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The kbbreview Podcast

kbbreview, Andrew Davies

Kbbreview has been the leading B2B title for the independent kitchen and bathroom retail market for nearly 40 years and The kbbreview Podcast is a stand-out weekly show for this sector.We cover national industry issues, shopfloor concerns, personal stories and expert views. This is an industry spread right across the UK and our podcast community hears directly from KBB retailers discussing their biggest issues. Whether the highly-engaged audience agrees, disagrees or empathises - hearing the real

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All Episodes

35:04

What do retailers REALLY think?

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2024/02/01

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast and the start of a brand new season - Season 11 to be exact - and this is going to be a great one because we're building up to kbb Birmingham and the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2024.And we're kicking it all off with a two-parter looking at the results of the kbbreview Retailer Survey 2024. It's our biggest ever survey of independent kitchen and bathroom retailers looking at some of the key questions:Just what is the average project cost of a kitchen and

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27:25

Awards finalists revealed!

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/12/14

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, your host is Andy Davies and this is a very, VERY special episode.First of all, believe it or not, this is Episode 200 of the show. That's right, 200 episodes of The kbbreview Podcast dedicated to all things independent kitchen and bathroom retail.Thank you so much to everyone who's tuned in, thank you to all the supporters and guests we've had along the way and rest assured we're already planning the next 200.Not literally, we clearly make it up as we go along much

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13:09

AWARDS BONUS PODCAST: Judgement Day

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/12/11

Welcome to another very special bonus episode of The kbbreview Podcast all about the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2024!Yes, the entries are closed and the first stage of judging is complete and that means the reveal of the shortlist for 2024 is imminent.In fact, this episode is coming out on Monday, December the 11th as a little precursor for the big show on Thursday - that's December 14th.That episode will be the first unveiling of the full rundown of finalists for the 2024 awards.That list

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16:48

INSIGHT 2024 - Steve Breen, VitrA

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/12/07

Welcome to the kbbreview Podcast and this the final episode of our Insight 2024 series of conversations with industry leaders.At a time when the economic outlook is uncertain at best, what lessons can we learn from 2023 and what are the educated guesses about what may happen in 2024. Where are the opportunities? Where are the pitfalls? And where will we be in a year's time?In this episode we're talking to Steve Breen, the managing director of VitrA UK - a big bathroom brand of course that he took

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13:04

INSIGHT 2024 - Dave Mayer, Reginox

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/12/06

Welcome to the kbbreview Podcast and this another episode of our Insight 2024 series of conversations with industry leaders.At a time when the economic outlook is uncertain at best, what lessons can we learn from 2023 and what are the educated guesses about what may happen in 2024. Where are the opportunities? Where are the pitfalls? And where will we be in a years time?In this episode we're talking to a hugely experienced guy who knows the kitchen sector inside out and that Dave Mayer, the

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18:10

INSIGHT 2024 - Alex Ainge, Cyncly

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/12/05

Welcome to the kbbreview Podcast and this another episode of our Insight 2024 series of conversations with industry leaders.At a time when the economic outlook is uncertain at best, what lessons can we learn from 2023 and what are the educated guesses about what may happen in 2024. Where are the opportunities? Where are the pitfalls? And where will we be in a years time?In this episode we're talking to Alex Ainge from Cyncly - a company that has had a very eventful 2023 after the mergers of

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12:01

INSIGHT 2024 - Simeon Gabriel, Hettich UK

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/12/04

Welcome to the kbbreview Podcast and this first episode of our Insight 2024 series of conversations with industry leaders.At a time when the economic outlook is uncertain at best, what lessons can we learn from 2023 and what are the educated guess about what may happen in 2024. Where are the opportunities? Where are the pitfalls? And where will we be in a year time?We're starting with a big name from a big brand and that's Simeon Gabriel, the managing director of Hettich UK. Hosted on Acast. See

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26:45

What's going on with supplier communication?

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/11/30

Welcome to the kbbreview Podcast, your host is Andy Davies and this is Episode Seven of Season Ten,And this week we're talking all the communication retailers get from their suppliers.Now clearly this was a massive issue during Covid and the supply problems that accompanied the huge boom in business.But how has it changed, has it got better or worse since, and what exactly is 'good' communication anyway?And how does the traditional role of the rep fit into all this - what exactly do retailers want

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26:31

Johnny Grey

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/11/23

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, this is Episode Six of Season Ten and this week we've got a very special guest - Johnny Grey.Johnny is, as you probably know, one of the most high profile designers in the kitchen arena and has been for decades. His boundless enthusiasm for design and the role the kitchen has in our lives, in society and in history has led him to not only continue his own eponymous practice, but also push forward formal education and debate about the subject as a whole.Now he's

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28:55

Is there too much choice?

