Feature Stories

Wares August 2011

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From fag papers and barber’s chairs: Duckworths Appliances

What do you get when you mix together radio retailing, a tobacconist and a handful of barber’s chairs? Hawke’s Bay’s Duckworths Appliances is our latest Retail Icon.  Merv Robertson reports.
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Kitchen appliances: Life after the lolly scramble

Looking into the state of the kitchen appliance market after the EDA, we found evidence of change and a bit of a lolly scramble. Above all, we found signs of life. Steve Bohling and Nick Walsh report. 
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BBQs & outdoor heating: Where there’s a grill there’s a way

Although the recession has made consumers cautious, manufacturers have come back with a range of performance-packed and well-priced products which prove that where there’s a grill, there’s a way. John Corbett reports.