PRODUCTS

REFURBISHED YET RESTORATIVE

Award-winning sleep-tech firm Simba is on a mission to make a good night’s sleep more accessible to everyone with its “just like new” refurbished collection, made with sustainability in mind and real sleepers at heart …

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to ensure its mattresses do not go to landfill Simba works with The Furniture Recycling Group

Aiming to be the most responsible sleep-tech company in the world and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030, Simba’s mattresses are not only 100% recyclable, but reflect one of the brand’s key ambitions – that no Simba mattress ever goes to landfill. And the refurbished collection helps to achieve just that.

So, how does the process work? Basically, states the brand, it is the same Simba experience, but for a fraction of the price. When a customer returns a mattress, Simba works with The Furniture Recycling Group

Simba Hybrid Essential

(TFR Group), where a team of skilled assessors complete an extensive 32-question survey.

This examination involves testing the quality and function of every component and layer – inside and out – from the titanium Aerocoil springs to the Simbatex foam, right down to the stitching. Components that fail the inspection are replaced with genuine Simba parts.

Arriving conveniently rolled in a box, like all Simba mattresses, Simba’s refurbished mattresses promise to feel brand new.

Emma Reid, Simba’s head of sustainability, explains: “Each layer of the mattress goes through a hospitalgrade sanitisation chamber. Every single part is deep cleaned, washed for 45 minutes using NHS-standard detergent, sanitised and thoroughly dried to the point it’s pristine and squeaky clean.”

After this, mattresses are passed through a second round of inspection and quality control before getting the green light to be resold to customers.

The refurbished collection is another step in Simba’s strategy to become more circular by reducing waste and extending the life of returned products.

“Better for the planet – and your wallet”, Simba’s refurbished collection can be found at www.simbasleep.com/ pages/refurbished

LOUIS DE POORTERE

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Mad Men Dedalo in blue marine

The Mad Men rug series from Louis de Poortere continues to be one of its most popular, and has now been expanded with two designs.

Now featuring Stellar and Dedalo, this bestselling collection blends midcentury feel with abstract designs, and its new introductions are no exception. Stellar’s design was inspired by the flashes of light and gas mists of interstellar journeys, while in Dedalo, Louis de Poortere has looked to the mythological architect of the Labyrinth, in a design inspired by its winding, interconnecting and never-ending passages.

Stellar’s five colourways capture vivid and vibrant contrasts, with lightning turquoise and nebula orange the design’s most intense combinations. Dedalo’s palette is no less captivating, with blue marine, republic green and yellow scarab all bringing richness through the pronounced lustre of their high-pile, maze-like patterns, achieved through a 100% polyester yarn.

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SCI-NET

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Sci-Net’s ERP Retail is a complete endto-end solution designed specifically for aspiring big-ticket furniture and flooring retailers.

ERP Retail is a certified Microsoft Dynamics industry add-on, developed to Microsoft’s stringent standards.

With this best-of-breed, industryspecific solution, retailers can rely on it to run their entire furniture and flooring business, states Sci-Net.

CORE PRODUCTS

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Core Products, voted Best Flatpack Furniture Supplier in this year’s Furniture News Readers’ Choice Awards, has added a selection of new bedroom and downstairs pieces to its bestselling Corona White collection.

Made from natural pine, with a white-wash wax finish which reveals the natural grains and textures of the real wood, each piece features antiqueeffect waxed pine tops and real metal hardware.

In addition to the established range of bedroom cabinet, beds, bookcases and casual dining, the expanded collection now includes wardrobes, storage cupboards, sideboards and TV units. All are carried in stock in the UK ready for quick delivery to the store or direct to the end-customer.

BH MADE

BH Made strives to challenge the norms of the current trends of long waiting times and poor customer support – and its 4-6-week delivery times and dedicated customer service team have given it a strong foundation from which to work.

The Blackburn-based upholstery supplier’s designers are working hard to develop new models in time for Christmas, while the business also boasts an extensive amount of stock for immediate delivery, to ensure it will be able to deliver right up to the holidays – so, urges the supplier, “please take a seat with BH Made!”

BH Made can be contacted on 07561 482930, or emailed at dave@bhmade.co.uk.

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HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Throws are ideal winter warmers

Sofa in a Box Model 1, in fabric With Christmas fast approaching, many retailers will be prioritising their gifting lines, and working hard to ensure stock is available up to the last minute – Gallery Direct can help with all this and more, as well as offering a plethora of solutions for those wishing to run a successful winter sale …

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With a catalogue featuring over 6000 lines, including furniture, home accessories, lighting textiles and wall decor, Gallery Direct is a complete home and outdoor supplier.

Gallery says it offers a huge range of pieces for consumers to buy for themselves, as well as a varied selection of lines which make perfect presents – and it has the vast majority of its stock products in the UK, in its two huge warehouses, available for quick delivery, all ready for the festive season. Customers could even have a new sofa or sofabed from Gallery’s Sofa in a Box collection in time for Christmas.

