Interview: Phil Cole, Clive Christian

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, your host is Andy Davies and this is Episode Three of Season 15. We've got a great interview for you today - Phil Cole, the co-owner of Clive Christian. Founded in 1978 by Clive, it has become one of the few well-known kitchen brands in the ultra luxury arena - certainly in the traditional style. It's had it's ups and downs though as we will hear, going into administration in April 2022. That's where the then global sales director Phil Cole bought the company with Jim Denos - the owner of the US operations. So we'll hear all about that, how the luxury market is performing, what people expect for the kind of costs they deal in, how discretion is a valuable skill, finding skilled artisans, how to keep growing and lots and lots more. Andy met up with Phil at their flagship London showroom - which is actually a beautiful townhouse in Kensington and sat at a desk in a proper wood-panelled office... But first…. We're only a WEEK away from the InstallerShow at the NEC where everyday at 1:30 on the Kitchen Of The Future stand we'll be recording a LIVE episode of this very podcast. On Tuesday the 24th we'll have a panel of top retailers discussing the health of the market On Wednesday 25th we've got some greatest accessible design experts giving us some proper top tips On Thursday 26th we're looking at how small to medium, sized KBB showrooms can use social media to grow their business. So that's 1:30 on the Kitchen Of The Future stand come along listen in, join in or just say hello. Go to installershow.com to register for your FREE ticket. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.