SBI’s brands enjoyed a very successful show at Interiors 2012 at the NEC in Birmingham. Lots of exciting things happened, including new product launches, G Plan winning “Best Stand of the Show” award and Duresta introducing new branding.
G Plan
G Plan had another successful year at Interiors 2012 and was crowned ‘Best Stand’ by the organisers for its excellent stand design and presentation. The show saw the launch of Jasmine, a new classic model to complement the existing range. Shown in a range of sumptuous new fabrics, Jasmine offers the perfect blend of legendary G Plan comfort and stylish craftsmanship. Two sizes of sofa, an armchair and matching footstool are available in the range which proved extremely popular with G Plan stockists. G Plan also continued to build distribution of the Florence and Washington models following their highly successful launch in September 2011.
Duresta
Duresta’s new entry price model, Southsea, had a superb launch and was supported by avibrant collection of co-ordinating fabrics. Duresta’s new branding also made quite a splash. The brand’s new tag line ‘Pure English Luxury’ was introduced to the market and was well received by both UK and Export customers. The new brand guidelines and on-product branding were welcomed by retailers. On-product branding now includes a customer passport with product registration and care information, a beautifully crafted platform label and a new swatch envelope for consumers. A Duresta branded wheel has also been added to the collection, which allows a permanent but subtle reminder of the product’s pedigree.
Derwent
Derwent extended the development of its glamorous fabric collection with the introduction of new vibrant and exciting fabric colours and qualities. To support this fabric direction a new model was also launched, Kingston, which takes its design influence from classic styling, but updated to give a contemporary twist. The Kingston model lends itself perfectly to the glamorous collection of fabrics but is equally at home with the more fashionable Maison style fabrics. The Kingston range consists of a grand sofa, large sofa and snuggler. The response at the show was excellent with strong orders from independent retailers.
Parker Knoll
Parker Knoll’s popular Lifestyle collection was extended at Interiors 2012 with the launch of Nevada. This new model encompasses all of the hallmarks of the Parker Knoll Lifestyle range and is available as a three-seater sofa, two-seater sofa and chair all with the option of manual or power recliner actions. Parker Knoll has also responded to consumer and retailer feedback with the launch of a swivel/recliner chair in the Nevada collection. The company also launched the Lincoln corner unit as part of the Lifestyle range. This collection is a simple range comprising of large, medium and single sofas. Both of these new developments have been supported by a new collection of stylish co-ordinated fabrics and additional colours to the popular leather collection.
