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Season Two of the award-winning kbbreview Podcast continues with all the information, chat and market insight you’d expect. Here’s a round-up of all the episodes you may have missed in the past four weeks…
SEASON 2, EPISODE 4 Ocean Bathrooms and Charlie Smallbone A couple of really insightful, honest
and fascinating retailers in this episode but both have very different stories. Joe Muhl is from Ocean Bathrooms – a family business based in Bridport in Dorset but also with a showroom in central London and a brand new studio in Poole. How did he plan that opening through lockdown? And then we have
a man who needs no
introduction and that’s Charlie Small- bone. His experience of the premium sector, as well as managing the ups and downs of the market, is huge and, of course, he’s now running his own Ledbury Studio in Notting Hill – how has he fared in 2020?
SEASON 2, EPISODE 7 Clive
SEASON 2, EPISODE 5 How to build a
sustainable business Believe it or not there is a much
bigger long-term issue even than coronavirus to talk about and that’s sustainability and the environment. In this episode, we’ve got a very special interview with someone really pioneering how suppliers and manufacturers can operate a sustainable business and still make a profi t. That’s Richard Hagan of Crystal Doors and he is on a really insightful, honest and fascinating quest. How do you get started? Is it expensive? How long until it pays for itself? How do you get your staff on board? Richard talks us through his journey and experience...
Christian and The Kitchen Store We talk to David
Dare (pictured left), the owner of ultra-premium kitchen brand Clive Christian Furniture. He only bought the company a year ago, so how has lockdown affected his plans, what has happened to the ultra-luxury market and what constitutes value for money if money is no object? Then we talk to retailer Alan Margett of The Kitchen Store about his decision to keep his showrooms closed through the second lockdown despite, at the time, permission to open. He felt that opening his four showrooms was not in the spirit of the lockdown and just didn’t feel right morally.
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BONUS The kbbreview Retail & Design Awards Podcast
We kick off a very special series of bonus episodes for the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2021 by answering some of the most frequently-asked questions with host Andy Davies and kbbreview editor Rebecca Nottingham. Who can enter? What are the
categories? When is the closing date? And much, much more.
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SEASON 2, EPISODE 6 To open or not…part deux
When the new national
lockdown began
there was, once again, huge confusion among KBB retailers over whether they were allowed to open or not. Back in May, KBB retail was classifi ed as ‘building supplies’ and showrooms were therefore permitted to open. Most did open, albeit by appointment only, and it kick-started a big surge in pent-up demand. So on the eve of national lockdown number two, we talked to some of the leading KBB retailers around the country. How did they feel about whether the same rules applied in the new lockdown? Had they decided to open their showrooms or not?
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Trends: We bring you news of the latest kitchen and bathroom products and appliances to hit the market pgs 42-46
WANT TO TELL US YOUR BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY? EMAIL THE EDITOR:
rebecca@kbbreview.com
· December 2020
kbbreview interview: We talk to new Poggenpohl MD Ralf Marohn about how he intends to revitalise this iconic, uxury brand pg 26
Focus education: We hear from some of the industry’s leading providers about why education and training is vital pg 30
Product Feature: The luxury end of the market is thriving, fuelled by consumers who have saved money during the fi rst lockdown pg 36
Podcast of the Year
2021
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