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D.A.D – Domestic Appliance Distributors – has announced that two new colleagues have joined the team. Mark Harrison has joined as the company’s new Logistics Director. Mr Harrison has over 25 years’ experience in logistics, having worked…
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The UK achieved the highest volume of plastic packaging recycling on record this year. This is according to National Packaging Waste Database figures, and follows last year’s news that, for the first time, the UK market was outstripping…
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InSinkErator is being sold to Whirlpool Corporation for $3 billion, with the transaction expected to complete during the final quarter of this year. The inventor of food waste disposers, and a major player in the specialist kitchen tap…
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The latest economic report from BHETA, The British Home Enhancement Trade Association, into housewares, small domestic electricals, DIY and garden confirms that value and volume figures for these sectors remain higher than pre-pandemic,…
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Tower is celebrating 110 years in business this year by exhibiting at IFA Berlin from 2-6 September – showing new air fryers, floorcare products and kitchen collections at Hall 8.1, Stand 136. Vortx Air Fryers Developed using the…
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Hisense has launched its new PX1-PRO Laser Cinema Projector – offering a fully immersive cinematic experience at the touch of a button, without the need to mount a projector and route cables for power and sound. The PX1-PRO uses a…
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Retailers looking for exclusive top-end products, available from stock and not sold through the Internet, will find a warm welcome and fast service at Pando… These are the words from the company’s Export Director, Inaki Iturbe. “We know…
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ROIDMI has launched the X30VX in the UK – a carpet and hard floor cleaner rolled into one. Following the launch of the cordless vacuuming and wet-wiping X30 PRO last month, the company has added a dedicated dual rotating mop floor…
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By Paul Hide, CEO, AMDEA At the recent Retra Conference there was much discussion on the challenges of online versus instore retailing. It was clear that this topic remains a key challenge for electrical retailers with a history in…
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By Howard Saycell, CEO, Retra After the last couple of years, it would be brave to predict what 2022 has in store. While there is no absolute certainty, the promise of something resembling “normality” is there and the UK economy is…
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In the latest issue of ERT magazine, Paul Laville, Managing Director of T21 Group, shares his first-hand experience of how retailers have fought back against the challenges to be stronger and better for the future. You can read Paul's…
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By Paul Hide, CEO, AMDEA Domestic appliance efficiency has increased greatly over the last decade. For example, today’s most commonly-purchased fridge freezers use 40 per cent less energy than those from just a decade ago. Design and…
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Ben Gilks spent his lockdown not just improving areas of his Bristol-based business, but instead completely rebranding and opening new premises. It was a big move to become NE Appliances during such turbulent times, but talking to Jack…
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Powerhouse doesn’t stand still. The Jersey retailer used lockdown to make changes in store while sales staff became delivery drivers, call centre operators and even online product reviewers! “We learned a lot from the challenges in the past…
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