All Home & DIY articles – Page 283
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NewsTJ Hughes puts paid to plunging profits with a positive Christmas
Discount department store group TJ Hughes has delivered a substantial turnaround from a profit slump of almost 100 per cent in the year to January 2007.
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B&Q to stop selling patio heaters
B&Q is to no longer stock gas patio heaters, following claims that they are harmful to the environment.
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Home shopping groups avoid slump with solid like-for-likes
Home shopping continued to outperform market expectations as N Brown, Ideal Shopping Direct and Findel all reported strong like-for-like sales growth over the Christmas trading period.
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January Sales a hit at upmarket furniture sellers
Upmarket furniture retailers have bucked the dire trading conditions in the mass-market, recording strong starts to their January Sales.
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Home Retail profit lifted by Argos Christmas success
General merchandise giant Home Retail expects full-year profits to be at the upper end of expectations after sales at catalogue chain Argos held up over Christmas.
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December price inflation sticks at 2.1 per cent
The annual rate of inflation remained at 2.1 per cent in December, level with that of November, according to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI).
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Ideal Shopping Direct sales rocket
TV and internet retailer Ideal Shopping Direct unveiled a sharp sales hike for the 17 weeks to December 30, 2007.
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ScS warns on profits after poor Sales
Furniture retailer ScS Upholstery has delivered another profit warning after a “disappointing” Sale period.
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Findel sales set new record
Home shopping group Findel delivered record sales for the 39 weeks ending December 28.
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DFS bucks trend as it secures flat January Sales
Furniture giant DFS has emerged from the crucial post-Christmas Sales relatively unscathed as beleaguered competitors fall by the wayside.
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Analysis
Shopfloor education
Training staff is a constant priority for retailers, but what about training customers? Katie Kilgallen looks at how educating shoppers to use your store effectively can bring big rewards
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Blow to Kingfisher as Asia chief Gilman quits
Veteran B&Q boss Steve Gilman, who is chief executive of its Asia division and one of the company’s most respected retailers, has made a surprise decision to stand down later this year.
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Shares take beating as festive casualties arise
Quoted retailers suffered an unhappy new year as shocking profit warnings and panic about prospects destroyed value.
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Retail shares dive as Christmas trading statements disappoint
Wednesday brought another battering for the stores sector, which had already lost more than a tenth of its value in the previous week, as Marks & Spencer’s shares plunged 20 per cent after a damp squib Christmas.
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Tile Giant to challenge Topps with store push
Tile Giant is to ramp up its expansion plans to take on market leader Topps Tiles following its acquisition by Wickes owner Travis Perkins in November.
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Land of Leather profit fall stifles growth plan
Furniture retailer Land of Leather is to scale back expansion plans after dismal trading over the January Sale period forced it to issue a profit warning last week.
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Hodkinson takes over to drive change at Wyevale
Wyevale Garden Centres chairman Jim Hodkinson has assumed day-to-day control of the private equity-backed business.
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Dreams store count to rise in 2008
Bed specialist Dreams wants to open 50 stores in 2008 to take its portfolio to 220 by the end of the year.
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Opinion
Tenants will call the shots in 2008
This morning, homewares retailer Dunelm reported a strong performance in its trading update in a market that has shown little or no growth over the past year.
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Topps Tiles reports sales rise
Tile specialist Topps Tiles has reported that trading in the first 13 weeks of its new financial period remained positive, despite a tough retail market.