All Home & DIY articles – Page 232
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NewsIconic Liverpool department store Lewis’s to close
Lewis’s, the 154-year-old department store in Liverpool, will close in June with the loss of 200 jobs.
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NewsOnline retail sales hits lowest-ever annual growth in January
Online retail sales growth slowed to its lowest-ever level in January, up just 5% like-for-like to £4.3bn.
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NewsElectricals etailer Ebuyer plots growth
Vida Capital Partners is confident of a strong 2010 as it ramps up its two retail businesses, etailer Ebuyer and kitchens retailer Wrens.
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NewsB&Q sets out plan for blog-style tool to forge online community
B&Q plans to bolster customer interaction on its website in a bid to drive sales and develop its online community.
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NewsB&Q sales hit by snow
B&Q has reported the snow at the beginning of the year affected trade as it recorded like-for-like sales fell 3.5% in its fourth quarter.
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OpinionOn consistency
If you happen to stroll into Habitat’s Tottenham Court Road flagship, the chances are good not only that you’ll find what you what, but that the service will be helpful, well-informed and that the store environment will encourage you to hang around. But it’s a somewhat different proposition elsewhere.
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OpinionMultichannel retail’s pioneers
A decade after the dotcom crash, online and multichannel retail are firmly established. But as entrepreneurs quest for transformational business models, the multichannel merits of older companies should not be overlooked
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NewsJohn Lewis simplifies multichannel system
John Lewis is implementing an order management system to improve its ordering and returns operation in an effort to offer a seamless service across its shopping channels.
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NewsPeterborough Garden Park opens this week
Garden Park Investments’ £25m Peterborough Garden Park opened its doors this week.
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Lowe’s opens first store in Mexico
US-based home improvement chain Lowe’s has opened its first store in Mexico, in the northern industrial city of Monterrey.The retailer has made a $100m (£61.6m) investment in the Latin American country and plans to open five stores in the Monterrey area over the next few years.
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Lakeland plans website revamp to aid expansion
Kitchen and homewares specialist Lakeland intends to relaunch its website this year as it lays out plans for expansion in the UK and the Middle East.
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HobbyCraft top target on Halfords acquisition list
A raft of potential buyers are circling HobbyCraft, including cycling and motoring accessories specialist Halfords and private equity house Isis, ahead of a February 26 deadline for first-round bids.
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OpinionWhen good news is bad news
Croydon has been waiting years for the arrival of John Lewis. The fact it’s going out of town is a hammer blow to the town centre.
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NewsJohn Lewis to invest a further £7.5m in home format
John Lewis will open its second home store, John Lewis at home, in Croydon in the autumn and has committed to investing a further £7.5m in the format.
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NewsFocus DIY asks for rent holiday as snow hits sales
Focus DIY has asked landlords for a rent holiday as the snow last month hit sales.
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NewsSales growth slows to 15-year low in January as snow hits trade
Bad weather brought sales growth on the high street to a 15-year low in January down 0.7% on a like-for-like basis.
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OpinionHot off the press
Heals celebrated its bicentennial by turning over its windows to students from the nearby Slade school of art. And it was the most interesting thing on Tottenham Court Road for some time.
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NewsDebenhams’ Rob Templeman linked to bid for DFS
Debenhams chief executive Rob Templeman is said to be considering a tie-up with private equity firm Cinven to mount a £500m bid for furniture group DFS.
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NewsH&M moves in on homewares
Swedish fashion giant to bring its Home offer to the UK, going head to head with Zara and Next
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NewsHomebase takes on DIY rivals with revamped value offering
DIY retailer Homebase has this week launched a revamped budget range as it seeks to drive sales in the difficult economic climate.