best sellers Harts of Stur
Sturminster Newton, Dorset Thanks to David Conduit
Falcon Products Bake-o-Glide
induction hob protector from £12.95 Protects the hob top from scratches without affecting the use of the hob. If you have an induction hob, you’ll understand why
KitchenAid Mini Processor £57.95 Good looking, compact product
Horwood Stellar Rocktanium twin fry set £49.95 Good quality for the price. An easy pick-up
Dexam School of Wok woks from £12.60 We’re enjoying a sales boom in woks, and these are among the best
KitchenCraft Colourworks paring knives £3.50 each They sit on our counter and sales never seem to slow
Creative Products Mighty Little Duster £2.99 One of those products with a chirpy chap on a screen telling you how good they are. Sold thousands
PortmeirionWrendale mugs £9.60 each Could be any item with the Wrendale design really, but always popular in-store and online
Burgon & Ball indoor planters from £4.99 Ideal for brightening up any home on a budget
T&G Woodware Pride of Place range from £13.50 Been around for a few years, but continues to sell
Pyrex 0.5L measuring jug £7.49 A JUGgernaut!
Denby Imperial Blue tableware range from £10 Could have chosen any one of several colours, but still a brand people love to own
Kilner breakfast jar set £9 Stylish, reusable and saves on plastic packaging
Trevor Mottram
33-37 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent Thanks to Sarah Wood
Chilly’s reusable water bottles
from £20 We sell so many of all sizes and colours, it’s bonkers!
Clarity Brands 24Bottles stainless steel bottles from £14.50 People like the non-insulated aspect as they are lighter to carry
OXO Good Grips swivel peeler £8 Timeless well designed robust product
Avenida Homeplacemats from £14 Beautiful and aspirational. Some people only buy one, some buy 12
Dexam stainless steel and silicone straws £6.35 Well, have you tried a Maccy D's milkshake with a paper straw?
Eddingtons Rabbit egg cup pails £7.25 Nicely boxed and good Easter present
Burton McCall Bamix stick blender £100 Staple favourite. Nothing flash, it just works better than all the others
DKB Household UK Zyliss Corn on The Cob forks £1.99 Fun colours, great pick-up line - and they lock into each other
Metaltex Bag Clips £1.50 What do people do with bag clips? We all need them, but we sell tons of them
Forma House Nu Bento bamboo cutlery from £3 Fabulous eye-catching range: something for each pocket
HausWusthof Classic Ikon knives from £73 Amazing knives, customers love them – and a fab company
Forma House Sagaform Oak stopper decanters from £26 They fly out: nice product, great price - the perfect gift
10 years ago this month in Housewares Magazine…
• Eddingtons’ Poach Perfect silicone egg poachers and KitchenCraft’s Gas Ring Reducers were the best-selling housewares products at Tewkesbury Cookshop in Gloucestershire and Houseproud of Morningside in Edinburgh respectively.
• Five retailers including the UK’s Steamer Trading were honoured as 20009-2010 Global gia winners at the International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago for excellence in home and housewares retailing. The other winners were Ambiente Gourmet (Columbia), I Love My House Barazzoni (Italy), Galeria Kaufhof (Germany) and Stark & Whyte (Canada).
• The Conran Shop opened a pop-up shop in Westfield London shopping centre to showcase the retailer’s ‘Well Considered’ range, aimed at the younger generation. Launched by design guru and The Conran Shop founder Sir Terence Conran, the 900sq ft outlet was targeted at ‘customers looking for their first experience of The Conran Shop’.
• Grocery chain Waitrose announced details of a tie-up with best-selling cookery writer Delia Smith and Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal. Billed as ‘a dream alliance that is set to be the envy of the food retail world’, the culinary duo were appointed food ambassadors for the Waitrose brand, making their joint debut in Waitrose’s first-ever personality fronted TV advertising campaign.
• Lakeland expanded abroad with the launch of its first store outside the UK. The housewares chain opened a 5,000sq ft outlet in the Mirdif City Centre shopping mall in Dubai. With a shopfit similar to Lakeland’s Durham store, the Middle East shop offered a ‘very similar’ range to UK branches, with most of the UK lines of kitchenware, home storage and cleaning solutions on sale.
Source: Housewares Magazine April 2010
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