INDUSTRY UPDATE
Omega Growth Breaks Through £60m Barrier
Ceramique Internationale – Leading tile company achieves growth despite challenging times
across all its operations, as it approaches half a century in business. The company, also familiar for its Tiles and Mosaics showroom in Leeds,
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has bounced back stronger than ever following the Covid-enforced lockdown, which forced a partial shift to online trading. The boom in online purchasing has continued apace post-lockdown,
while footfall into the Tiles and Mosaics showroom swiftly returned to consistent pre-Covid levels, contributing to an increase of almost 60% in consumer revenue in January 2023. Ceramique Internationale has achieved a similar increase in commercial
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mega PLC celebrates a record turnover for 2022 of over £60million, an annual growth of 22%. CEO Simon Barber,
“I feel incredibly proud that Omega continues to grow its market share by delivering high quality, innovative, made for life kitchens, on time and in full to our customers. Through strategic investment across the business, we have strengthened our team, infrastructure, production capabilities, product design, and sustainable initiatives. We are well placed to strengthen our position further in the years to come.” Omega’s impressive growth is the result of tactical and substantial
investment. During the pandemic and Brexit Omega set itself apart from the competition by investing millions to secure materials and increase warehouse capacity. This certainty in supplies has allowed Omega to deliver industry-leading service levels and price stability giving customers confidence in purchasing. Omega has bolstered its team structure with strategic hires contributing
to enhanced service. Omega always has one eye on the future, and during this period of growth they are prioritising sustainability. Retail Sales Director James Bishton says, “Omega’s combination of
consistent high-quality product, unrivalled reliability of service and complete order fulfilment has been of huge appeal to design consultants, project managers and the end consumer. Price will always be one of the driving factors in kitchen purchases and during this time of economic uncertainty we are providing customers with price stability in 2023 allowing them to quote in confidence, safe in the knowledge the price will not increase this year.”
revenue, due to a huge resurgence in specification projects, many of which had been on hold during the pandemic, ranging from warehouses and car showrooms, to hotels, bars and leisure spas. It recently launched a dedicated website to provide bespoke support for
designers and architects and consolidate its growing reputation within the specification market. This sustained success has given Ceramique Internationale added cause
for celebration as it prepares to mark its 50th anniversary next year. Cameron Fraser, Director of Ceramique Internationale, said: “The past
few years have certainly presented challenges - the pandemic’s impact on trading and the logistical hurdles resulting from Brexit delivered a serious double whammy. “But we tackled the challenges head-on, adapting and evolving - as the
business has throughout the past half century - in order to not just survive, but thrive. “Our phenomenal resurgence and sales growth is credit to the
strong relationships we have built with our suppliers, clients and showroom customers. “We will continue to build on this success in the years ahead.”
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eeds-based tile importer and distributor Ceramique Internationale has recorded a 20% growth in turnover
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