DO YOU SPEAK TOG? THE MYSTERY OF BEDDING EXPLAINED.

HOUSING UNITS

PRESS RELEASE

August 17, 2010.

DO YOU SPEAK TOG? THE MYSTERY OF BEDDING EXPLAINED.

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Too hot in winter, too chilled in summer? It could be down to your Togs.

Many people are mystified about how the rating system for bedding actually works and end up getting overheated or left shivering in bed because they choose the wrong type of quilt.

Housing Units, one of the UK’s leading furniture stores, has produced a short video which explains the Tog system and how it can help – or hinder, if misunderstood – a good night’s sleep.

“The Tog system basically tells you how effective – both in terms of keeping your warm and keeping you comfortably cool – your bedding is. But while many think it’s simply a case of big duvets keeping you warm and thin ones keeping you cool, that’s not necessarily so,” said Nick Fox of Housing Units

“The Tog system, for instance, also allows for people who sleep alone or with their partner, because that can also have an effect upon heat retention – and can guide on how different Tog-rated layers can be combined or removed as the seasons change.”

(Link to video here).

Housing Units – known for its top-hatted doormen - was established in 1947. It is a family-owned furnishings retailer based in Wickentree Lane, Failsworth, Manchester M35 9BA, next to Junction 22 of the M60. It stocks 30,000 high-quality lines across a range of departments in two buildings and a crescent of specialist shops, and prides itself on its unique style of customer service, the value of its goods and the shopping experience it provides.

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Further information:

Iain Macauley

0161 929 0446/07788 978800

im@pressrelations.co.uk

www.housingunits.co.uk

Housing Units and other photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pressrelations

HOUSING UNITS GETS GREATS NEWS: “IT’S THE BEST” - CRAIN'S

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HOUSING UNITS GETS GREATS NEWS: “IT’S THE BEST”.

HOUSING UNITS

PRESS RELEASE

May 24, 2010.

HOUSING UNITS GETS GREATS NEWS: “IT’S THE BEST”.

Housing Units has been named one of the top department stores in the country in the retail industry equivalent of the Oscars.

The Failsworth, north Manchester, store won the award for best department store retailer of gifts in The Greats Gift Retailer of the Year Awards 2010 which took place at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel on May 20.

The other finalists included last year’s winner, John Lewis of Oxford Street.

The award is open to independent department stores, or individual outlets of bigger chains, and notes product range, product knowledge, staff training, customer care, promotion and display.

“This is a jaw-dropping achievement, and incredible reward for the staff and management who live, eat and breathe Housing Units, and who are passionate about making a difference,” said Stuart Fox, Retail Operations Director of Housing Units, who collected the award.

“That we are competing against some of the greatest stores in the land is tribute to all concerned at Housing Units.

“We know our customers well, we know what they like, and many of them are like loyal friends as well as supporters.”

Housing Units – known for its top-hatted doormen - was established in 1947. It is a family-owned furnishings retailer based in Wickentree Lane, Failsworth, Manchester M35 9BA, next to Junction 22 of the M60. It stocks 30,000 high-quality lines across a range of departments in two buildings and a crescent of specialist shops, and prides itself on its unique style of customer service, the value of its goods and the shopping experience it provides.

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Further information:

Iain Macauley

0161 929 0446/07788 978800

im@pressrelations.co.uk

www.housingunits.co.uk

Housing Units and other photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pressrelations