All Home & DIY articles – Page 277
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Carpetright on track to hit targets
Carpetright recorded challenging trade for the second half of its financial year in the UK and Ireland, but expected the group’s underlying pre-tax profit for the full year to be in line with City forecasts.
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Dunelm sales rise
Dunelm has posted strong sales for the 43 weeks to April 26 and its chief executive is bullish about the outlook for the value homewares retailer.
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B&Q to step up multichannel offer after successful trials
DIY giant B&Q is to ramp up its multichannel offer this month to increase its share of the 19.5 billion online retail market.
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Findel profit warning feeds City fears for home shopping sector
Home shopping group Findel issued a profit warning last week, after it was forced to increase provisions for bad debt by 5 million.
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Land of Leather downplays talk of financial crisis
Struggling furniture retailer Land of Leather has denied that it is facing a financial crunch as speculation mounted about its future.
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Allied Carpets cuts communications costs with new service deal
Allied Carpets expects to save 1 million over the next five years after consolidating its mobile and fixed-line communications contracts.
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GalleryHomeSense – Imperial Park, Bristol
HomeSense is the latest fascia from the American retail group that owns TK Maxx.
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B&Q Sutton
This is the 38th store re-vamp carried out by the UK’s largest home improvement retailer.
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GalleryBhs Home – Barton Square
British Home Stores joined the Barton Square homewares party in April 2008.
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GalleryNext Home - Barton Square
The Next Home store in Manchester’s Barton Square is the latest format thinking from the fashion and catalogue retailer.
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Analysis
Finding light in dark times
Retail is getting tougher in the developed world and this year’s World Retail Congress discussed the challenges facing retailers. Tim Danaher and Katie Kilgallen report from Barcelona
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Piper buys into The Rug Company
Piper Private Equity has taken a minority stake in 12-store retailer The Rug Company to help fund its international expansion.
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Opinion
Why must we punish success?
Customers decide where to shop, so it’s time to call an end to all the competition inquiries
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Ex-MFI director Round to take over at Robert Dyas
Former Kingfisher and MFI director Steven Round has been named chief executive of private equity-owned hardware retailer Robert Dyas.
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Analysis
Sofa, so good
After 21 years in the UK Ikea has come of age and its big blue boxes now an established part of the landscape. Charlotte Dennis-Jones charts the success of the biggest furniture retailer in the UK
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Credit crunch to hit Findel profits
Home shopping group Findel became a victim of the credit crunch after warning that bad debt would hit profits.
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Harveys’ SMS Corrie link-up bolsters sales
Harveys has declared its SMS voucher trial in connection with Coronation Street a success.
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Consumer caution hits high street
Consumers are spending less on shopping trips as the cost of mortgages and household bills continues to spiral upwards, according to Mintel.
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Natuzzi heads out of London with franchise stores plan
Luxury Italian furniture retailer Natuzzi wants to ramp up its number of UK stores by more than tenfold, by building a network of franchises in cities outside London.
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Retail sales fall for first time in two years
Retailers' like-for-like sales fell for the first time in two years in March, with clothing and footwear sales their worst for eight years.