All Home & DIY articles – Page 100
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NewsHome Retail agrees £340m Homebase sale to Australian retailer Wesfarmers
Home Retail has entered into an agreement to sell DIY retailer Homebase to Australian retail group Wesfarmers for £340m.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales rise as stores and online deliver double-digit growth
Sales at John Lewis department stores surged 15.6% to £99.6m last week, when all its main categories recorded strong performances.
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NewsWesfarmers plans assault on UK DIY market with Homebase rebrand
Wesfarmers will rebrand Homebase stores to its Bunnings fascia within five years if the deal to acquire the business completes.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Sports Direct and Dunelm
Retail news round-up on January 14, 2016: Crispin Odey ups his holding in Sports Direct to more than 5%, and Dunelm chief denies interest in acquiring Homebase.
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GalleryStore of the week: Muji sets sail for pastures new at Chinese flagship
Japanese retailer Muji has launched a striking new flagship on Huaihai Road in Shanghai as it sets its sights on expansion into China.
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AnalysisAnalysis: December Retail Sales Monitor, sector by sector
Retail sales edged up 0.1% on a like-for-like basis as Christmas failed to spark the spending spree retailers had hoped for.
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NewsScS appoints Chris Muir to the board as chief financial officer
Furniture retailer ScS has appointed Chris Muir as its new chief financial officer following the resignation of Ron Turnbull last year.
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VideoWatch: December sales disappointment and online growth in numbers
December saw 0.1% like-for-like sales growth, which will lead some retailers asking what went wrong and how they can right the ship in 2016.
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NewsJohn Lewis post-Christmas sales soar 23% but Waitrose slips 2.5%
John Lewis has reported a strong start to the New Year, with sales surging 23% in the week to January 2 – however Waitrose saw sales dip 2.5%.
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NewsDunelm’s Will Adderley takes 5% stake in French Connection
Dunelm Group founding family member Will Adderley has taken a 5.16% stake in French Connection through his investment vehicle WA Capital.
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NewsMade.com Christmas sales soar led by rise in mobile purchases
Online furniture retailer Made.com has revealed a jump in revenue over the Christmas period driven by sales through mobile devices.
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AnalysisInfographic: How consumers splashed their cash in 2015 by sector
Retailers have been battling for share of spend against each other as well as other consumer industries – a trend likely to continue in 2016.
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NewsTopps Tiles posts sales rise as strategic changes deliver results
Topps Tiles’ like-for-likes climbed 4.4% in its first quarter in what the retailer described as an “encouraging” start to the financial year.
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NewsJohn Lewis posts Christmas sales rise as seasonal trading patterns shift
Like-for-like sales at John Lewis department stores rose over the Christmas period but fell at sister grocer Waitrose.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Home Retail share trading and Next
Retail news round-up on January 6, 2016: City regulator to probe Home Retail share trading, Dunnes Stores parts way with auditor E&Y and Next's Israel plans.
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NewsShop prices tumble as fashion retailers go on discount frenzy in December
Prices in British stores continued to fall in December, as retailers resorted to aggressive discounting in order to woo customers.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Sainsbury's bid interest in Home Retail - the key questions answered
Sainsbury’s revealed today it approached Home Retail about a takeover in November. The approach was rejected but the grocer may still try again.
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AnalysisNext’s Christmas trading disappoints: What the analysts say
Next has been hit by mild weather and stock issues with sales up 0.4% in the two weeks to Christmas Eve. Here is what the analysts say.
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OpinionNeil Saunders: US retailers had reasonable but not spectacular Christmas
Although it is early in the reporting period, initial results suggest the holiday season for US retailers was reasonable but not spectacular.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Aldi, Debenhams, M&S and more
Retail news round-up on January 4, 2016: Aldi's expansion plans, M&S fires loyalty scheme head and Debenhams in talks with Sir Ian Cheshire.