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Can’t believe we are now 6 months into 2026 – where have those months gone?
S EDITORIAL Managing Editor: Stuart Hopwood
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ince the last issue of IER, the team have
been busy attending several events. The Euronics Showcase, on the judging panel
for the AMDEA Excellence Awards, attending the positive yet thought provoking AMDEA Conference, plus, our Linda attended the Sirius Buying Group Conference in Tenerife. Have interviewed Maggie Philbin and raised Q & As with Teresa Arbuckle, along with several other professionals within our industry. Much of our discussions and fi ndings over the past couple of months can be read within this issue of IER, albeit we are having to leave several items owing space availability. This year sees many celebrations in business, including the 100 years Forbes Group are celebrating, as well as 25 years of the Sirius Buying Group of which, personally without bias, as the organiser of all its events for the fi rst two decades on a freelance basis, it’s great to see the group continue to fl ourish. We are now full-on continuing to watch the current state of the market due to forces out of
4 News – SONY RGB Led / Forbes Group100 Years / Chilled with Caple / ICE King Award
5 News – AMDEA Excellence Award Winners
6 Retra Fighting for Fair Competition 8 CIH / Euronics – Together we are Stronger
9 Editor’s Summary of CIH / Euronics Showcase
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10 AEG Cover Story 12 Sirius Conference Summary
32 Summer 2026 PEOPLE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
14 Haier latest 16 Cata – True potential 18 AMDEA Conference 20 ESF Conference 26 Refrigeration Report 28 Repair & Assure 30 Coff ee Machines 32 Outdoor Entertainment Living 34 Versatile and Secure with Sanus
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our control as well as positively looking forward to future developments in products, and services, including the increasing demand for product longevity, repair and recycling. The issue of skilled staff shortages is also a major issue to attract all ages of people into our industry. My long discussion with Maggie Philbin, CEO of TEENTECH of which will be printed at a later date, airs the diffi culties faced yet also provides solutions for young people. Around the corner we have the annual IER
Awards. The judging was intense and not easy for the judging panel. The IER team would therefore like to take another opportunity to say, THANK YOU, to its judging panel for their tenacity in thoroughly wading through all the entries. It must also be mentioned that after such a thorough amount of research and rigorous judging, all the fi nalists are deserving winners in their own rights by reaching this fi nal stage, so WELL DONE. Finally, on behalf of the IER team, we look
forward to seeing you on the 3 July in London. All the very best for now,
Stuart Hopwood, IER Managing Editor 9 30
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