The kbbreview Podcast

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, this is episode 29 with your host Taylist Media managing editor Andy Davies

Anyway, we’ve got a great show this week as we’re focussing on the state of the market in Scotland. First of all, I’ll be catching up with retailer Keith Wilson at the Perth Kitchen Centre and then we’ll head over to Falkirk where I’ll be talking to James McMorrine from Carron Bathrooms.

Both very well-established businesses that have a unique take on what’s going on in Scotland.

DESERTED KITCHEN ISLAND DISCS
Keith chose Great by Idles

https://youtu.be/3CzNOD7ukMA

James chose Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones

https://youtu.be/SGyOaCXr8Lw

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Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, this is episode 28 with your host, Taylist Media managing editor Andy Davies.

If you want to get in touch with Andy then you can email him at [email protected].

On the show today we’re talking websites, social media and digital marketing and, in particular, what the next steps are if the lockdown has started you on that journey for the first time. We’ll be talking to Chris Lunn from marketing agency Digity.

Then we’re chatting to someone brave enough to launch a big new range into the market at this time and that’s Bodie Kelay at Euromobel with his new venture Villeroy & Boch Kitchens.

If you’re interested in advertising in any of the Taylist Media titles – Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms for consumers, kbbreview for retailers or Studio for interior designers and architects then get in touch with Tara on [email protected]

You can find out more about Chris Lunn and Digity here

You can find out more about Bodie and Euromobel here

DESERTED KITCHEN ISLAND DISCS

Chris chose Moving To New York by The Wombats

Bodie chose Never Forget You by Noisettes

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Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast from Taylist Media, this is episode 27 and your host as always is managing editor Andy Davies.

First we have the view from one of the biggest brands in the sector-  Hansgrohe - and we’re chatting to UK managing director Jay Phillips. How does he see the market right now and what will happen in the future? 

And we have Phillip Adcock, an expert in the psychology of shoppers and how retailers can steer their brains into thinking what you want them to think – in the most positive possible way of course – to make a series of marginal gains in terms of how confident they are in buying from you. Absolutely fascinating stuff.

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You can find out more about Hansgrohe in the UK here

And you can find Phillip Adcock’s site here

DESERTED KITCHEN ISLAND DISCS

Jay chose I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash

Phillip chose Your Song by Elton John

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Welcome to a special bonus episode of The kbbreview Podcast from Taylist Media.

In this extra episode, we have another dip into our other show – the Kitchen & Bathroom Design Podcast – where we’re just put up this episode all about ‘Safe Design’. If you like the sound of it, we’ve got another 26 episodes for you to go and binge.

All you need to do is search ‘kitchen and bathroom design’ in your podcast app or go to podcast.kbbreview.com and that link is in the episode description

In this episode...

Do kitchen and bathroom designers sometimes play it too safe when it comes to the architecture of the space?

Is putting a farmhouse-style kitchen in a quaint cottage - or indeed an ultra-contemporary kitchen in a brand new apartment - the path of least resistance?

Is it a designer’s job to challenge these kind of conventions and produce the project that will come up with something that meets the client’s brief but also surprises them, in the best possible way, with something unexpected?

This all came out of blog written by designer Keith Myers of The Myers Touch in Winchester, in it he challenges this idea of ‘Safe Design’ and, put simply, asks whether or not your kitchen should match your house. 

So we sat down with Keith to find out more about what he feels ‘safe design’ is, and we roped in another great designer Graham Robinson from Halcyon Interiors based in Wigmore Street in London to get his perspective.

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This is episode 26 of The kbbreview Podcast from Taylist Media with your host Andrew Davies.

First up, we’re talking to Jonny Westbrooke from The Furniture Maker’s Company – the livery company and charity that, along with many other things, provides support to members of the furniture industry who have fallen on difficult financial times – very relevant at the moment of course and Jonny tells us what practical help they can get.

Then we’re talking to the father and daughter team of Mick Murphy and Natalie Peters from Norfolk retailer Kitchens Etc. A really interesting business, and Natalie has just finished the Kitchen Design Degree course and she’ll be tells us all about it.

SAVE OUR SKILLS

You can see all the candidates so far from our Save Our Skills campaign here... 

If you've recently been made redundant from a role in the kbb sector then read this Q&A to find out how you can be up on our Save Our Skills page…

We've also got independent retailers taking us up on our offer to post their job vacancies on kbbreview.com for FREE. Have a look at them here... 

