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adamthemieleman

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Hi all and merry Christmas. I've seen loads of threads on vl of American store displays of vacuums, so I thought of showing our American cousins what we have over here.
This is my store I work at, Currys Megastore York, and my whole department of sda, specialising in floorcare, as you'll see, I run a good ship.

Isle 1, AEG vacuums such as the Powerlite, precision, Ergorapido, ultracaptic, ultraone and ultraperformer and the dreaded Aptica.
There's also Shark, B&D, Bissell and Vax steam mops. There's also handheld steamers and vacs, vacuum bags, Polti steamers and Lecoaspira, Kaercher steam sledges and pressure washers. Vax and Bissell carpet shampooers are also down here too

Sorry the photos were coming out normal, I can't seem to rotate them

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Seeing this reminds me.

I bought a white Karcher window vacuum cleaner for £49.99 in Currys only last week. It was for a Christmas gift. I assume Currys are dispensing with this model perhaps, seeing how one gets practically everything possible to go with this cleaner, and at £10 less than the regular version too.
 
"We have a couple of cheapie bagged cylinders on the left and our own cheapie Logik range on the right, I sell neither".

So you refuse the sale if someone asks for one?
 
Another close up. I haven't mentioned it before, but I'm a huge fan of Dyson, have been since I was young.

It's a clean display, all the cordless are charged, I cannot abide things that don't work. I also have tubes for the cylinders underneath. In the till podium I have a tangle free tool, can of dysolv, string, flour, dust from my home and hair from my cousin's lovely cat. All in the name of demonstrating!

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No vintagerepairer, but I explain to them that they have a central filter and get clogged often, leading to them needing to be washed frequently, and replacing.
9 times out of 10 they will upgrade. The other 1 are ignorant and buy it anyway. But in York anyway we tend to sell more of my favourite brands anyway: Miele and Dyson
 
Ah, well, upgrading the sale is no bad thing. But labeling those who choose not to do so as "ignorant" is a strange choice of words to use, at least to me it is, as every penny they spend goes towards keeping your store open. There will always be people who cannot afford to spend more than they have to, even if it is a false economy long term.
 
This looks similar to our Best Buys, but your store is huge! It seems Dyson has standardized their displays; even at most American department stores they use black backgrounds. You sound like like a fantastic manager keeping all the cordless machines charged. They could really use you at Sears! 
 
I'm not a manager, I'm just given quite a bit of responsibility! I've been with them a good few years. I've always believed if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing right

It is a big store, although there are bigger
 
You have a ENITRE ISLE of those, "Things"!?

They're more popular there than I could ever imagine! In the states all that is displayed is about 2 uprights and a Canister model or 2! (Dyson that is). Hoover favors the isle, along with El Cheapo Bissells and the what-not.


 


Have fun!
 
Super Sweeper; The company who Adam works for is now the only major electrical chain store left. Twenty years ago there must have been at least six major national retailers, and all but Currys have gone.

There are a number of very small chains, some independent stores, and a good deal of stores which sell a range of appliances amongst the tens of thousands of other lines which they sell. But this is the only electrical-only store which has managed to survive in vast numbers. Stores like the one photographed here are usually on large retail parks and many attract shoppers on a "day out". This in itself means a good deal of those who have made the effort to go to the store are unlikely to want to leave empty handed. Having such a range of appliances for people to physically see is jolly useful and makes getting that sale all the easier.
 
Hey Adam

Is that the AEG version of the precision I see in the first photo ? I did not know they were going to sell that outside of the USA.

Its not on there website yet either.

Out of interest I went to Electrolux.co.uk's website and not a vacuum in site. Even here in SA all the top models are AEG's now
 
just thinking i remember when saw dyson dc03 and dyson dc07s in currys

i remember seeing dyson dc04 g/s in makro. And dyson dc07

and dyson dc16 and dyson dc15 in comet

and lot's more makes


SORRY IF DOES NOT MAKE SENCE
 
Adam, I did some contract work in store 2282 - the currys PC world megastore at Teesside park a few years back.... Now that's a MASSIVE store!

They had a DC07 origin and a dc25 all floors to vacuum the entire store! I've never seen two dysons with so many miles on the clock in my life LOL
 
Those Samsungs look nice!

Gareth, we do indeed get the Precision in the UK now I looked at one in Currys and it looks really good not as bulky as the Nimble.

I love walking the vacuum isle in my local Currys, I just hate the constant "can I help you with anything" from the staff in my local branch, I find John Lewis to be much more relaxed not as bothersome.
 
Ah that might be your branch, but we are told to walk past a customer whilst making eye contact, and greet them with morning, afternoon or just hello, whilst remaining visible if we're needed.

Some people get the wrong impression of this friendly greeting and adamantly state 'oh only looking!' Great, but all I said was hello! Hah

Yes ultraperformer, they do. Every time I see the motionsync's I just see a vacuum wearing beats headphones!
They're not bad, but for the cost I'd go for a Dyson any day.

All the cylinder tubes you guys see are my idea. They are not usually supposed to be there, but as I sell 'vacuums' and not ornaments they're here to stay. We would only have the legwork to get them from upstairs anyway so it makes oodles of sense
 
It's far more than hello in my branch it's like you will buy something lol

I really like the idea of including the hose and tubes on some of your display vacuums it's nice to know exactly what you're betting. But are you not scared some child will pull on the hose and get squashed by a falling cylinder, or on the Samsung pictured above someone will trip over the floorhead?
 
It's like that in Argos at Cheshire Oaks, they have about 3 staff members wandering around the shop bugging you when you're looking through the catalogues. My local Argos is good, no staff doing the above.

Currys in Oswestry went in May sadly, much like quite a few businesses in the town have gone this year, I know Savers & Julian Graves did too.
 
I must admit it looks like its going to go the same way here eventually. Entry level vacuums are Electrolux here in SA, For now and Top of the range are AEG. Electrolux used to be the floor care division here in SA with Electrolux AEG and Zannussi vacuums and small appliances and AEG did the large appliances This all changed about a few years ago. I wonder what Electrolux is up to with this move
 
It may well have to do with sales of their other brands. If the sales are down by worldwide/per country sales figures then it would make sense to pass whatever you have to the other companies. However, it surprises me that Electrolux can't forge new models for their own brand name.

Personally with a little cosmetic difference, I dont see why AERUS can't sell in the UK. I'd sooner buy an AERUS than an AEG!
 
hoses on cylinders

Adam, I think keeping the hose and tools out with the cleaners is a GREAT idea. Not only does it give the buyer a good view of the whole set, so they can be thinking about storage and if the tube or hose length will be too short or too long for their needs, but it also means that a customer can actually try out different models in store before buying. This is one of the things I really like about John Lewis so it's nice to see it being done elsewhere.

My local independant vacuum shop always lets a customer have a go before making a decision.
 
It's surprising to see Miele in a larger store; in the States I mostly only see Miele in independent vacuum shops. They do have the S2 series at Bed Bath & Beyond, but that's about it.

While I think of it, are Riccar and/or Simplicity sold in the UK?
 

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