All Home & DIY articles – Page 84
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NewsShop prices continue to drop as food deflation hits record low
Shop prices continued to fall last month as food deflation accelerated to a record low, according to latest industry figures.
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AnalysisRetail Diary: Tin Foyle’s epic adventures and Ikea’s do-it-yourself dinners
Foyles’s ‘Tin Foyle’ has been making friends, Ikea is exploring an unconventional dining concept and Daphne Sherman ‘Buttons Down’.
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NewsMP warns retailers 'I am coming after you' on pay as she targets M&S
An MP has warned retailers that she is “coming after them” on pay as she delivered a petition with 90,000 signatures to Marks & Spencer bosses.
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NewsStore gallery: A walk through Ikea's first shopping centre store
Ikea is trialling a range of order and collection points stores across the UK, and opened its fourth inside Westfield Stratford City today.
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VideoWatch: How Ikea has shrunk to fit in at Westfield Stratford City
Ikea has opened its first store in a UK shopping centre. How has the Swedish furniture retailer adapted to fit its new surroundings?
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Ikea unpacks itself in Westfield Stratford
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Ikea’s new click-and-collect shop in Westfield Stratford, part of a trial of smaller stores across the UK
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NewsB&Q launches avatars to answer customers’ DIY questions
B&Q has tested the use of avatars to help answer customers’ DIY queries, with each avatar run in real time by an in-customer assistant.
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NewsEtailer Notonthehighstreet lands £21m in venture capital funding
Online retailer Notonthehighstreet.com has secured £21m from its investors in a move to expand in the UK and international markets.
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NewsOpinion: Aldi showed the gold standard for Rio Olympics sponsorship
Aldi’s marketing focusing on healthy eating sat well with Team GB fans and athletes alike, its brand narrative at the heart of every message
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NewsAgenda: McColl's trading update and Ikea opens at Westfield Stratford
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with a trading update from McColl’s and Ikea’s Westfield Stratford opening both on the agenda.
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NewsLord Kirkham-backed Fabb Sofas recruits ex-Austin Reed finance chief
The new sofa chain launched by DFS founder Lord Kirkham has hired former Austin Reed finance boss Alan Charlton as chief operating officer.
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NewsDobbies appoints new owner and former Ocado exec as chairman
Former Tesco-owned Dobbies garden centre has appointed one of its new owners, Andrew Bracey, as chairman of the 35-unit chain.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can Homebase's new owners nail the UK DIY market?
Poised for transformation, former Home Retail Group-owned Homebase is in early stages of being morphed into Wesfarmers’ DIY brand Bunnings.
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OpinionOpinion: Why the court was right to judge Karen Millen can't use her name
Designer Karen Millen has lost her court battle to use her own name for a new homewares line, in a case that looks controversial at first glance.
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GalleryStore gallery: Fashion retailer Joules opens biggest ever shop
Joules opens its largest store on Edinburgh’s George Street today, and last night hosted a launch event for its VIP customers.
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NewsMothercare boss Newton-Jones poised to join board of Ikea parent group
Mothercare chief executive Mark Newton-Jones has been proposed to become the furniture giant’s first UK board executive.
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NewsHomebase sales up as Wesfarmers tackles 'poor and confusing offer'
Wesfarmers has reported a rise in store transactions at Homebase as the Australian giant ploughed £60m into the UK DIY chain’s “poor and confusing offer”.
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NewsFindel approaches ex-Home Retail boss Terry Duddy for chairmanship role
Home shopping group Findel has approached former Home Retail chief executive Terry Duddy to take over as its chairman, according to Sky News.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five lessons retailers can learn from Team GB's gold rush
As Team GB celebrates its best-ever Olympic medal haul on foreign soil, we analyse what retailers can learn from the success of British athletes.
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AnalysisKingfisher second-quarter sales jump: What the analysts say
Kingfisher reported a 7.2% rise in its second-quarter UK like-for-likes driven by a 13.3% jump at Screwfix. Here’s the City’s reaction.