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Analysis: How Homebase got back in the black
2020-02-27T17:16:00+00:00By Leanne Carr
This time last year Homebase had just reported a £114.5m loss following several bad decisions by its former owner Wesfarmers.
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Homebase boss McGloughlin confident as losses narrow
2019-04-17T06:30:00+01:00By Leanne Carr
As Easter approaches, Homebase chief executive Damian McGloughlin can look forward to DIY retailers’ equivalent of Christmas with more confidence than he could last year.

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Retail cartoon: The Bunnings boomerang

2018-05-30T10:40:00+01:00By Patrick Blower

Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Australian firm Wesfarmers disposing of Homebase after its disastrous attempt to launch Bunnings in the UK

Analysis

Analysis: Can Hilco rebuild stricken Homebase?

2018-05-25T14:43:00+01:00By Emily Hardy and George MacDonald

News that Wesfarmers has disposed of Homebase to Hilco for a nominal £1, just two years after it bounded into the UK market, came as no surprise.

Homebase sold to Hilco as Wesfarmers culls Bunnings UK
2018-05-25T05:57:00+01:00By Emily Hardy
Homebase on brink of sale to Hilco or Alteri
2018-05-23T14:38:00+01:00By Emily Hardy
Bunnings calls in consultants to boost UK business
2018-04-13T13:38:00+01:00By Luke Tugby
Wesfarmers chairman to tour Bunnings with Archie Norman
2018-04-09T06:40:00+01:00By Becky Waller-Davies

Bunnings overhauls tagline in bid to woo UK shoppers
2018-04-04T13:37:00+01:00By Emily Hardy
Bunnings seeks buyers as Lazard brought on board
2018-04-03T06:14:00+01:00By George MacDonald
Opinion: Don’t write off Lidl’s US expansion just yet
2018-03-27T06:30:00+01:00By Bryan Roberts
Bunnings hires Wesfarmers lifer to head up merchandise
2018-03-16T17:09:00+00:00By Emily Hardy

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