B&Q

B&Q is a DIY and home improvement retailer in the UK, operating as a subsidiary of Kingfisher, which also owns Screwfix. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about B&Q and the home and DIY sector.

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B&Q has bought five more Homebase stores
2025-01-06T15:05:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
B&Q has reached an agreement to purchase five more Homebase stores for £2.5m, following the retailer’s collapse into administration in November.
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B&Q is snapping up three Homebase stores
2024-12-24T13:26:00+00:00By George MacDonald
DIY powerhouse B&Q has agreed on the acquisition of three Homebase stores in the Republic of Ireland.
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M&S and Kingfisher are among the retailers circling Homebase stores
2024-11-28T15:30:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Two of the UK’s biggest retailers are among the names circling a number of Homebase stores following the DIY retailer’s collapse into administration just weeks ago.

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Kingfisher has tightened its profit guidance as sales remain flat

2024-11-25T07:13:00+00:00By Ritika Bhoora

DIY giant Kingfisher has tightened its full-year profit guidance after sales remained flat in the three months to October 2024.

Data

Rapid delivery: is it still all to play for?

2024-11-21T15:17:00+00:00By Blaise Cloran

Thanks to data collected exclusively for Retail Week by CACI, we can reveal the picture of spend in the rapid delivery market, how Getir managed to crash out of a service that’s in such high demand and the demographic groups it attracted that are now up for grabs.

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2024-11-18T06:00:00+00:00Promotional research for Zebra Technologies
Store tour: Inside B&Q’s latest mini home improvement haven
2024-10-16T15:14:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
B&Q has unveiled a new refurbished range and expanded its tool-hire service
2024-10-03T06:27:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
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2024-09-26T06:00:00+01:00Promotional research for Zebra Technologies

Kingfisher sales have slipped across several markets
2024-09-17T06:30:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
Q&A: B&Q commercial director on the new government, good business and making DIY greener
2024-08-07T06:00:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
B&Q is trialling robot deliveries
2024-08-02T06:00:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Deliveroo unveils latest non-food retail partnership with B&Q
2024-08-01T10:38:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev

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