Goodness – is it Easter already? It’s been a funny old year hasn’t it – the weather’s got itself all mixed up and out of season and business is equally unpredictable, up one minute, disappearing into a black hole the next. We know, we sympathise and we’ll keep on doing all we can to offer you desirable, excellent value products and a good, reliable service!
Actually, our order intake has kept up well over the first quarter – and deliveries and sales have been quite good, too, on the back of excellent shows at the NEC and in Scotland in January/Feb.
Wiemann had a great show in Cologne in January too – where they launched a mind boggling 35 new ranges! Unfortunately for us, that has meant there’s a lot of new products going into production on a phased timetable and here in the UK we’ve had to wait a bit for some of the products we chose for you. Thankfully, the first orders are now being delivered of the fab new Donna with its stunning rustic oak finish; and the classy VIP range, Texas, with its matt white carcases and glossy sahara coloured glass fronts, is just going into production. Our great new overhead bridging unit range, Brooklyn, in oak with gloss black or white doors, is scheduled for production just after Easter – so it won’t be long now!
So, once again apologies for the delay – but hopefully the wait will have been worth it!
Inevitably some of those 35 new products don’t make it into production and we’re also sorry one of those was the Amsterdam. Fortunately we have another range of similar style and quality, launched last year – Alassio – which our Amsterdam fans have been more than happy to switch to.
New trade showroom coming soon!
We’re very excited that plans have now been approved for our new trade showroom at Signs’ store in Edmonton. Signs closed their Romford branch recently but we’re delighted that we’ll be able to replicate the very successful arrangement we had there for four years at the company’s larger, flagship store. The new showroom, with 12 full room set displays, should be ready for business by the end of May/early June – so watch this space for further news.
Exhibition plans
We’re also looking forward to exhibiting at the Minerva show at the Telford International Centre on 29-30 May and are delighted to have an autumn showcase once more, as we’ll be taking part in the Unbranded Furniture Show at the AIS showrooms on 30 Sept–1 Oct, too.
I’ll be at Wiemann’s annual international sales conference in Germany in mid April so no doubt more news after that.
That’s all for now folks – keep calm and carry on!