Fenland Business Awards 2017
It is an exciting week at Pike Textiles’ HQ this week. We are proud finalists in the Fenland Business Awards … and the judges are visiting us this week.
It is an exciting week at Pike Textiles’ HQ this week. We are proud finalists in the Fenland Business Awards … and the judges are visiting us this week.
Fabric hangers have long had their place in retail environments working alongside patterns books in stores. Traditionally a hanger would contain a ‘main drop’ (large piece) of a fabric which would be complimented by a waterfall of other colourways.
On the 11th day of May 1891, history was made! The Cambridgeshire company that we now know as Pike Textiles has, this year, celebrated 125 years of fabric and wallpaper pattern book production.
Some might say that the problem with a pattern book is that it is a book. If you can only see a spine or a front cover, how can you ensure that your customers see your pattern book?
The future of sampling – you can use your tablet to swipe a virtual new sofa into a view of your own room, and change its upholstery fabric to see what you like best.
The Red Bridge mill, founded in 1927, near Manchester, UK specialises in the pattern book manufacture and supply of premium textile and paper cover materials.
If you have a product, a service, a lifestyle or even a concept that you want other people to buy (or buy into), influencing them can soon become an obsession.
A bike ride from Lands End to John O Groats certainly seemed a good idea, particularly discussed over a pint as most ‘good ideas’ are always hatched.