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Excellence In Housewares Awards 2016
How are the finalists and winners for the most coveted industry awards decided? The Excellence in Housewares Awards build-up is all-round industry affair, involving suppliers and retailers from across the housewares spectrum. PH explains the judging process.
Industry affair The Product Judging Panel for 2016:
Above right: The 27 retail buyers and merchandisers that comprised the Product Judging Panel 2016 raise their glasses to the Excellence in Housewares Awards, along PH and observers from co-hosts the CHA/bira, and sponsors BHETA and the IHA. Right: Tom and Alison from Potters Cookshop (CHA Retailer of the Year 2015).
A Bollywood extravaganza The exuberant Bollywood-themed Awards night on October 5 includes the announcement of retailer and product winners, as well as the winners of the Supplier Awards for Excellence in Marketing, Service and Innovation, which are the result of an industrywide retailer poll. A massive ‘thank you’ to all of our category and event sponsors, including Ultimate Products (sponsors of the cocktail reception), Imperial and Whitford, SMART Worldwide, Fiskars and Vitamix, who are all helping to create a night to remember. * See www.excellenceinhousewaresawards.co.uk
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Progressive Housewares
Tina Barkway, trading director, Aldiss Christabel Biella, buyer, House of Fraser Sarah Bowman, buyer, Fenwick Canterbury Tom Carter, director, Potters Cookshop, Hockley Emma Cubley, junior buyer, House of Fraser Sarah Edmiston, buyer, The Tool Shop Group Amy Ellis, buyer, Bentalls Matt Fendall, manager, Essentials, Hazelmere Mark Fitzgerald, head of buying, Dunelm Darran Foster, merchandiser, Shop Direct Gary Gordon, buying director, Kitchen Kapers Nicola Hattersley, buyer, Cookshop, John Lewis Dean Hawes, buyer, Williams & Griffin Beth Hickson, buyer, Harrods Alison Hobbs, visual merchandiser, Potters Cookshop Maureen Hooker, head of home, Bakers and Larners Justin Kowbel, co-founder, Borough Kitchen Andrew Lindsay, buyer, Shop Direct Christine Lynn-Thomas, proprietor, Kooks Unlimited, Richmond Priti Merchant, senior buyer, Robert Dyas Beatrice Ndubuisi, senior merchandiser, Debenhams Helen Shaw, buyer, Fenwick Leicester Jayne Stewart, buyer, Ulster Stores Samm Swain, merchandising manager, Lakeland Matt Thomas, buyer, John Lewis Lyn Walsh, assistant buyer, Harrods Philippa White, senior assistant buyer, Debenhams * Besides the PH team, judging day observers were: CHA and bira’s Kate Godber; UK representative for the IHA and International Home + Housewares Show, Marcus Findlay, and BHETA’s housewares director, Will Jones.