Products submitted
to the New Product Showcase this year were scrutinised by a strong panel of retail buyers comprising Sarah Critchard of Axminster Tools, Mark Nixon of Right Price DIY, Paul Andrews from Home Hardware Southwest, David Dickens from JW Martin & Partners and Pritesh Pancholi of Melton Ironmongers.
They picked out six ‘Best New Product’ Gold award winners and five Silver award winners. The Golds went to: • Garden - Slug Gone by Vitax. • DIY - Everbuild’s Rendagrip. See previous page at bottom right. • Tools - LadderLimb. • Hardware - Youngman Group’s Loft Ladder • Decorative - Samurai Paint’s Canbrush • Security - The Solar Centre’s Astron 64 solar security light Silver winners in the awards AW Tools’ Papillon thorn protective glove in garden. Bagmate in the DIY category. The Solar Centre’s Curve solar motion light and Yale’s digital door viewer in security Polyseam’s IPT building trade adhesive and sealant in the decorative category.
The winning products were swiftly put on display so that visitors could easily review them, whilst at the same time they could also take a look at a display of historic hand and power tools, courtesy of John Collier, of Monument Tools. The 2014 Totally DIY & Totally Tools shows will run for three days from Sunday, February 16th to Tuesday, February 18th in the Jaguar Hall at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry.
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