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shows, which add to their desirability. Consumers are also becoming more aware of their many benefits. Providing a sleek, spacesaving alternative to a kettle, they help to keep the worktop clutter-free, which is particularly helpful in smaller or open-plan kitchens where consumers are looking to create a streamlined, cohesive design. Models such as our Vapos, which has waterconditioning technology, provide exceptional accuracy for scale and acidity control for increased boiler protection, which means outstanding food and beverage quality.”

In order to compete across the hot tap market, premium manufacturers also need to be more creative in terms of materials, style and finishes being offered: who says a hot tap should only be chrome and with a contemporary design? Abode has answered this call for variety and has just launched its PRONTEAU 3 IN 1 steaming hot water tap. Providing your customers with more choice, this new model is available in two styles – PROSTEAM and PROSTYLE - are made of solid brass construction and feature an insulated spout with 360º rotation. If that’s not enough, each new “Hot water taps are increasingly being seen on high-profile cooking shows, which add to their desirability. Consumers are also becoming more aware of their many benefits. Providing a sleek, space-saving alternative to a kettle, they help to keep the worktop clutter-free."

model is available in five exciting finishes, Chrome, Brushed Nickel, Graphite, Matt Black and Urban Copper for the height of coordination.

It is only a matter of time before we see kitchen designs integrating hot tap technology from initial concept. Therefore, if this is an area of the market you’re relatively new too, make sure you do a little market research on the latest brassware technologies to hit the industry as realistically, it may be your next customer that raises the question of an instant hot tap needing to be installed in their kitchen.

SIRIUS LAUNCHES NEW DIGITAL PLATFORM TO DRIVE SALES

Sirius Buying Group, one of the industry’s major buying groups of electrical appliance and kitchen retail has created a new online platform to optimise its digital route to market and drive more sales to its network of UK Sirius suppliers and members.

With precise business objectives and goals, Sirius Buying Group enlisted the expertise of leading digital agency and one of ‘Google's Leading UK Channel Premier Partners’, Digital NRG, who recognised the emphasis SBG puts on creating new and additional revenues for its network, as well as sustaining existing returns. Independent research carried out by Digital NRG discovered that over 70% of all appliance purchases begin with extensive online research. Having communicated this information at Sirius’ Annual International Conference, many member websites have already gone live under the new Sirius digital programme initiated, with 10 more currently under construction and members signing up on a weekly basis. Collectively, members are seeing over 100,000 unique visitors per month to their websites!

Steve Jones, Commercial Director

“If there were in excess of 150

Sirius websites across the country, all working towards the same objective, namely uniformity, then a BIG BRAND can be born.

Key benefits:

 A ready-loaded online package which offers you a website with all current promotional banners, brands and over 7000+ products at your disposal

 Complete product management so you can avoid the laborious task of managing and updating your product lists

 Automatic updates where your living product lists will be updated monthly removing the worry

 Flixmedia – integrated system transforming your website into a fully interactive product experience: increased product specifications, images and videos

Steve Jones, Commercial Director at Sirius Buying Group comments “If there were in excess of 150 Sirius websites across the country, all working towards the same objective, namely uniformity, then a BIG BRAND can be born. Recognitions, trust indicators about the group and how our members operate can all be used to translate powerful messages to the end user, with unique selling points easily conveyed like ‘Local, Independent, Price-match promises, Local engineers’ to help independents maintain profitable market share.”

Sirius is providing its members with an opportunity to build an online platform that would otherwise cost in excess of £100,000 require full time management and incur potential cost for future works and design changes. Furthermore, the latest manufacturer’s offers and promotions are collated and shared amongst Sirius members, enabling dedicated support lines and by the end of 2017, Sirius member sites will have over 350,000 visits a month: an example of Sirius Group Power hard at work!

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