All Home & DIY articles – Page 264
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B&Q launches 2,000 eco-products
DIY retailer B&Q is introducing 2,000 new eco-friendly products to help customers reduce the impact that running their homes has on the environment.
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Travis Perkins update sparks fears for DIY
Travis Perkins, the builders’ merchant that owns DIY chain Wickes, has warned that profits will be at the low end of expectations.
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String of up-for-sale MFI stores set to shut
Some of the 81 MFI stores placed into administration last week are to close because no purchasers have been identified.
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Kingfisher: the City view
DIY giant Kingfisher flew analysts to Turkey last week to show off Koctas, its joint venture there.
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Steamer Trading: Full steam ahead
Kitchenware retailer Steamer Trading Cookshop’s gleaming new store shows what can still be done in a depressing retail climate. John Ryan takes a look at its impressive visual merchandising
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MFI 'not paying redundancy money' to call centre staff
More than 130 MFI call centre workers who lost their jobs last month are unlikely to be paid any redundancy money, according to The Times.
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Habitat axes more stores to staunch losses
Furniture retailer Habitat is continuing with a programme of store closures as part of its plans to revive its fortunes.
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UK retail like-for-likes down 1.5 per cent in September
UK like-for-like retail sales slid 1.5 per cent in September as turmoil in the financial markets hit consumer confidence hard.
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Majority of shoppers to spend less this Christmas
Two thirds of shoppers will spend less this Christmas compared with last year, according to a poll by Gfk Research Panels.
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Focus to cut jobs as it forecasts tough year
DIY retailer Focus will slash 15 per cent of its workforce by the end of this month to prepare the business for difficult trading next year.
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Allied Carpets to go transactional with site revamp
Allied Carpets is to launch a transactional web site in an effort to take advantage of the online sales boom.
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Land of Leather: City View
Operating costs are being slashed at Land of Leather as it battens down the hatches in anticipation of very tough trading in its new financial year.
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Steamer Trading plans 30 stores by 2011
Kitchenwares retailer Steamer Trading Cookshop opened its 18th store last week and plans to increase its portfolio by more than a third.
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Jysk maps out its route for overseas growth
Danish homewares retailer Jysk is to expand its international operations by launching in China, Eastern Europe, Greece and Belgium.
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Opinion
Lord Kirkham: There’s an art to good business
As Damien Hirst’s recent auction showed, thinking outside the box is key to making money
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Management buys Joy out of administration
Fashion and homewares retailer Joy has been bought out of administration, saving around 150 jobs.
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Profits crash at Land of Leather
Furniture retailer Land of Leather has revealed that pre-tax profits fell by 16.2 million, from 18.5 million to 2.3 million in the year to August 3.
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MFI retail and property divisions placed into administration
MFI placed its retail and property divisions into administration yesterday after the completion of a management buyout led by chief executive Gary Favell.
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Retailers face insolvency in new year
Hundreds of UK retailers face the risk of going bust in the new year.