500th issue 90%
Retailers who said they trust more than any
other media brand in the sector
Our job is still to understand what it's really like to be an independent KBB retailer and
produce opinion, analysis, insight and ideas that genuinely help you run your business. That might sound like an obvious thing for a B2B magazine to say, but it's surprisingly difficult to do well. Markets change, businesses change and, yes, readers change. Staying relevant means constantly listening, asking questions and sometimes admitting we've got things wrong. That's why the results of our recent retailer survey* meant so much to us. Ninety-two per cent of retailers told us kbbreview understands the independent KBB sector better than any other media brand. Even more importantly, 90% said they trust us more than anyone else. For any publication, trust is everything. It's built slowly, can disappear quickly and should never be taken for granted. Knowing that so many of you place that trust in kbbreview is something we're immensely proud of, but it's also a responsibility we feel every single day. Perhaps nowhere is that relationship more evident than at the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards. They're a celebration of the talent, creativity and resilience that exists throughout this industry and next month we'll begin the search for the 2027 winners. Five hundred issues is a milestone we're incredibly proud to reach but that longevity depends on readers who engage with it, advertisers who support it, businesses that trust it, and an industry that's willing to share its successes, failures and opinions. So thank you. Thank you for reading, for contributing, for challenging us when we've got things
wrong, for celebrating with us when we've got things right and, above all, for trusting us. We don't take any of it for granted, and we'll spend the next 500 issues working just as hard to deserve it.
kbbr 88%
Retailers who said that if they could only win one award it
would be at the Retail & Design Awards
August 2026 kbbreview
5 0 0
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*Online survey of 100 independent kitchen, bedroom and bathroom retailers, June 2026.
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