Page 23 - 2019 HW Awards Book

These awards recognise outstanding suppliers in building products, hardware, garden, tools and home decor.
Garden
Browns Brushware
“We at Browns are honoured to be nominated as a Finalist. This year
we celebrate 140 years of brushmaking craft (5 generations). We strive
to provide our customers with world leading design and build quality across our vast range of cleaning products. At Browns we value our strong relationships with all our customers in New Zealand and internationally, and we will continue to provide our true Kiwi service into the future.”
Kiwicare
“Without doubt the key strength for the company are our people. We have a continued focused on developing people, ensuring that every touch point our people have with each other and customers is of the highest
quality and driving towards the best possible outcomes.” And how does it feel to be voted one of the county’s’ top suppliers by your customers? “For the whole company it goes without saying that it feels great to be recognised by your customers.”
Tui Products
Tui is “proud and humbled to be named a Finalist. There is no better recognition for the effort our team put in, than to get this positive recognition from our customers. Our retailers’ success drives our success as a business and we are grateful that our customers choose to partner with us. We do not take this support for granted, and will continue to work hard to earn their support. We strive to work collaboratively with our retailers to continuously improve the products and service we offer; and to ensure we maintain a relevant and engaging range for the end consumer.”
Yates New Zealand
Yates says it is “Incredibly satisfying that what we are doing is resonating with our customers. Being nominated is a great endorsement of what we are doing for you our customers and it is greatly appreciated. But, we know we can always do better and be assured that we will continue to focus on doing just that.” What do you feel are the company’s strengths that led to stores and merchants nominating you? “Trust is probably a big one and would be consistent with consumers’ views as well with us winning the Most Trusted Brand for gardening for the last six years.”
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