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Post# 260854   12/26/2013 at 14:34 (3,744 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )        

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


Post# 260855 , Reply# 1   12/26/2013 at 14:35 (3,744 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )        

Same isle, just a close up of the shampooers, steam mops and Kaercher

Post# 260857 , Reply# 2   12/26/2013 at 14:37 (3,744 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )        

Second isle, this one has Samsung, Miele, Numatic, Vax and Hoover

Post# 260860 , Reply# 3   12/26/2013 at 14:40 (3,744 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )        

Isle two again, just a bit further down. We have a couple of cheapie bagged cylinders on the left and our own cheapie Logik range on the right, I sell neither.

Post# 260861 , Reply# 4   12/26/2013 at 14:40 (3,744 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)        
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.

Post# 260864 , Reply# 5   12/26/2013 at 14:42 (3,744 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )        

Close up of Samsung, this pipes are my idea, we don't normally have pipes out, but what's the point having them out if we can't demo?

All of our displays are smart


Post# 260865 , Reply# 6   12/26/2013 at 14:44 (3,744 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )        

Last but not least, my much loved Dyson!

Post# 260866 , Reply# 7   12/26/2013 at 14:47 (3,744 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)        

"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?


Post# 260867 , Reply# 8   12/26/2013 at 14:48 (3,744 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )        

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!


Post# 260869 , Reply# 9   12/26/2013 at 14:55 (3,744 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )        

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


Post# 260872 , Reply# 10   12/26/2013 at 15:01 (3,744 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)        

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.

Post# 260875 , Reply# 11   12/26/2013 at 15:24 (3,744 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona)        

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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! 


Post# 260877 , Reply# 12   12/26/2013 at 15:29 (3,744 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )        

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


Post# 260879 , Reply# 13   12/26/2013 at 15:37 (3,744 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        
You have a ENITRE ISLE of those, "Things"!?

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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!


Post# 260883 , Reply# 14   12/26/2013 at 15:50 (3,744 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)        

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.


Post# 260885 , Reply# 15   12/26/2013 at 16:06 (3,744 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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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


Post# 260889 , Reply# 16   12/26/2013 at 16:48 (3,744 days old) by citroenbx (england)        


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some where iv got pics of dc03 in comet and dc15 and dc16



HOPE I FIND THEM


Post# 260891 , Reply# 17   12/26/2013 at 17:06 (3,744 days old) by citroenbx (england)        

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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


Post# 260892 , Reply# 18   12/26/2013 at 17:08 (3,744 days old) by matt8808 (Teesside - North East - UK)        

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


Post# 260940 , Reply# 19   12/27/2013 at 12:37 (3,743 days old) by ultraperformer (Derbyshire, UK, Europe)        

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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.


Post# 260950 , Reply# 20   12/27/2013 at 13:45 (3,743 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )        

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


Post# 260952 , Reply# 21   12/27/2013 at 14:12 (3,743 days old) by ultraperformer (Derbyshire, UK, Europe)        

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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?


Post# 261019 , Reply# 22   12/28/2013 at 10:42 (3,742 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()        

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.


Post# 261033 , Reply# 23   12/28/2013 at 14:12 (3,742 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)        

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Gsheen - as stated earlier this year, I was shocked when emailing Electrolux UK who confirmed that they will no longer put their names on their vacuums. Cheap end goes to Zanussi, expensive TOL goes to AEG. Its quite sad, really.

Post# 261037 , Reply# 24   12/28/2013 at 14:29 (3,742 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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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

Post# 261061 , Reply# 25   12/28/2013 at 17:51 (3,742 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)        

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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!


Post# 261184 , Reply# 26   12/30/2013 at 08:15 (3,740 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        
hoses on cylinders

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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.


Post# 261185 , Reply# 27   12/30/2013 at 08:46 (3,740 days old) by jade_angel (Fort Collins, CO)        

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?


Post# 261187 , Reply# 28   12/30/2013 at 09:00 (3,740 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)        

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No, they are not sold in the UK.

Post# 261190 , Reply# 29   12/30/2013 at 09:22 (3,740 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Miele is sold here in Mass retailers too, Our version of walmart stocks Miele

Post# 261191 , Reply# 30   12/30/2013 at 09:40 (3,740 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)        

No wonder the UK vacuum market is going downhill, when in a lot of stores like the Range, Factory Stores, department stores etc offering a choice of....
Bagless pleated filter models (usually Vax)...


