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12<br />

Products<br />

01<br />

01 Wallpaper<br />

B&Q UK has joined forces<br />

with Laurence Llewelyn<br />

Bowen to create new<br />

ranges of designer<br />

wallpaper. His designs<br />

are based on a fl oral motif<br />

<strong>and</strong> feature striking<br />

colours including burnt<br />

orange, green <strong>and</strong> pink.<br />

£19.98 per roll<br />

Innovation<br />

02<br />

02 Bathrooms<br />

A new dual function<br />

WC <strong>and</strong> sink launched<br />

at Castorama France<br />

is perfect for small<br />

cloakrooms <strong>and</strong> saves<br />

3m 3 of water per year by<br />

recycling the water from<br />

the sink. €299<br />

Innovation<br />

Today’s consumers are increasingly looking<br />

for newness; new products, new services,<br />

new ways of shopping, all at great prices.<br />

Kingfi sher intends to remain at the forefront<br />

of innovation, working with our suppliers<br />

to offer our customers new, good value,<br />

exclusive products for their homes, as<br />

well as services that make their shopping<br />

experience as easy as possible. We use<br />

customer insight to drive innovation, so<br />

we can better capture new ideas <strong>and</strong><br />

ways of working <strong>and</strong> share them between<br />

our businesses. The following pages<br />

give examples of innovation in products,<br />

stores <strong>and</strong> services.<br />

03 Vacuum cleaners<br />

A new cableless iRobot<br />

Roomba 520 vacuum<br />

cleaning robot has been<br />

launched at Castorama<br />

France. Cleaning up to<br />

60m² on a single charge,<br />

the intelligent device<br />

automatically returns to its<br />

self-charging base. €299<br />

04 Shutters<br />

B&Q UK has launched a<br />

new <strong>and</strong> exclusive range<br />

of shutters by leading<br />

British designer Kelly<br />

Hoppen MBE. Each<br />

shutter is h<strong>and</strong>-crafted<br />

from FSC certifi ed Poplar<br />

<strong>and</strong> Elm hardwoods.<br />

From £99<br />

03<br />

05 Bathrooms<br />

Screwfi x has launched a<br />

new design-led bathroom<br />

range called Watersmith<br />

Bathrooms via a catalogue<br />

that was mailed to its<br />

Plumbfi x customers with<br />

an exclusive discounted<br />

trade price.<br />

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04<br />

06 Tiles<br />

At half the thickness of<br />

normal tiles but just as<br />

resistant, these large tiles<br />

at Castorama France can<br />

be fi tted on to a fl oor, wall<br />

or directly on to existing<br />

tiles. From €29.90

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