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Excellence In Housewares Awards 2015
15 The run-up to the announcement of the Excellence in Housewares Awards finalists and winners is an all round industry affair, involving suppliers and retailers from across the housewares spectrum. PH goes behind the scenes with the full lowdown on how these coveted awards are decided.
The Big Picture
Above: Alan Wood of Trevor Mottram and Katie Holloway of Divertmenti discuss cookware (overlooked by PH’s Jakki Brown).
Susie Allen, owner, Kitchenalia, Bedford Lindsay Allix, product manager, Home Hardware Faye Atkins, director of buying, Dunelm Verity Bell, assistant buyer, Lakeland Christabel Biella, buyer, House of Fraser Sarah Bowman, assistant buyer, Fenwick Canterbury Tom Carter, director, Potters Cookshop, Hockley Keith Crowther, owner, La Cookshop, Blagden Rachna Dewan, director of product, Lords Nicky Foster, managing director, Kitchens Caroline Gordon and Gary Gordon, directors, Kitchen Kapers Nicola Hattersley, buyer, Cookshop, John Lewis Beth Hickson, buyer, Harrods Alison Hobbs, visual merchandiser and sales, Potters Cookshop Katie Holloway, buyer, Divertimenti Christine Lynn-Thomas, owner, Kooks Unlimited, Richmond Helen Miller, buyer, Fenwick Brent Cross Ben Philips, managing director, Steamer Trading Dipesh Radia, senior buying manager, kitchen and dining, Argos Amanda Reed, buying controller, Leekes Jayne Stewart, buyer, Ulster Stores Zoe Stewart, buyer, Utility Shop, John Lewis Emma Wallington, senior buyer, Debenhams Lyn Walsh, assistant buyer, Harrods Alan and Sarah Wood, joint mds, Trevor Mottram, Tunbridge Wells Joan Woulfe, CHA chair and md, The Marvellous Group
* Besides the PH team, judging day observers were: CHA and bira’s Kate Godber; bira direct’s Caroline Raby; i2i’s portfolio director for Autumn Fair, Naomi Barton; UK representative for the IHA and International Home + Housewares Show, Marcus Findlay; BHETA director,Will Jones; Clarion Event’s development director for Home, Ian Rudge; and Exclusively Housewares’ director of sales, Patrick Wade.
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Progressive Housewares
Images courtesy of Noel Tatt / Esprit Illustrations by Claire Coxon / Image Source
The Product Judging Panel for 2015: