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Housewares supplier DKB has announced that Will
Symonds has been appointed ceo of DKB Manual
Appliances with immediate effect. He succeeds Pierre Thomas, previously head of DKB Manual Appliances, who is leaving the business to pursue other interests. Will Symonds is well known in the global housewares industry due to his 16 years of service at DKB and his role on the board of
directors of the International Housewares Association (IHA). He joined DKB UK in 2003 as international sales manager and became responsible for all of DKB’s international sales in 2005. In 2010 he transferred to Irvine in California to become president of DKB USA, and led the North American business to nine years of continuous growth.
As head of Manual Appliances, Will remains US-based but will share his time between the company’s offices in Farnborough (UK), Irvine (USA) and Shenzen (China), and key international markets. Will has played a key role on the
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senior management team, helping to run the Manual Appliances business globally since 2005. He is supported on the team by Richard George (finance director), Grant Race (marketing director), Nick Hunt (director of design and development) and Nicolas Caillaud (head of international sales) – each of whom have over a decade of tenure. Will said: “We will continue to
follow our successful strategy of building world class brands by connecting with consumers and working closely with our retail partners in order to succeed in the new omni-channel retail environment.”
New face joins Housewares team
will be responsible for advertising sales for ‘Housewares Magazine’ and
www.HousewaresLive.net, as well as the annual Housewares Innovation Awards. Business director Carl
Datateam Business Media, the publisher of ‘Housewares Magazine’, has announced the appointment of Alison Farrell to the role of sales manager. With over 30 years of sales
experience specialising in the print and paper industry, Alison
Hearnden said: “We are thrilled to welcome Alison to the team and are confident that her extensive experience, immense drive and enthusiasm, and refreshing approach will bring great benefits to all the areas she will be involved in, especially ‘Housewares Magazine’ which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.” Commenting on her
appointment, Alison said: “I’m very excited to join ‘Housewares Magazine’ and to become involved in the wider housewares industry – and not just because I’m passionate about cooking! I can’t wait to meet all the people involved in this dynamic market and I look forward to strengthening the relationships that ‘Housewares Magazine’ has forged within the trade, and taking every opportunity to build many new ones.”
• Alison can be contacted on 01622 699197. Her email address is
afarrell@datateam.co.uk
IHA appoints new president
Derek Miller has been named president of the International Housewares Association (IHA), succeeding Phil Brandl who will retire at the end this year. He is currently IHA’s vice president, global marketing, and will take up his new role of president on October 1. Phil will remain at IHA until December 31. Phil said: “We have a great staff and senior management team at IHA, and Derek has been an incredibly integral part of that for a long time. I congratulate Derek and believe he’s a great choice to lead the IHA organisation.” Derek commented: “Having worked in housewares for more
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than 22 years, I’m extremely pleased to continue serving the industry, the International Home + Housewares Show [a trade exhibition held annually in Chicago which is owned and operated by IHA] and the IHA through this new position. I look forward to working with the IHA board of directors and leading the IHA staff to further develop the Show and other projects for the benefit of our entire industry.” The IHA bills itself as the 80-year- old voice of the housewares industry, which accounted for $355.4 billion at retail worldwide in 2016 ($87.1 billion at retail in the US). The not-for-profit,
full-service association sponsors the International Home + Housewares Show and offers its 1,700 member companies a wide range of services.
HOUSE opens fourth store
HOUSE opened a new store, at intu Chapelfield shopping centre in the Norfolk town of Norwich, on Saturday August 4. The branch is the fourth opened by the
Australian retailer in the UK this year. The first opened at the Westgate shopping centre in Oxford on April 16, coinciding with the launch of
www.houseuk.com. This was followed by a store at the Lexicon shopping centre in the Berkshire town of Bracknell on April 22, and a unit at the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield on April 28. Founded in 1978, HOUSE bills itself as Australia’s
largest specialty homeware retailer. It has ambitious plans to open a total of 75 stores across the UK within three years, creating 1,000 jobs.
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Haden collaborates with Lorraine Pascale
Haden has announced its first housewares collaboration with food expert, cookbook author and TV chef Lorraine Pascale. Available from October, the products collaborated on include a Stand Mixer, Air Fryer, Soup Maker, Kitchen Angel Instant Cooker & Health Blender. Haden director Sachin Bagga said: “We’re
thrilled to be working with Lorraine. We really admire her amazing social voice and efforts to spread the word on nutrition and wellness. The products we have collaborated on with Lorraine will enable anyone, right from the budding chef to the kitchen novice, to create dishes they can really be proud of.” Lorraine commented: “Eating well is so
important, but with increasingly busy lifestyles it’s not always possible to make healthy, nutritionally balanced and delicious dishes. So I decided to collaborate with Haden to create cooking products that can help you maintain a healthier lifestyle, but also allow you to be creative in the kitchen.”
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