Another High Street Rebrand

gottago · Sat 12 Mar, 2016 09.34

But it sounds horrible.

"Bunnings", ugh. It sounds like a name you'd try and rebrand away from.

bilky asko · Sat 12 Mar, 2016 10.49

gottago wrote:But it sounds horrible.

"Bunnings", ugh. It sounds like a name you'd try and rebrand away from.

It has that faux family feel to it. I dislike Bunnings in the same way I dislike Robert Dyas or McColl's - they just don't sit right with me.

Alexia · Sat 12 Mar, 2016 10.55

The new Homebase adverts are a bit schmaltzy, but they work quite well. Not convinced about the "stresses of modern life" being represented by a greying menopausal middle-class woman, a bit on the nose that.

wells · Sat 12 Mar, 2016 13.41

Whataday wrote:I actually think in this case it's a good idea to undermine Homebase's brand awareness.

This isn't a straight forward rebrand. It's a remodelling of the business to focus on DIY. The deal doesn't even include Habitat or Hygena and everything points to Bunnings going head to head with B&Q. The present Homebase brand is a wishy washy mess of DIY and home furnishings, whereas the Bunnings brand looks more hardcore DIY (much more trade friendly too).

I'm a bit cynical about this, considering I overheard some staff in a 'Homebase Design Centre' concept store which takes emphasis even more off DIY say that when the new owners had visited them and this was the week it was all announced "they wanted all their stores to be like this" or words to that effect.

I think the rebrand is more to do with making the Bunnings brand international. We have to remember there is a reason B&Q and Homebase have been moving away from DIY in the first place.

Alexia · Sat 12 Mar, 2016 21.07

Thing is, if I'm doing DIY now, I'll go to either Wickes, or a cheapo shop, or even Toolstation or similar.

ph2o · Mon 14 Mar, 2016 22.47

The trial is over and Morrisons is rebranding! Pop over to viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2919&start=946

ph2o · Mon 14 Mar, 2016 22.51

This is not on the high street but a rebrand of CBBC!!

WillPS · Tue 15 Mar, 2016 00.33

ph2o wrote:This is not on the high street but a rebrand of CBBC!!

Wrong forum dude.

JAS84 · Tue 15 Mar, 2016 04.30

Yeah. TV stuff belongs on TV Forum, where there's a dedicated thread about the CBBC rebrand, not here on Metropol.

JAS84 · Mon 21 Mar, 2016 23.12

KC is changing it's name to KCOM. As a result the KC Stadium becomes the KCOM Stadium (I'm sure the Hull City and Hull FC fans will still call it the KC) and the KC Lightstream Stadium (Hull KR's ground) becomes just the Lightstream Stadium.
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http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-s-K ... story.html
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/KC-telec ... story.html

thegeek · Tue 22 Mar, 2016 04.20

Apparently this happened in December but I've only just noticed:

http://www.firstchoice.co.uk/blog/newsf ... -new-look/