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/11/16

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, your host is Andy Davies and this is episode five of season ten.And today's episode is all about choice - To be or not to be? Should I stay or should I go? The hokey cokey...Deciding between one thing and another is hard enough but when customers are buying a new kitchen or bathroom they have thousands of possible options in front of them.But can you have too much choice?Are there just too many products on the market? Just how many sinks or basins, taps or showers,

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24:41

How's business? (bathroom edition)

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/11/09

Welcome to the kbbreview podcast, your host is Andy Davies and this is episode four of season five.So how's business with you at the moment? That's a hard question to answer isn't it? There are so many variables and uncertainties that being definitive and forecasting even a short way into the future is really, really tricky.A couple of episodes ago, we were at the KBSA Conference asking retailers there that very question - here's the link to that one if you haven't heard itNow it's the turn of

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19:31

AWARDS BONUS: Top tips from reigning champions

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/11/07

Welcome to another special BONUS episode of The kbbreview Podcast all about The kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2024.We're running this special series between now and the big awards event in March and it's all courtesy of our 2024 Awards Podcast Partner - Sonas Bathrooms.In this episode we'll be meeting two of our big winners from the 2023 awards - held back in April in the great city of Cardiff. We have Joanna Geddes from our Kitchen Retailer Of The Year Kitchens by JS Geddes in Kilmarnock,

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30:54

The Water Label (and why retailers NEED to know about...

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/11/02

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, your host is Andy Davies as always.This week we're looking at something really interesting that's been around for quite a long time but hasn't really managed to get much traction with retailers - and that's the Water Label.In a nutshell, it's the water efficiency equivalent of the energy ratings label that all appliances have to display. It's a scheme that's been developed by bathroom manufacturers under the auspices of a body called the Unified Water Label

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27:41

The Retailer Debate

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/10/26

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast where your host is, as always, Andy Davies,Today's episode is a really, really interesting discussion between some top retailers recorded at the recent KBSA Conference. It was billed as The Big Debate and it did cover several topics but here we're going to concentrate on two:Firstly, is the inclusive/multi-generational market viable for independent kbb retailers? Should there be more dedicated displays in showrooms? What existing products work well and what's

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24:06

How's business?

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/10/12

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, your host is Andy Davies it's a brand new season - and would you believe we're at Season Ten. In this episode, we're asking a very simple but very relevant question - how's business?There's no doubt that the market is uncertain, unpredictable and unwilling to play nicely so that very straightforward question has lots of different possible answers depending on where you sit.So Andy has been at the KBSA annual conference at The Belfry to meet up with loads of top

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AWARDS BONUS: Richard Sloan - Sonas Bathrooms

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/09/26

Welcome to the kbbreview podcast, and welcome to the first of our official bonus episodes all about The kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2024.That's right, the biggest and longest-running awards event in the UK kitchen and bathroom industry is back and in 2024 we're celebrating an amazing 30 years. A few weeks ago we did an episode announcing that entries were open and giving a whole heap of top tips for putting together winning entries - if you haven't heard it we really recommend it as it really

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36:16

The pros and cons of consumer finance

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/09/21

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, your host is Andy Davies and this episode is officially episode ten of season nine. That means it's the last full episode of the season and what a series it has been - we've talked about resolving disputes,, packaging, apprentices, Howdens, installers, recruitment, the state of the market and much, much more. If you haven't heard them all - and your reason for not doing so had better be good - you can find them all at kbbreview.com/podcast.For our final full

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12:25

The customer journey with Cyncly - Part Two

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/09/19

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast and welcome back to the second part of our special series in association with Cyncly.In part one a few weeks ago, we met designers Hugo Castro from Wilson Bathrooms in Glasgow and Manish Hirani from Moiety Kitchens in London and we started our look at how they use Cyncly products such as Virtual Worlds and Winner to take their customer through a journey. Here's the link to that episode if you haven't heard it, and we do recommend it as it is really interesting to

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33:55

What's going on with recruitment?

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/09/14

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, this is Episode 9 of Season 9 and Iyour host as always is Andy Davies.It's our penultimate show of the season and it's a real state-of-the-industry one today as we look at an area that is a real bellwether for how we're all doing - and that's recruitment.Redundancies and job losses are always an indicator of a significant downturn, however the paradox is that there are still significant skills gaps and vacancies that can't be filled - good people are still really

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21:39

BONUS: The Lawcris sustainability story

The kbbreview Podcast ·

2023/09/12

Welcome to the kbbreview Podcast, your host is Andy Davies and this is another very special bonus episode of the show where we get to meet some of the industry's leading suppliers and really get under the skin of what makes them tick.Today it's a great one as we talk to leading distributor Lawcris about a subject that is shaping, guiding and creating the business now and into the future - and that's sustainability.It's a huge topic, but so, so important and this is a great case study of how one

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