All Kingfisher articles – Page 10
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OpinionOpinion: Retail’s jobs earthquake has only just begun
The law of unintended consequences is writ large over the thousands of retail job cuts unveiled in the last few weeks.
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NewsMove of the week: John Colley back at Kingfisher
John Colley will have felt like he was returning home when he walked into Kingfisher’s Paddington headquarters this month.
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NewsKingfisher re-hires John Colley as trading director
B&Q owner Kingfisher has re-hired John Colley as its group trading director, seven years after his first stint with the business, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsKingfisher UK sales driven up by Screwfix and inflation
Kingfisher posted a boost in its overall third-quarter sales as a strong performances at Screwfix compensated for falling sales at B&Q.
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DataData: The top 30 retailers by UK store numbers
Tesco and the Co-op maintain the largest store networks, but discounters are showing the fastest growth.
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NewsAgenda: Bonmarché, AO, Kingfisher, Quiz, Mothercare, Majestic
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Bonmarché, AO, Kingfisher, Quiz, Mothercare and Majestic on the agenda.
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DataData: Top 30 UK retailers by international sales
Tesco remains the UK retailer with the highest level of international sales, but British fashion brands and pureplays have made headway.
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NewsHouse of Fraser and Kingfisher in transformation mode
Transformation is the buzzword of the day, as both Kingfisher and House of Fraser insist their respective turnaround plans will pave the way to success.
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NewsKingfisher sales and profits rise despite ‘disruption'
B&Q and Screwfix owner Kingfisher has reported increased sales and profits at the interim mark, but said “business disruption” hurt its like-for-like sales.
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NewsAgenda: Kingfisher, Ocado and supermarket sales data
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Ocado, Kingfisher and the latest grocery sales data all on the agenda.
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OpinionWill Kingfisher sink or swim after stormy first half?
Last month, B&Q and Screwfix owner Kingfisher issued an underwhelming second-quarter trading update.
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NewsToday in retail: H&M's Weekday touches down in UK
Today Swedish fashion powerhouse H&M opened its first UK branch of Weekday on London’s Regent Street.
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OpinionOpinion: Don’t judge Bunnings by B&Q's standards... yet
Critics on both sides of the UK DIY war came out in force this week to tear strips off both Kingfisher-owned B&Q and its new rival Bunnings.
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NewsAsda sales growth – green shoots or false dawn?
Asda’ second quarter results today delivered the embattled grocer’s first like-for-like sales increase in three years.
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NewsKingfisher sales drop as B&Q bitten by bad weather
B&Q and Screwfix-owner Kingfisher said like-for-like sales were hit in its second quarter as bad weather dampened trading at B&Q.
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NewsAgenda: Asda and Kingfisher report second quarter results
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Asda and Kingfisher on the agenda.
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AnalysisHow does Tesco save £200m per year? Energy efficiency
Tesco set out its stall earlier this year when it committed to using 100% renewable electricity by 2030.
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AnalysisBig break or big mistake? The best and worst retail M&A
There were deals galore in last week as B&M snapped up Heron Foods and DFS bought Sofology. We look back at some of retail’s landmark deals.
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AnalysisB&Q and Screwfix: What’s in store for their new bosses?
Following a slew of exits from Kingfisher’s UK fascias B&Q and Screwfix, there are two new DIY chief executives in town.
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AnalysisData: Screwfix fortunes contrast with B&Q
Screwfix boss Andrew Livingston has exited the business, leaving it in a position of having comfortably outperformed its Kingfisher stablemate B&Q in recent years.