Carpetright

Carpetright is a floor coverings retailer, established by Lord Harris of Peckham in 1988. It went into administration in 2024 before being rescued by rival carpet and flooring retailer Tapi, which bought the Carpetright name and intellectual property, two warehouses and 54 stores in a multimillion-pound deal. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Carpetright and the home and DIY sector.

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Nearly 170,000 UK retail lost their jobs in 2024
2025-01-02T07:31:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Almost 170,000 UK retail workers lost their jobs in 2024, according to data from the Centre for Retail Research.
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Bensons has opened an ‘unprecedented’ number of new stores
2024-10-10T14:50:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Bensons for Beds has opened more than a dozen new stores in less than a month following its buy-up of doomed Carpetright locations.
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Carpetright customers owed £8m in outstanding orders
2024-09-18T06:29:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
Carpetright owes nearly £8m in outstanding orders to 21,000 customers with the majority of them expected not to be refunded, the company director’s statement of affairs revealed.

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John Lewis steps in to help bust retailer The Floor Room’s staff and customers

2024-08-22T14:04:00+01:00By George MacDonald

John Lewis is offering assistance to customers and staff who were formerly John Lewis partners impacted by the collapse of The Floor Room, Retail Week can reveal.

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Carpetright sister business The Floor Room has collapsed into administration

2024-08-12T06:18:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev

Carpetright’s sister brand, which trades out of John Lewis stores, has collapsed into administration with the loss of 200 jobs.

Mountain Warehouse has returned to profit as it eyes Carpetright stores for expansion
2024-08-09T07:00:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
Bensons for Beds has snapped up Carpetright stores and will aim to rescue jobs
2024-08-07T11:44:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Space race: Who is set to move in on Carpetright’s vacant stores?
2024-07-31T13:59:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
‘There’s a grim irony in Carpetright’s collapse, but don’t blame founder Lord Harris’
2024-07-23T14:42:00+01:00By George MacDonald

Tapi has opted out of Ireland and the Channel Islands in the Carpetright buyout
2024-07-23T13:28:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Carpetright: full list of stores rescued from administration by Tapi
2024-07-23T11:45:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Tapi has bought Carpetright but many jobs and stores are still at risk
2024-07-22T13:03:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Exclusive: More than half of Carpetright’s stores could be at risk in a Tapi deal
2024-07-19T06:00:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne

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