best sellers Hargreaves and Son


16-18 Spring Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire Thanks to Martin Coles-Evans


KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer £479-£799


Still the best kitchen appliance you can buy - for good reason


Horwood Stellar Rocktanium cookware £31.50-£198.75 The best award-winning ceramic non-stick cookware - perfect for our in store demos


Le Creuset cast iron cookware £59-£290 A premium product that oozes style and function


Le Creuset TNS premium non-stick cookware £90-£345 Better than ever - and now four times stronger


Robert Welch Designs Signature knives £28-£250 A favourite for many of our home cooks and chefs


Horwood Stellar Hard Anodised cookware £40-£299 Great mid-priced gourmet style cookware


Smidge travel cups and bottles £11.99-£17.99 Good price, bright and effective for those on the go!


Dartington Crystal 'Six' range of wine glasses and tumblers £22 Great quality for everyday use


Emma Bridgewater pottery £19.95-£74.95 Great designs from our local pottery. Always a favourite with collectors


T&G Woodware Pride of Place range £7.99-£79.99 Popular as always and the grey has given the range a big boost


Forma House Concerto tableware £6-£25 Bright, cheerful and well-priced. Suits all age groups


Dualit Lite kettles and toasters £70-£100 Our customers love the design and price


Potters Cookshop 2-8 Main Road, Hockley, Essex


Thanks to Tom Carter


Captivate Brands Mary Berry dinnerware range


from £4.99 Very stylish and appeals to every age range


Chilly’s reusable water bottles from £15 Still can’t believe how many of these we sell every day!


Rayware Price & Kensington teapots £5.49 each Great colour choice


Smeg kettles & toasters £129 each Suit any kitchen with cool retro designs


Wrendale Designs scarf £17.99 each Perfect gift idea and comes with a gift bag too


KitchenCraft Lovello white canisters £12.99 each We order these every week as they are so popular


Le Creuset salt & pepper mills two for £40 Good quality with a lovely colour choice


RKWTower Cerastone Blush frying pans from £12.99 For the price, amazing!


OXOGood Grips Y Peeler £7.99 Best peeler around


Dexam paper straws £2.99 Best quality around and colourful designs


T&G Woodware Pride of Place range from £6.99 I love these products and so do the customers


Magimix 5200xl food processor £319 They are really engaging with our customers at the moment


15 years ago this month in Housewares Magazine…


• JWP’s LocknLock storageware, Global’s anniversary knives, Silverwood bakeware, Bennett’s Krisk bean slicers, Typhoon Retro scales and Emma Bridgewater’s Polka Dot butter dishes were the best-selling housewares products at Barclay Ross in Angus, Dinghams Cookshop (Salisbury), Old Bakery Cookshop (Aberystwyth), The Orange Tree Cookshop (Herne Bay), Pot Stop (Hebden Bridge) and The Works (Haywards Heath) respectively.


• Supermarket chain Waitrose was planning to expand its Food & Home format: a hybrid selling a selection of Waitrose food alongside non-food lines from sister department store group John Lewis, with homeware taking up around a third of sales space.


• Internet shopping overtook mail order catalogues in the UK in 2004 as the most popular form of home shopping for the first time ever, according to market research company Mintel.


• Abraxas Cookshop announced plans to open a branch at Banbury in Oxfordshire in June.


• Housewares, hardware and garden chain Wilkinson (now Wilko) opened its 251st high street store in Brighouse in West Yorkshire, following three branch openings a month earlier at South Driffield in East Yorkshire, Dereham in Norfolk and Erith in Kent.


• A report from market research company Mintel said Britain’s kitchens were crammed with healthier cooking appliances. The introduction of new products such as healthy grills, as well as the continued development of bread makers and steamers, had helped to boost overall growth rates.


Source: Housewares Magazine April 2005


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