All Home & DIY articles – Page 244
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NewsDreams targets Yorkshire in store expansion
Dreams has embarked on an expansion plan to open 40 shops over the next two years.
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NewsFundraising to help Topps Tiles expansion
Topps Tiles will use funds raised from a proposed placing of 17.1 million shares, equivalent to 10% of its existing capital, to refocus on UK expansion as consumer confidence returns to the home sector.
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NewsGrocers’ non-food sales to increase 40% by 2014
Non-food sales from grocers are expected to increase by 40% to £16.2bn in 2014, representing nearly 10p in every pound spent in supermarkets.
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NewsTopps Tiles proposes share placing as profits fall
Topps Tiles has announced a proposed share placing as it reported adjusted full-year pre-tax profits of £16.3m, down from £29.5m the year before.
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Woolworths and Lowe’s win final approval to jointly set up hardware stores in Australia
Woolworths and Lowe’s, the US’s second largest home improvement chain, have won final approval to jointly set up big hardware stores in Australia, acquiring domestic hardware wholesaler Danks Holdings to act as their supplier.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it allowed the takeover to go ahead after Woolworths and ...
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OpinionSocial commerce in practice
Retail Week yesterday hosted a webinar on social commerce that highlighted both how much retailers have to gain from engaging with their customers, but also the many questions they have concerning how they should go about it.
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NewsMydeco promotes virtual products through PlayStation gaming platform
Homewares shopping aggregation site Mydeco has opened a virtual store in Sony’s social gaming platform PlayStation Home.
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NewsChristmas spending expected to fall
Spending this Christmas could fall for the first time in twenty years according to retail research house Verdict.
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NewsJohn Lewis buoyed by Christmas shoppers
John Lewis has revealed that sales in the week to Saturday November 14 rose 17.1% on the year to £71.9m, £500,000 ahead of the equivalent week in 2007.
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NewsIkea: VAT cut had no sales impact
Ikea, the world’s biggest furniture retailer, said last year’s VAT cut did nothing to stimulate its UK sales and that the planned rise next year will be equally insignificant.
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NewsFocus lines up sites for new small store format
DIY group Focus has identified 100 sites around the country for new stores as it develops a chain of smaller neighbourhood shops.
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NewsBrightHouse like-for-likes rise 9.9% in first half
Rent-to-own electricals and furniture retailer BrightHouse’s like-for-likes climbed 9.9% in the six months to September 30.
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AnalysisIs the property market moving in favour of the landlords again?
The property market has swung in favour of retailers during the recession, but is it about to move back the other way?
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NewsDunelm celebrates surge in sales and profits
Value homewares retailer Dunelm brought forward its trading update after better than expected trading.
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AnalysisWhat it’s like to work for Clas Ohlson
The inside view from Croydon store manager Ian Saville
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AnalysisTrago Mills: The country’s quirkiest retail destination?
Combining leisure and shopping like no other retail destination, Trago Mills is a one-off.
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NewsTrago Mills profits take a hit in recession
West Country retailer Trago Mills suffered a fall in profits and sales in the year to December 31, 2008.
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NewsNext sales continue to beat expectations
Next sales have continued ahead of expectations with like-for-like sales down 1.3% for its third quarter to October 31.
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NewsDunelm like-for-likes rise 15.1%
Value homewares retailer Dunelm has delivered a better-than-expected performance in the first 17 weeks on the new financial year, as like-for-likes jumped 15.1%.
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NewsAllied Carpets revamp
Allied Carpets has refreshed its store environments to move the design away from its previous “hard to navigate stores and soulless interiors that neither excite nor invite”.