EXCLUSIVE: Ocean Bathrooms revamps company during lockdown
AUGUST 7 FAMILY-RUN RETAILER Ocean Bathrooms has made some major investments in its business during lockdown, including revamping its Bridport showroom and starting work on a new showroom in Poole. It also introduced a fi nance package for customers wanting to pay by monthly instalments, new brochures for the contracts and commercial arm and a new TV ad campaign on Sky. Joe Mühl, managing director of contracts and commercial projects, told kbbreview: “I spent the fi rst two weeks [of lockdown] pretty negative, but after that I just thought let’s look for new opportunities. As long as one of the things we introduce works, that’s a
Rixonway Kitchens merges with Magnet CKS
AUGUST 11 RIXONWAY KITCHENS and Magnet Contract Kitchen Solu- tions will now operate as one brand as part of the Nobia Group. President and chief executive of Nobia Group, Jon Sintorn, reported in late
July the plan to merge the
companies as a way to broaden the customer portfolio, aid in logistics and delivery and provide kitchens from budget to high-end.
Andy Gould (left), sales and operations director at Magnet, said:
“Rixonway Kitchens has been offering quality kitchens for decades. By joining forces, it helps to broaden Magnet’s customer portfolio and our ability to offer a service all price groups.” Mark Hughes (right), MD at Rixonway Kitchens and now MD at Magnet CKS said: “We are delighted to be operating as Magnet CKS, as we can offer our customers an unparalleled service proposition.”
great thing to move forward.” The expansion of the contracts market has been on its agenda for more than a year. Mühl said: “Retail is fi ne until people get worried about spending. For the past year or so, I have been working on contracts and commercial. I took the business into another space.”
The showrooms are now being targeted
at the higher end of the
market to give customers an experience in the showroom. The Bridport showroom was due to be completed by the end of August and Poole should open in early October. The third showroom is in the Business Design Centre in London. The Poole showroom will have several experiential aspects.
Häfele supports KBB industry with Here to Help package
AUGUST 11 TO SUPPORT KBB retailers and
manufacturers, Häfele UK has launched a dedicated package for customers who are concerned for the industry post-Covid-19. The Here to Help programme aims to boost sales and enquiries and deliver projects on time and within budget, regardless of the fi nancial, operational and logistical challenges presented by the pandemic. The package is available for new and existing Häfele customers.
Natalie Davenport, head of September 2020 ·
marketing at Häfele UK, said: “Whether businesses are looking for technical, specifi cation or design support, we’re here as an extension of their team.” The package includes price freezes on all products for the rest of 2020 and there is a 50% reduction to the order value to qualify for free delivery until the end of September.
Häfele has brought together several existing added-value services to do with design, specifi cation, order and installation, to make projects easier for retailers and showrooms with a technical team to help with any issues.
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