Post# 261194 , Reply# 31   12/30/2013 at 10:15 (3,740 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()        

All of the Vacuums my local Tesco's sells are those horrid pleated filter types, they have a Hoover Sprint / Discovery / Spirit Cylinder for £119!

Post# 261195 , Reply# 32   12/30/2013 at 10:32 (3,740 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)        

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£119?? That is some mark up!!

Post# 261199 , Reply# 33   12/30/2013 at 11:58 (3,740 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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OOH we get those too, Tons of them I will post pics of them tomorrow

Post# 261203 , Reply# 34   12/30/2013 at 13:03 (3,740 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()        

Tesco's have all of the lower end Hoover Cylinders, eg Smart Upright & Cylinder, Discovery based version & the Smart Express / Alyx Upright. They also have the Vax Power Uprights / Cylinders too plus their own vacs. A poor range really.

Post# 261215 , Reply# 35   12/30/2013 at 16:14 (3,740 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)        

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Yes but dont forget HiLo, they also have Tesco Direct that sells the top end brands.

Post# 261404 , Reply# 36   1/1/2014 at 07:06 (3,738 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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So this is inside a store called Game also a massmart owned company. As for vacuums they only carry the budget end of the range

Post# 261405 , Reply# 37   1/1/2014 at 07:08 (3,738 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Cylinders

Post# 261406 , Reply# 38   1/1/2014 at 07:09 (3,738 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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More cylinders

Post# 261407 , Reply# 39   1/1/2014 at 07:11 (3,738 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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More cylinders

Post# 261408 , Reply# 40   1/1/2014 at 07:13 (3,738 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Some wet&dry vacs
The store's vacuum section was actually very messy with models standing on the floor and just in a genral state probably still needing restocking after Christmas


Post# 261417 , Reply# 41   1/1/2014 at 09:18 (3,738 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England)        
how interesting

To see some cleaners we had as "Electrolux" here in the UK, some 20 and more years ago.

Post# 261418 , Reply# 42   1/1/2014 at 09:21 (3,738 days old) by ManchesterVacs (Manchester)        

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Here are some DC04's in our shop. 

 

 


Post# 261426 , Reply# 43   1/1/2014 at 10:07 (3,738 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK)        

Just one or two DC04s I see...

Post# 261427 , Reply# 44   1/1/2014 at 10:17 (3,738 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Vintage repairer

Which machines are those ?


Post# 261437 , Reply# 45   1/1/2014 at 11:20 (3,738 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England)        

Gsheen, reply #36, the green & grey cleaner was sold here in the late 1980's and early 1990's as the Electrolux Masterlux, though with a different recovery bucket. It was one of the first major competitors for the original Vax 3-in-1 system, in fact in many ways was a better carpet cleaner as it had a pump and a professional carpet nozzle. I found you a video (I do not know which member -if any- here it belongs to)





Reply #40, this came later as the Twinstream, to replace the Masterlux. Same person has a video of this too, but I also found a picture which is easier to identify with as it does not have the shampoo bucket in place.









Post# 261445 , Reply# 46   1/1/2014 at 11:53 (3,738 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Yes the Z85 is similar to those, The aqua lux ( Blue one ) is totally different developed in SA for our market. Its a wet&dry vac only vacuum and uses a extended tub of the Original base vacuum only version of the twin stream also called the aqua lux. How ever from there upwards its totally SA developed , In fact this is the second incarnation of this vacuum. The first used a different bucket but it was replaced by this one to save costs by sharing the bucket of the Z85

The Twin stream was on the market here as a stopgap model ( imported ) to compete with the Hoover Aquamaster which sold up a storm here until we developed our own Model the typhoon ( with out a pump to compete at the same price level.
This was later replaced by the Z85 ( imported ) The later made here with a Double stage vacuum motor.
The Z85 extractor vac uses the same lid as the Master lux but underneath is completely different, It has more in common wit the later Z85 but has a bigger bucket and a single stage motor.

I am looking for a twinstream, Its one of my most wanted machines.




