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Directbuy Opens New Burbank Members-Only Design Showroom
The DirectBuy Burbank location will be a low-cost, one-stop shopping destination for home improvement and remodeling. - June 27, 2007 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy Opens New Northeast Orange County Members-Only Design Showroom
DirectBuy's Northeast Orange County location provides a low-cost, one-stop shopping destination for virtually everything in home design. - June 26, 2007 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy Celebrates 35th Anniversary of First Franchise
DirectBuy Continues Tremendous Growth by Opening New Showrooms and Design Centers Across North America. - June 26, 2007 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy of Toronto North Celebrates 10 Years of Member Service
DirectBuy’s Markham showroom to host a celebration and charity auction for FightSMA, a charity fighting Spinal Muscular Atrophy. - June 14, 2007 - DirectBuy
Online Bathroom Retailer's Adwords Spend Tops £1.25 Million
Plumbworld, the UK's largest specialist online retailer of bathroom products revealed today that it's total spend with the Google online advertising system adwords has topped £1.25 Million Pounds. - June 08, 2007 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
DirectBuy Opens New Shreveport Members-Only Design Showroom
DirectBuy of Shreveport will be a low cost, one-stop shopping destination for home improvement. - June 05, 2007 - DirectBuy
Bathroom Retailer, Plumbworld, Scoops Two Awards
In a busy month, independent online bathroom retailer, Plumbworld, gained two prestigious marks of recognition. A Hitwise top 10 award for busy sites and an Ebay Shooting Star for gaining 10,000 positive customer reviews. - June 03, 2007 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
DirectBuy Opens Members-Only Design Showroom in Long Beach
DirectBuy of Long Beach, a low-cost alternative to retail, will be a one-stop shopping destination for home improvement. - May 30, 2007 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy Appoints Joe Yast as Vice-President and General Counsel
DirectBuy, the leading members-only showroom and home design center that offers merchandise at manufacturer-direct prices is proud to announce that Joe Yast has been named Vice-President and General Counsel. Yast's history with DirectBuy dates back over 30 years, when Yast worked his way through... - May 16, 2007 - DirectBuy
DirectBuy Awards Winnipeg Family $25,000 Home Makeover
DirectBuy, the leading members-only showroom and home design center that offers merchandise at manufacturer-direct prices, awards Winnipeg member with $25,000 home makeover. - May 15, 2007 - DirectBuy
Plumbworld Wins Hitwise Top 10 Award - 2006
Plumbworld has ranked #8 in Hitwise Shopping and Classifieds - House and Garden category based on the market share of UK visits it has received throughout 2006. - March 30, 2007 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
Christopher Lowell Brings His Seven Layers of Design to DirectBuy
DirectBuy, the leading members-only showroom and home design center that offers merchandise at manufacturer-direct prices, and Christopher Lowell Enterprises announced that renowned interior designer, author and Emmy Award winning television host Christopher Lowell will design a line of full... - March 26, 2007 - DirectBuy
Everything and the Kitchen Sink
Plumbworld, a leading online supplier of bathrooms, heating & plumbing products, is now supplying a new range of beautiful Stainless Steel 'Produckt' Kitchen Sinks through their online store (http://www.plumbworld.co.uk). Stainless Steel has been used as the material of choice in the... - March 15, 2007 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
Plumbworld Add 2 New Showers to Their Product Range
Plumbworld.co.uk, well known for offering good quality bathroom, plumbing & heating products at great prices has added 2 new Architeckt Showers to their product range. - February 16, 2007 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
UK's Largest Independent Online Bathroom Retailer Expands Again
Plumbworld, the UK's largest independent online bathroom retailer continues to grow at an amazing pace. Last year the company grew sales by over 40% reaching a turnover in excess of £9 Million. This year growth is again in excess of 40%. The company is expanding it's existing site in Evesham and recruiting new staff in a frantic attempt to keep up with customer demand. - November 08, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
Plumbworld Receive Prestigious Hitwise Top 10 Award for Qtr Ending June 2006
Independent Online Bathroom Retailer Plumbworld is again one of the Top 10 UK websites in the Home & Garden Shopping category. - August 11, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
Plumbword Awarded ‘Trusted Store’ Seal of Approval
Plumbworld, the UK’s largest independent online plumbing & bathroom retailer have just scooped Shopping.com’s ‘Trusted Store’ seal of approval. This is awarded to online retailers who consistently receive good reviews from customers. - August 08, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
Big Brother House Makes Mysterious, Late Request for Bathroom Accessories
The Big Brother House has asked Plumbworld the UK's largest independent online bathroom retailer to supply bathroom acessories for the TV show. However, the show has already started and the accessories won't be seen in the TV show for at least a week. - May 19, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
Plumbworld Receive Prestigious Hitwise Top 10 Award
Independent Online Bathroom Retailer Plumbworld is now one of the Top 10 UK websites in the Home & Garden Shopping category. - May 18, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
B&Q Threatens Plumbworld with Legal Action to Prevent Comparative Advertising
B&Q the UK DIY giant are threatening legal action to prevent independent online bathroom retailer Plumbworld publishing comparative adverts that show consumers could save up to 49% by buying online from Plumbworld instead of in a B&Q store. - April 27, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
New Water Conservation Device to Help Beat Hose Pipe Bans
The average family of four, using an old fashioned single flush toilet, wastes over 40,000 litres of water a year. Buying a new dual flush toilet costs over £100, but the new Water Conserving Toilet Converter from www.plumbworld.co.uk upgrades the existing toilet for under £15. - April 06, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
DIY's Not Dead, Just Moving Online
The death of DIY as reported in The Guardian Newspaper (London) on 23rd March, may be restricted to the high street. For online retailers like Plumbworld, things have never looked better. - April 05, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
Online Bathroom Retailer to Sponsor Leading Young Triathlete
www.plumbworld.co.uk , the UK's largest online bathroom, plumbing and heating retailer is proud to announce that they have become the principle sponsor for Daniel Keen, one of the countries most promising young athletes. Daniel competes as a junior triathlete but his performance is so strong... - March 22, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
Bathroom E-Tailer Plumbworld Clinches Glo Warm Heated Towel Rail Deal
www.plumbworld.co.uk Ltd today announced an exclusive distribution deal for Glo-Warm heated towel rails in the United Kingdom. - March 22, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
Internet Retailer Plumbworld Moves to the High Street
The UK's largest independent online retailer of bathroom products launches it's first retail outlet under the brand name Bathroom World. - March 18, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk
Free Advice from UK Qualified Plumbers
With reports of plumbers earning £100,000+ a year and charging huge hourly rates it is nice to see that some plumbers are willing to give help to consumers entirely without charge. - February 14, 2006 - PlumbWorld.co.uk