more ‘emotional’, says consumer behaviour expert

INSIGHT: Would you go by-appointment-only permanently?

20 – To open or not to open

BONUS – Designing showrooms that sell

Clients ‘very relaxed’ about home visits say retailers

KBB retailers can open in Scotland

Exclusive: Cautious confidence as most KBB showrooms now open, survey reveals

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