Housewares Business-to-business magazine for housewares retailers and their suppliers
The judging for all retailer and supplier categories has now taken place of the DIY Week Awards 2019, and the shortlists can now be revealed in full.
Following two days of judging and much discussion, the successful products, companies and initiatives that made the cut and are now in with a chance of taking home the title in their respective categories are detailed below.
The retailer shortlist is:
Business Expansion Award
Batley DIY Centre
GJ’s
Tile Mountain
Walton Flooring Centre
Digital Innovation
Hayes Garden World
Tile Mountain
Marketing Initiative Award
Baileys DIY
Blundells
Tile Giant
Retailer of the Year
Garsons
Hayling Hardware
Kings DIY
Leyland SDM
Sustainability Award (>£20m)
Ikea
Kingfisher
Sustainability Award (<£20m)
Capital Gardens
Gordale
Team of the Year
Bute Tools
Whiteleys Garden Centre
The supplier shortlist is:
Digital Investment
Plastikote
Silverline
VegTrug
Retailer Support Initiative
Bord na Mona
Stax
Toolbank
Toolstream
Home & Kitchen Product of the Year
Addis Housewares – Fold Flat laundry basket
Hunter Douglas Sunflex – Swish cordless roller blinds
Stanley Black & decker – Black & Decker 21.6V Multipower pet vacuum
Decorating product of the Year
Avron Trading – Dekton Painters Buddy
Crown Paints – Clean Extreme Scrubbable Matt, 5 litre
Mitford Design – Paint Topper
Plastikote – Plastikote Garden Colours spray paint range
DIY Product of the Year
Barrettine Products – Barrettine Anti-Slip Top Coat Decking Oil 5 litre
Gorilla Glue – Gorilla Glue clear
QEP Co UK Ltd – Homelux After Fit trim 8mm and 10mm
Robert Bosch Ltd – Zamo III set
Suki International – Screw-It-Again
Garden Leisure Product of the Year
Halls Group – Qube Greenhouse
Plastikote – Plastikote Garden Colours spray paint range
Smart Garden Products – Firefly Lit Balloons
Smart Garden Products – Bluetooth solar lighting range
Garden Care Product of the Year
Barrettine Products – Barrettine Anti-Slip Top Coat Decking Oil 5 litre
Halls Group – Qube Greenhouse
VegTrug Grow Care range
Garden Tool of the Year
Burgon & Ball – Corona FlexDialbbranch and stem pruner
Fiskars – PowerGear X telescopic tree pruner
Spear & Jackson – 3-in-1 rake
Hand Tool & Accessory of the Year
Olympia Tools (UK) Ltd – Roughneck professional pliers
QEP Co UK Ltd – Vitrex Pointed grout float
Robert Bosch Ltd – Zamo III set
Stanley Black & Decker – DeWalt Tough System racking- Standard
Stanley Black & Decker – Stanley Track & Wall system 20-piece kit
Lighting & Electrical Product of the Year
Smart Garden Products – Bluetooth solar lighting range
Technical Consumer Products – TCP Smart Wifi classic RGB and warm white B22 light bulb
Security Product of the Year
Master Lock – Large digital fire and water chest
Yale – Sync Smart home alarm
Power Tool of the Year
Avron Trading – Dekton power cordless caulking gun
QEP Co UK Ltd – QEP Xtreme wet cutter – XT
Stanley Black & Decker – 18V hammer drill kitbox – BCD700S1K
The overall winners in each category will be unveiled at the DIY Week Awards on Friday, May 10 at the Tower Hotel in London. To book your ticket, visit https://www.diyweekawards.co.uk/book-tickets/
To find out more about the judging panel, visit https://www.diyweekawards.co.uk/the-judges/
