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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News
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.
News
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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Analysis

Retail 2025: How Molton Brown, Mamas & Papas and N Brown are taking ESG seriously

2024-11-18T06:00:00+00:00Promotional research for Zebra Technologies

Retailers are taking heed of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, and in many cases are also realising the commercial benefits that come with focusing on these issues as opposed to solely chasing profit at all costs.

Analysis

Store tour: Inside B&Q’s latest mini home improvement haven

2024-10-16T15:14:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne

B&Q retail, property and technology director Paddy Earnshaw takes Retail Week on a tour of one of its newest B&Q Local stores.

B&Q has unveiled a new refurbished range and expanded its tool-hire service
2024-10-03T06:27:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
Retail 2025
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
B&Q and Boots directors offer updates on AI investments
2024-06-24T06:00:00+01:00Promotional research for Upp.ai, By Megan Dunsby
Kingfisher appoints British Land exec as CFO
2024-06-17T06:24:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora

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