Gray Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 The new Dasco Tan wax shoe polish is a much better colour than the Light Tan orangey one........ Just sayin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I've just started stocking these seeing as Kiwi is rocking horse s**t now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I've had complaints from my customers about the lack of a shine from the Dasco, standard pastes. Cherry Blossom are even worse!!! I've just received black paste and cream and it looks like dark bloody grey!!!!! I won't be buying that again. Does anyone know what the hell's going on with Kiwi? Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted March 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I had some Cherry Blossom Black...It was shite as was Kelly's so called Light Tan, Also shite.....Kiwi have dropped Oxblood,Navy,Light Tan.....I have no idea why........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I heard it was because Tesco and Sainsbury only stock black and brown so Kiwi decided as they were their biggest buyer they would just cater for them and concentrate on the two colours!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted March 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Feck the little guys then! .............We've always stocked Kiwi long before supermarkets ever existed. Stormwelt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Kiwi is an international brand. I can't imagine it's down to just tesco and sainsburys. According to their website, they only do black, neutral and dark tan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at Vauxhall Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I've always tried to stick with cherry blossom. However when I was selling kiwi and cherry blossom side by side, customers would always pick kiwi. Even when I was selling cherry at half the price of kiwi, customers always went for kiwi. You can't argue with the fact kiwi is the most recognised brand of polish. Dasco is packaged nice , doesn't rock my boat though. So for me kiwi , with cherry filling the gaps in colour. Got way to much parade polish though. Stormwelt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormwelt Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 It's crazy that kiwi stopped light tan. I used to sell lots of it. And as cowers said people recognise kiwi and generally will always go for that. The dasco light tan is really hard to get a shine from and I find it almost paste like as opposed to the kiwi. I only stock Woly dumpy jars and they sell well but when I tried to introduce Woly tins they just sat there even when there was no kiwi in stock, so I don't stock Woly tins anymore, even though I personally like it. But if it carries on like this what else is there to stock? Opinions or shall I hide under the table til the air clears? Mike at Vauxhall 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_ Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 The story I heard from a supplier was that Sara Lee (is that who own the brand now?) were planning on stopping production of Kiwi polish as the sales figure weren't great. They have now had a change of mind and have put the product back into production but stocks will not be avaialbe until May. Michael 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted March 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 I was also informed of this last week by my rep (Meltonian Mike) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hibsjo(SCO) Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 get with the times kiwi is crap cherry blossom is worse if your not stocking sapphir or angelus your not doing your job! when was the last time you spoke to your customers about how they should be polishing their shoes stop whining about kiwi not being available stop waiting on........whatever sorry forgot about woly, isnt bad but that should be your budget brand! carry on! hibsjo(SCO) and k4mrc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at Vauxhall Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 I'll stop selling kiwi when customers stop asking for it. Preferred polish of both the armed forces and most policemen, that's good enough for me. derek, Gray and kobblers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at Vauxhall Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 I see tesco trialed a range called" Mr Barlett's". Quickly went back to kiwi. Probably because "Mr Barlett's" sounds like a brand of sweets a paedo would use to entice a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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