Post# 261448 , Reply# 47   1/1/2014 at 12:47 (3,738 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Do you remember what the Idea behind the twinstream was, for the life of me I can't


Post# 261449 , Reply# 48   1/1/2014 at 12:53 (3,738 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England)        

No idea I am sorry. I don't think I ever even had one for repair. Of all the 3-in-1 cleaners on sale, Vax outsold the lot. Hoover must have been a close second I think, but the Electrolux cleaners just didn't cut it on the UK market, it seems. The Masterlux was better for carpet cleaning, but much too bulky for daily vacuuming, as the tubes were a lot wider and the cleaner so much bigger than Vax and Hoover.

Post# 261451 , Reply# 49   1/1/2014 at 13:17 (3,738 days old) by Adamthemieleman (North Yorkshire )        
Interesting

In your photos Gareth, there are cleaners under the name logik which is funny as we have our own logik on the UK, but it is our own brand. It used to have the same font as in your photo, it's changed slightly.

They're just really cheap awful things, with the cone filter. The upright is falling apart (seriously it is, the recline pedal fell off) so now it won't lock upright. The suction is rubbish, and when you take the cylinders apart, there's a strong toxic plastic smell.
Nope, wouldn't buy either, no thanks, although there seem to be discontinued. Yayh at last, won't have to see the dreaded bloody things!


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Post# 261452 , Reply# 50   1/1/2014 at 13:24 (3,738 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England)        
Logik

May well be an "own brand" in the UK, but a mass-market product elsewhere. This has happened before, one such instance which springs to mind is Dual.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_%28bra...

Although available in other parts of the word, this became an own-brand label for Asda in the UK, for a short while.


Post# 261453 , Reply# 51   1/1/2014 at 13:45 (3,738 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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The Vax never sold in great numbers here, The Hoover aquamaster did in Great numbers until Electrolux Launched the Typhoon, Eletrolux has always sold very well in SA and many people still buy the brand simply because they remember there Moms S1000 or 506

Post# 261455 , Reply# 52   1/1/2014 at 14:00 (3,738 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England)        

UK consumers are not the most loyal of people. Many of them rushed out to buy a Vax or broke the trend of buying a particular brand when their last cleaner wore out, in favour of Vax. Vax was a bright, heavily advertised gimmick, and the UK consumer loved them.

Vax also pushed wet carpet cleaning to the front of the consumers mind. Before that, few people seemed all that bothered about cleaning their carpets themselves, and indeed I doubt many who bought 3-in-1 cleaners probably cleaned their carpets with any regularity, even after the purchase was made. Never the less, other manufacturers quickly saw the need to bring out their own versions, with Hoover satisfying their ever-loyal consumer with a machine to rival Vax. I never recall Electrolux making much fuss over their cleaners in the same way as Vax and Hoover did.

We also had some very inexpensive cleaners too, like the Goblin and Moulinex, both of which focused on the budget consumer. Neither was particularly great in quality and performance.



Post# 261461 , Reply# 53   1/1/2014 at 14:24 (3,738 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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I think the machine that did the best here was probibly the Bissell Big Green clean Gen 1. It was awesome. I still have one and think the idea behind 3in1 cleaners was not to clean the entire carpet yourself but to maintain the carpet and still have it done once a year by a professional.Its very handy to keep the carpets looking nice with pets and kids about.

Post# 261467 , Reply# 54   1/1/2014 at 14:41 (3,738 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England)        
In the UK

3-in-1 was certainly sold as a method to dispense with professional carpet cleaning - indeed Vax literature used to refer to the potential savings one could make by buying a Vax. However, a very well established carpet-cleaner aquaiatince of mine once stated that the sales of Vax and other 3-in-1 cleaners was having little impact on their business. He attributed this to "target" 3-in-1 consumer being the type who would rarely bother to have their carpets cleaned at all, with or without the facility to do so at their disposal.

Post# 261495 , Reply# 55   1/1/2014 at 18:59 (3,738 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)        

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Logik is a worldwide brand. Well before they became an exclusive brand to Currys, you could buy a Logik record player etc.

Post# 261556 , Reply# 56   1/2/2014 at 04:01 (3,738 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Adam
We et most of those models here too. Very cheap vacuums but all have there place in the market.



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