Cockney cobbler Posted January 3, 2023 Report Share Posted January 3, 2023 Haven't been on here for a while, COVID shut my shop down, but I'm bouncing back! Latest news is kiwi polish is stopping in the UK. Being honest over the years I sold more Dasco polish than kiwi (and timpson own when there). Sign of the times unfortunately. Mike at Vauxhall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted January 3, 2023 Report Share Posted January 3, 2023 All down to the wrong ownership for the brand Both S C Johnson and Sara Lee killed the product range over the years kobblers and da miller 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 They were talking about it on GB news, a few days ago. Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at Vauxhall Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 To me the option now are. Charles birch own brand. Probably what I'll go for. Cherry blossom. Now in Red tins. It's already called cherry. Customers think it's red. Readily available at a lower price that you would want to sell it for. Saphir and angelus. Just a bit too pricey. Dasco. Colour on the lid doesn't always match inside. I really hate that. I also see Birch are selling something called London shoeshine wax??? No pictures yet. kobblers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 I have some Saphir wax that I'll keep a few basic colours, but at £6 per tin I won't sell much. I'm going to up my range of creams and push them more. I currently stock TRG from Birch, good colour range and they're a stronger pigment than wax. Selling them at £4.50. kobblers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at Vauxhall Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 8 minutes ago, Michael said: I have some Saphir wax that I'll keep a few basic colours, but at £6 per tin I won't sell much. I'm going to up my range of creams and push them more. I currently stock TRG from Birch, good colour range and they're a stronger pigment than wax. Selling them at £4.50. Yes. I do the TRG creams too.Black obviously and a good spectrum of browns/tans, To fill in the gaps on the browns, plus red, grey, blue. but it's also a fairly easy upsell . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mike at Vauxhall said: Yes. I do the TRG creams too.Black obviously and a good spectrum of browns/tans, To fill in the gaps on the browns, plus red, grey, blue. but it's also a fairly easy upsell . When I was still trading, I used to upsell my creams by pointing out that they penetrate much deeper and are therefore more effective, plus, as they're not totally wax based, the leather is less susceptible to cracking from hardened wax. If they still weren't convinced, I used to explain that it also has a lovel woodland fresh type of smell as people are always conscientious about smelly shoes. It rarely failed. The only ones I found to ba absolute crap were the oranges, yellows, pinks, pale colours, and metallics as they never seemed to provide any decent colour. I also used to order colour charts from Birch and charge a couple of quid deposit for the customers to borrow them to take home to compare the shoes against the colour chart. This worked especially well on people wanting to touch up leather furniture. Rick. Edited January 5, 2023 by kobblers Mike at Vauxhall, wellsy9 and Auto Key Wizard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG AL PRICE Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 It's started... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_ Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 Strangely though, parade gloss is available from Ocadeo online and is still listed as available on SC Johnson website (the supplier in the UK) Also, 3 new listings on eBay with parade gloss at reasonable prices all have just a few sales as new listing (eg, not been selling from previous stock it seems). I have emailed Johnsons to see if they are still able to supply. I was told Kiwi were looking for an exclusive supermarket deal so maybe that is Ocadeo??? In a garrison town like mine this a big miss, I'm trying lots of different brands to see if anything will satisfy their needs. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at Vauxhall Posted January 7, 2023 Report Share Posted January 7, 2023 21 hours ago, BIG AL PRICE said: It's started... Lol, this must be a error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_ Posted January 10, 2023 Report Share Posted January 10, 2023 And here is the reply from SC Johnson: SC Johnson EMEA-contact@scj.com via cybercrs.net 11:02 (1 hour ago) to me Hi Paul, Thank you for contacting SC Johnson. in regards to the availability of Kiwi products. After a thorough evaluation, SC Johnson (SCJ) has decided to exit the Shoe Care business in the UK in order to redirect our investments and resources to the company’s strategic businesses and initiatives. With this decision, Kiwi will no longer be distributed by SCJ in this market. We hope you find this information helpful and if we can be of assistance in the future in regards to our other brands (Glade, Oust, Duck, Mr Muscle, Pledge, Raid) please let us know. Kind regards, Konstantinos P. Consumer Specialist Consumer Relationship Centre S.C. Johnson Europe Sarl x minit uk and Cameron Avery 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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