All Homebase articles – Page 13
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NewsHome Retail boss John Walden: 'Homebase is not for sale'
Home Retail Group boss John Walden has quashed speculation that Homebase is up for sale and said no decision has been made to divest the retailer.
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NewsHome Retail warns of 'inconsistent' recovery as sales edge up
Home Retail Group has warned of an inconsistent recovery as Argos’s like-for-likes edged up and Homebase’s sales remained flat in the second quarter.
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NewsHome Retail Group shareholder vetoes Homebase sell-off
Home Retail Group’s shareholder Taube Hodson Stonex Partners has vetoed a sell-off of the Homebase business.
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AnalysisComment: Why downsizing a B&Q may be tricky
Yoking a supermarket and a DIY superstore together is not without its problems in the scramble to become smaller.
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NewsHome Retail Group makes two new hires for own brand drive
Argos and Homebase owner Home Retail Group has made two key appointments as part of an ongoing drive to grow own brand sales.
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NewsHomebase circled by turnaround firms Apollo and OpCapita
Homebase has attracted the interest of turnaround investors Apollo and OpCapita, who are understood to be working on a takeover bid.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Homebase, Office and Industrie
Retail news round-up on August 1, 2014: Turnaround firms circle Homebase, Sir Terry Leahy invests in tech start-up, Office eyes flotation and more.
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NewsHomebase launches interior design academy
Homebase is launching an interior design programme that will offer people aged 16 and over qualifications in the specialism.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Home Retail Group, Morrisons and 'supermarket tax'
Retail news round-up on July 28, 2014: Home Retail considers Homebase disposal, retailers attack ‘supermarket tax’ proposal, Leighton and Norman in frame for Morrisons chairmanship
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AnalysisStore review: John Lewis Kingston Vs Homebase Guildford
Jill Pinner, chairman and founder of Fizz shares her thoughts on the quality of customer service in John Lewis and Homebase.
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NewsArgos and Homebase like-for-likes rise in first quarter
Argos’s like-for-likes rose 4.9% in its first quarter, driven by seasonal product sales and continued growth in electricals.
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OpinionBlog: Own brand is critical in the fight to stand out in home and DIY
Own brand is playing an increasingly critical role in the fight to stand out and drive innovation in the competitive home and DIY sector.
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NewsVideo: Homebase's gold winning Chelsea Flower Show garden
Homebase has its Garden Academy recruits to thanks for its gold award at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
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NewsIn pictures: Retailers at Chelsea Flower Show
Chelsea Flower Show brought out green fingered retailers this week, who emerged victorious at the famous horticultural event.
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OpinionBlog: Homebase is making steps in the right direction with its new store format
As shoppers get more comfortable buying big ticket items online, home and DIY retailers must come up with ever more inventive ways to lure shoppers through their doors.
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NewsIn pictures: Cafes, robotic lawnmowers and Netmums – Homebase's new look
Homebase has opened a new format that features its first cafe and a focus on inspiration as it bids to enhance its appeal with female shoppers.
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NewsVideo: Homebase boss Paul Loft on the importance of leisure offer at new store
Homebase boss Paul Loft speaks to Retail Week about the retailer’s new store format that features its first café, a new fascia and a revamped garden centre.
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AnalysisTimeline: Habitat at 50 – the story of a design innovator
After a turbulent period during the recession, Habitat appears reinvigorated as it celebrates an eventful 50 years in the home retail market.
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NewsArgos ramps up multichannel offer with six small format London shops
Argos is in talks to open “five or six” small format stores in London this financial year as it aims to boost its multichannel offer.
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AnalysisHome Retail full-year figures: What the analysts say
Home Retail, which owns Argos and Homebase, revealed benchmark full-year pretax profit increased 27% to £115.4m. Retail Week looks at what the analysts say.