If you're a retailer with a vacancy, have a read of this Q&A to find out how to get your job ad published for FREE… 

THE FURNITURE MAKERS COMPANY

You can find out about The Furniture Makers Welfare scheme here…

KITCHEN DESIGN DEGREE COURSE

Find out about The Kitchen Education Trust (TKET) – the body that links the kitchen industry with the education sector here…

And details on the kitchen design degree course here…

DESERTED KITCHEN ISLAND DISCS

Jonny chose Teenage Kicks by The Undertones 

Natalie chose Dance Monkey by Tones and I 

Mick chose Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones

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Welcome to episode 25 of The kbbreview Podcast from Taylist Media with your host Andy Davies.

In this episode we're looking at how kbb retailers can do more with the data they collect from their current, previous and potentially new clients. Using good data can hugely improve the effectivness of your marketing, according to our guest David Barker from Inspire KBB.

Then we welcome Amir Reske to the podcast, he's the MD of Caesarstone for Europe, Middle East and Africa and he's got some great insight into how the UK market compares to the rest of Europe as we all emerge from lockdown to differing degrees.

Anyone retailers interested in post FREE job ads on kbbreview.com as part of our Save Our Skills campaign can find out more at this Q&A.

You find out more about David Barker and Inspire KBB here

And all about Caesarstone here.

DESERTED KITCHEN ISLAND DISCS

David chose Distant Sun by Crowded House

Amir chose Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi

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Welcome the kbbreview Podcast from Taylist Media, this is episode 24 with host Andy Davies.

As always, we have a couple of really interesting guests. First up we have a very switched on bathroom retailer from down here in London  and that’s Sam Colwill from Bathrooms By Design. He’s got some interesting views on how they need to adapt to how the consumer will research and purchase bathrooms in the future.

Then we have Paul Jenkinson from Faith Furniture – he’s another proudly British manufacturer who believes that UK retailers will look more towards home for their products.

You find out more about BathroomsByDesign at their excellent website

Equally, you can see about Faith Furniture at its site.

DESERTED KITCHEN ISLAND DISCS

Sam chose Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Paul chose Happy by Pharrell Williams

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This is episode 23 of The kbbreview Podcast with a couple of very interesting guests. 

Firstly we have Jane Blakeborough from KBB researchers Trend Monitor. We teamed up with them to run a survey of consumers looking at whether they will continue with existing kitchen and bathroom projects or start new ones after being stuck at home for so long. Here's a write up of the main results.

Then we have the overall winner of the Lockdown Special design competition Scott Lawrence from Yeo Design. He’s going to talk us through the design so if you haven’t seen it yet, here is the direct link.

DESERTED KITCHEN ISLAND DISCS

Jane chose I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

Scott chose Near Mint by Deleter

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Welcome to episode 22 of the kbbreview Podcast from Taylist Media.

We’re back after a little bit of a break and we have a great couple of guests to kick off the latest series of episodes – firstly we have the return of Luke Wedgbury from Coalville Kitchens in Leicestershire. You may remember him from episode one, and he’s got some very good news about how his business has been faring during the lockdown.

Then we have an insight into how the lockdown has been affecting the developer market with Ben Algate at Whiteleaf Furniture – very interesting and positive stuff it is too...

You can find out more about Coalville Kitchens at https://coalvillekitchens.com/

You can find out more about Whiteleaf Furniture at https://whiteleaffurniture.co.uk/

DESERTED KITCHEN ISLAND DISCS

Luke chose Shiny Happy People by REM

Ben chose Stool Pigeon by Kid Creole & The Coconuts

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Welcome to episode 21 of the kbbreview Podcast from Taylist Media with managing editor Andy Davies

In this episode we’re talking to a couple of very interesting guests with some very insightful views on the market as we emerge from lockdown.

Firstly, we have David Barber, he’s the new managing director of Ideal Standard in the UK and what a time to take that big chair. 

Then we have the return of Tony Robson from retailer Day True down here in London, he’s going to update on how things are going for him since we last spoke – episode 10 if you want to go back. He’s done some very interesting marketing which is definitely worth hearing about and he’s also got some strong views on the supplier-retailer relationship.

You can  find David Barber on LinkedIn  and see more Ideal Standard at their website

You can find Tony Robson on LinkedIn and see more about Day True at their website. You can see their interview with Tom Aikens here .

DESERTED KITCHEN ISLAND DISCS

David's choice was Reach For The Stars by S Club 7

Tony's second choice was True by Spandau Ballet

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