Eight finalists have been chosen for the Electrolux Design Lab awards, which this year saw industrial design students to consider Intelligent Mobility in home appliances. The finalists were selected from a field of 1,300 entrants, throughout the world, and they will present their concepts to a jury of expert designers [...]

Smeg has just created its main range brochure in a CD format to supplement its existing printed copies. This ‘ebook’ has been designed to navigate quickly and easily through the product sections and has been designed for use by consumers and retailers. When requesting a brochure on the smeg website, [...]

Designer radiator and towel rail manufacturer; Aestus has appointed Sue Lincoln as its general manager. With over 24 years’ experience in the industry, Lincoln joins the company from another heating brand. She began her career as a showroom manager; where she was responsible for selling to the public and trade, [...]

Polish appliance brand Amica has just established a Service Centre in Kilmarnock, Scotland, for its white goods. lt will operate alongside a network of service – sellers; engineers and technical retailers that provide service via their own engineers or sub-contractors and the Amica Service network covers England, Scotland and Wales. [...]

Moores Furniture group has doubled the size of its retail sales team to meet demand for its Four Seasons and Shades brands and to support the company’s growth plans. The new retail team will be headed up by retail business manager Scot Greenwood, reporting to Moore’s sales and marketing director [...]

Europe’s largest buying group for consumer electronics, Euronics International has named BSH as Supplier of the Year, within the large home appliance category, for the sixth year in succession. Euronics acts as an umbrella organisation for more than 11,000 specialist retailers in 29 countries and members choose their supplier ofthe [...]

Ken Humphrey, Bosch Home Appliances brand manager, has taken early retirement after 21 years of service. His successor is Rosalinda Buttice who has worked with Humphreys for the past two and a half years. Marketing director for BSH Home Appliances, Rainer Bannwarth commented: “It’s a great shame that Ken is [...]

DIY giant B&Q has gained FIRA Gold Installation Certification for its kitchens, bathrooms and bedroom fitting services. It means that the installation processes, used by B&Q, have passed a series of test to achieve FIRA Gold and will be audited to maintain the level of service. This follows the recent [...]