Future High Streets Forum in bid to save more retailers going under
The Government is to set up a national Future High Streets Forum in a bid to save more retailers from going the same way as…
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Scope Bathrooms Derek Miller talks KBB and Internet
kbbreview columnist and Glasgow-based retailer Derek Miller looks at selling to the i-generation. As I watch my sons navigate their laptops and iPads with an…
B&Q and Wren Kitchens face up over Advertising Standards Authority report
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned marketing claims from kitchen furniture chain Wren Kitchens following a complaint made by rival retailer B&Q. According to…
Who Are Diane Berry Kitchens Manchester
The 2013 KBB Review Kitchen Retailer of the year finalist Diane Berry, also a former winner of the same category, is considered a good example…
Kelly Hoppen MBE talks kitchen design and Smallbone
Kelly Hoppen MBE is the inspirational South African-born British interior designer and owner of Kelly Hoppen Interiors Kelly has, amongst many projects, designed a Gary…
How Offering Customers Finance Can Help in a Tough Market
Andy Wallace, managing partner of point-of-sale finance provider Consumer Credit Solutions, explains how offering customers finance can help in tough market The KBB market…
Are traditional kitchens doomed?
Kitchen designer Darren Morgan considers the place for traditional kitchen designs in today’s digital world of instant gratification, whether selling appliances is just more trouble…
Appliance e-tailer tells independents to ‘grow up’
John Roberts, managing director of successful e-tailer Appliances Online has slammed independent dealers who blame the internet for loss of business. Roberts said he had…
Scope Bathrooms Derek Miller on KBB Sector 2013
Resident kbbreview columnist and Glasow-based bathroom retailer Derek Miller proposes some New Year’s resolutions for the bathroom industry As I gasp at my latest credit…
B&Q triggers row after accusing rivals of yo-yo pricing
B&Q has accused rival multiples of deliberately misleading customers with ‘high-low’ pricing or ‘price establishing strategies’ after commissioning research from Insight Retail Group, the company…