All The Range articles – Page 3
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Retail Navigator Analysis
Wilko (Overview)
The Range completed a £5m deal in late 2023 with the acquisition of the Wilko website and IP from administrators. The Wilko site was relaunched under The Range’s ownership in October, with a handful of Wilko stores reappearing on the high street in the run up to Christmas and an “aggressive rollout” on the cards for 2024.
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Retail Navigator Analysis
The Range (Overview)
CDS Superstores owns The Range, a rapidly expanding mixed goods superstore operation spanning 16 departments including DIY, kitchen, dining, furniture, lighting, arts and crafts and textiles and stocking over 65,000 products.
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Opinion
Move of the Week: A New Look for former House of Fraser boss
One thing you could never accuse Nigel Oddy of is seeking an easy life.
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News
The Range’s new HQ to create 450 jobs
Value home retailer The Range has announced its new headquarters will open in the summer and will create 450 new jobs in its home town of Plymouth.
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News
The Range boss Nigel Oddy to exit after IPO put on ice
The Range chief executive Nigel Oddy is to leave the value retailer little more than a year after joining, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
The Range posts profit fall after taking sterling hit
Profits at value general merchant giant The Range fell last year after the weakness of sterling hit performance.
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News
Iceland to sell food through The Range stores
Iceland and The Range have formed an alliance to sell the grocer’s food in the general merchandise giant’s stores.
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Opinion
Opinion: Improving is not winning in retail
The roll call of failed or struggling retailers is growing: Toys R Us, Maplin, Poundworld, Carpetright, Mothercare, House of Fraser.
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Analysis
Infographic: Ikea's founder dies and valuing The Range
Words and numbers, February 2, 2018: Ikea’s Ingvar Kamprad remembered, valuing The Range amid a mooted listing, and Asos’ boss on its market-beating success
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News
The Range founder eyes £2bn listing for discount chain
The Range’s founder Chris Dawson is in talks with investment banks about a £2bn London flotation of the value retailer he founded 30 years ago.
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News
Steinhoff UK poaches new digital boss from The Range
Steinhoff UK has poached Alexander Bartholomew from The Range to head up its ecommerce and digital functions at Harveys and Bensons for Beds.
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News
The Range profits advance amid aggressive expansion
The Range delivered a jump in pre-tax profits in its last full year as the value retailer continued on its successful streak of sales growth.
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News
BHS: A year after closure, most stores still lie empty
The majority of former BHS stores are still unoccupied a year after the department store group finally closed its doors.
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Gallery
In pictures: The Range at former BHS site, London
The Range has snapped up a number of former BHS sites as it moves to diversify its store portfolio. Retail Week visits its new Surrey Quays branch.
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News
Today in retail: Is B&M set for a Brexit bonanza?
After unveiling rocketing first-quarter sales, B&M boss Simon Arora reaffirmed his belief that the impact of Brexit on the economy would attract new customers.
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Data
Data: The UK's top 30 value retail hotspots
After value powerhouse B&M unveiled its latest spike in profits and sales last week, the retailer hiked up its UK store target from 850 to 950.
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News
Retail warehousing vacancy rate hits 16-year low
The vacancy rate for retail warehousing has fallen to its lowest level for almost two decades, new research has revealed.
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Video
The Retail Week: Shop Direct, Oddy joins The Range and BHS
The team discuss the week’s biggest stories, including Shop Direct’s possible sale, Nigel Oddy’s move to The Range and how BHS’s demise has impacted retail one year on.
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News
Move of the week: Nigel Oddy finds home at The Range
Nigel Oddy’s appointment as chief executive of The Range has surprised some commentators – and understandably so.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why has ex-HoF chief Oddy joined The Range?
Nigel Oddy quit the top job at House of Fraser last year and was this week named chief executive of homewares retailer The Range.