The kbbreview Podcast

kbbreview, Andrew Davies
The kbbreview Podcast

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 voices of peers is so important for knowing they’re not alone and are part of a wider industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. InstallerSHOW LIVE: How's business?

    24 JUN

    InstallerSHOW LIVE: How's business?

    Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, your host is Andy Davies and this episode was recorded LIVE today (June 24, 2025) at the InstallerSHOW 2025.  Today we’re talking about the most important topic of all at the moment – and that’s the health of the kbb independent retailer market after a difficult couple of years.  We did a snapshot survey of retailers a couple of months ago and the results were very mixed. Nearly a quarter said they're more confident than ever about the health of their business, while one in five said they are worried or extremely worried about the future of their business… Nearly half said they expected the market to get better before the end of the year, but 15% still say they think the market will get worse in 2025. So what’s going on? Joining Andy today were top retailers, and friends of the show Trevor Scott from RFK in Rugby; Tina Riley from Modern Homes in Leamington Spa; Luke Wedgbury from Coalville Kitchens in Coalville and Liz Pantling-Jones from Lima Kitchens in Milton Keynes. We're talking.... How their business is right nowHow increases in supplier prices are affecting their businessWhether supplier service levels have dropped as they manage their own costsHow consumers are behaving and whether they're decision making process continues to dragHow difficult it is to find good staff - including installersHow they're tackling the market head on to drive footfall and leads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min
  2. Interview: Phil Cole, Clive Christian

    17 JUN

    Interview: Phil Cole, Clive Christian

    Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, your host is Andy Davies and this is Episode Three of Season 15. We've got a great interview for you today - Phil Cole, the co-owner of Clive Christian.  Founded in 1978 by Clive, it has become one of the few well-known kitchen brands in the ultra luxury arena - certainly in the traditional style.  It's had it's ups and downs though as we will hear, going into administration in April 2022. That's where the then global sales director Phil Cole bought the company with Jim Denos - the owner of the US operations. So we'll hear all about that, how the luxury market is performing, what people expect for the kind of costs they deal in, how discretion is a valuable skill, finding skilled artisans, how to keep growing and lots and lots more. Andy met up with Phil at their flagship London showroom - which is actually a beautiful townhouse in Kensington and sat at a desk in a proper wood-panelled office... But first…. We're only a WEEK away from the InstallerShow at the NEC where everyday at 1:30 on the Kitchen Of The Future stand we'll be recording a LIVE episode of this very podcast. On Tuesday the 24th we'll have a panel of top retailers discussing the health of the marketOn Wednesday 25th we've got some greatest accessible design experts giving us some proper top tipsOn Thursday 26th we're looking at how small to medium, sized KBB showrooms can use social media to grow their business. So that's 1:30 on the Kitchen Of The Future stand come along listen in, join in or just say hello. Go to installershow.com to register for your FREE ticket. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    37 min
4.9
out of 5
36 Ratings

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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 voices of peers is so important for knowing they’re not alone and are part of a wider industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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