NEWS
New paint collection between Crown Paints, Elle Decoration and Homebase
Homebase has been exclusively selected to be the only home and garden projects retailer
in the UK to stock
the new paint collection from the world’s leading design magazine, Elle Decoration and Crown Paints.
Elle Decoration by Crown Paints is a premium, durable
interior emulsion offering a matt finish with long-lasting protection for walls and woodwork. The collection is formed of 60 multi- surface shades inspired by innovation and sophistication, which are split across six different colour stories botanical, drift, powder, crafted, obsidian, and feather.
AkzoNobel has launched its Digital Report 2019
AkzoNobel has launched its
Digital Report 2019, which highlights the company’s continued progress during another year of transformation, innovation and investment in the future.
The dedicated website includes
coverage of
comprehensive the
company’s
financial results and key business developments. Several case studies – with related videos – also feature prominently and highlight some of the year’s success stories for the company. In his CEO statement, Thierry
Vanlancker says the company should be proud. “We sent a strong message about our ability to achieve our financial ambition. It was impressive to experience our internal momentum during the course of the year as we intensified our focus on
dramatically stepping up our return on sales by the end of 2020,” he noted. The
latest online report
features a revised sustainability section, which has been structured around the company’s new “People. Planet. Paint”
approach. It offers a
detailed review of AkzoNobel’s sustainability performance and highlights the major progress made in areas such as total VOC emissions
(down 24%)
and absolute greenhouse gas emissions (down 16%).
Packed with interactive content and infographics, the digital
report opens with a
user-friendly home page, while intuitive functionality makes it easy to access information. Visitors can also make use of tools to compare key data and download tables.
New dates for Hardware Fair announced
Botanical shades are earthy; drift
shades encompass a spectrum of blues; powder shades are natural; crafted shades are inspired by pink fabrics and textiles; obsidian shades challenge the norms of monochrome; and feather shades embrace the calmness of white.
Waitrose.com prepares for Ocado split
Waitrose is starting a national online adding
roll-out programme, its
Waitrose.com
online delivery service to 24 more of its shops. The shops are strategically to handle increased
placed
demand for the retailer’s online shopping service in preparation for its split from Ocado. From 1 September, Ocado
is going to lose the rights to sell any Waitrose products, so Waitrose food and drink will exclusively be available online on
Waitrose.com.
Its Hailsham shop is the first of 24 to be receiving a Waitrose. com service for the first time over the coming months. Currently 150 of the retailer’s shops cover deliveries across the country with
New ecommerce director for Kingfisher
Kingfisher has announced the appointment of Sue Harries as group ecommerce director. Harries joins from Screwfix, a Kingfisher Group company, where she served for 15 years, most recently as director of ecommerce. During her time at Screwfix, she increased online sales by 80% and
over a third of all Screwfix sales are now transacted online. In this new role, a key part of Harries’ responsibilities will be to significantly drive ecommerce sales across the Group. JJ Van Oosten, chief customer and digital officer at Kingfisher, said:
“We are always especially proud to promote colleagues from within the business, so I’m delighted to announce Sue’s new role. She has played a key part in growing Screwfix’s digital channels, and now the full Group will benefit from her drive and expertise.
The International Hardware Fair, which was postponed this year, has a new date. It will be held on 21-24 February 2021 in Cologne, Germany. The new date was set in consultation with the industry and is meeting with broad acceptance by the exhibitors. All existing contracts with the exhibitors remain valid; hall occupancy for 2021 reflects the existing plans from 2020 on a 1:1 basis. There will be just one leading trade fair for the hardware industry in Cologne in 2021: Asia-Pacific Sourcing, which was planned for March, will be integrated into the Hardware Fair. The next event after that will then be held as planned, in Spring 2022. All paid tickets will be automatically refunded. Koelnmesse will centrally issue these refunds in the coming weeks; there is nothing further for ticket buyers to do. The International Hardware Fair is the world’s leading platform for innovation and business in the hardware sector. Some 3,000 exhibitors had been expected in 2020, including around 1,200 from China.
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84% of active UK postcodes able to order
Waitrose.com shopping. In addition to the new 24 shops, significant work is underway with the current online shops, to further increase their order capacity. And a new Customer Fulfilment Centre is due to open in Enfield in the coming months to respond to a surge in demand.
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