Elaine and I had a lovely trip to Wiemann in Osnabruck the other day – we were invited to join in the company’s 111th birthday celebrations and quite an occasion it was too – with over 600 people in a big marquee – that’s all the staff AND their partners being entertained.
Why am I telling you this? Well the event I think underlines the fact that Wiemann is a very successful company – one of the most respected furniture manufacturers in Germany. It’s well managed and financially sound and it’ll be here next year – and in 10 years’ time. I for one am happy to have invested all my time and energy into representing this one business over here in the UK.
At a time when we are hearing almost daily of both retailers and manufacturers going into administration or liquidation, it actually means something to be able to sell a product with confidence and to assure your customers they will get their goods! We know that consumer confidence is pretty low at the moment and all these well-publicised failures only serve to make them more nervous than ever – particularly over large ticket items they have to wait a few weeks for.
British consumers already see German goods as generally good quality, well-engineered and reliable. Couple that with being able to sell with confidence and that’s two extra benefits you can offer prospective customers! And let’s face, we all need all the help we can muster in the current climate!
Our new look website
If you are reading this, you’ll also be looking at our brand new look website! We have spent the past couple of months updating this site to make it more modern and more user friendly and in particular to include a couple of extra features we hope will be especially useful – our Stockist Finder and our A-Z product listing. The Stockist Finder uses Google Maps technology to identify Wiemann stores nearest to the searcher’s own home and should prove more efficient and certainly quicker than waiting to get an email back from me! We hope you like it: please feel free to send in your comments or any suggestions you might have for improving it or anything else about our products and services!