All the products are featured on Gallery’s website, where clients can log in to check stock, see prices, place and track orders – and applying for a trade account is easy, says the supplier.

With style and affordability at their core, Gallery’s design-led pieces are always developed to offer value for money. But to help customers even more, the supplier has undertaken a huge, better-buying review, and has managed to drop the prices on over 725 of its lines, on items across all seven of its product categories, including some of its key ranges.

And Gallery has maintained the prices on the majority of its other products, including across five entire categories – furniture, outdoor, wall decor, accessories and textiles, as well as its UK-manufactured Sofa in a Box and House Collection sofas.

“So,” asks Gallery, “why not take advantage of our quick delivery and affordable prices to stock up ready for Christmas and your winter sale?”

To find out more about Gallery and its huge range of products, take a look at the website, or contact the sales team via www.gallerydirect.co.uk/our-salesteam

Gallery prides itself on being the complete home and outdoor supplier

DELIVERING DELIGHT

Ash Logistics is an authentic, fastgrowing, quality-driven business, specialising in high-quality twoman, white glove deliveries of premium furniture and furnishings. The business enjoys a customer satisfaction rating of over 99.9% – as one customer comments: “If Carlsberg did deliveries ...”

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Ash Logistics boasts a best-in-class industry platform

Stringent checks are made at every stage of the delivery process

Ash’s laser-like focus on highend specialism has enabled it to build an enviable reputation, with business growing at an impressive rate. ‘Delivering Delight’ is one of the firm’s core values, and Ash says it has built client trust by ensuring excellence throughout many long-term partnerships.

Supplying some of the top brand names in furniture retail including Harrods, Ralph Lauren, Graham and Green, Cox & Cox, Atkin and Thyme, Rockett St George, Rose & Grey and Noa Home, many of Ash’s clients consider it part of the furniture (both ‘Delivering Delight’ and ‘Part of the Furniture’ have been trademarked).

Ash is obsessive about understanding and ensuring that it represents its clients’ brands and values to the

‘Delivering Delight’ to customers’ room of choice

highest level – allowing them to focus on what they do best – while a bestin-class bespoke industry platform maximises efficiencies at every level, and provides vital management information.

Always thinking outside the box, Ash Logistics prides itself on being a great listener and problem solver, continually working better and smarter to deliver an exceptional service, and ensuring its clients’ reputation and products are always in good hands.

Perfectionists at heart, Ash’s team care passionately about the end-toend customer experience, and strive to leave end-customers with a positive experience of their clients’ brand. And, going the extra mile, Ash offers its customers simplicity – if their requirements do not quite fit the norm, Ash says it is happy to work around them.

Ash Logistics owns an infrastructure of four depots across the UK, with daily internal line haul. Every customer is given the opportunity to provide feedback after receiving their delivery, and all comments are published unedited on the company’s website each quarter.

Finally, Ash Logistics is also an award-winning enterprise – it was recently named Most Enterprising Business and Best Business (overall) in the SME Hertfordshire Business Awards

COST SAVIOUR

With inflation currently sitting at around 12% and energy costs rising quickly, many businesses are preparing for increased overheads. Using a company which provides third-party logistics (3PL) services can help furniture retailers and manufacturers save money by reducing the need to pay for their own warehousing space and staff – says AP+, which provides 3PL services to companies in the furniture and homeware industries, offering storage for stock, order management, picking and packing and distribution to the end-customer …

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Energy costs are one of the largest ongoing expenses for businesses, and with bills rising steeply, many companies will struggle to justify the expense of operating their own warehouse, says AP+.

The typical energy costs for a warehouse can range from thousands to tens of thousands of pounds each year, without even taking the expense of other utilities like water and insurance coverage into account. Higher bills are also likely to drive up rental rates for warehouse space.

Outsourcing storage and distribution to a company like AP+ enables businesses to operate without warehousing space of their own, and to potentially downsize into smaller premises with lower overheads and fewer employees. Be it an online retailer, a worldwide importer or a manufacturer within the furniture industry, using 3PL services can be an effective way of safeguarding a business against the pressure of rising costs and inflation.

AP+ can take over a company’s supply chain operations, saving it both time and money. With a purpose-built, 300,000ft2 warehouse in a central UK location, AP+ is able to provide secure storage for furniture and homeware stock of all shapes and sizes, including bulky items like sofas, mattresses and carpets, and fragile products which require more care and attention.

With a team of expert staff, and state-of-the-art inventory and order management systems, AP+ can act as an extension of a business’ own operations, offering live stock updates, full traceability and quick and efficient order fulfilment. Intelligent carrier comparison software is then used to compare quotes from more than 80 carriers, finding the most cost-effective way to distribute orders – every single time