Home & DIY
News for and about retailers specialising in home, garden and DIY products, including furniture, carpets and homewares
Home & DIY Retail News
Dunelm reports strong H1 as it appoints Matt Davies to the board
Value homewares Dunelm has notched up a strong half year performance as it appoints outgoing Pets at Home boss Matt Davies as a non exec director.
MyDeco chief executive resigns
MyDeco chief executive Nicole Vanderbilt is to step down and will be replaced by the interiors etailer’s ecommerce director.
General retail flat as food groups suffer
General retailers trod water over the week in a flat market, but food groups underperformed as investors continued to fret about supermarket prospects and Kantar data showed the grocery market growing below the rate of food price inflation.
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Former M and M Direct boss joins B&Q board
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Carpetright issues profit warning
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Furniture Village sales rise but profit takes a hit
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Retail sales suffer steepest fall in three years, says CBI
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B&Q invests £12m in product ranges
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House of Fraser posts "pleasing" 11.1% sales growth
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Food sales drive M&S Christmas performance as general merchandise suffers
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Topp Tiles like-for-likes drop 4.2% in first quarter
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Carpetright Ireland business in recovery despite group profit warning
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Strong online sales drive John Lewis growth
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Tributes paid to MFI legend Derek Hunt
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill plans 150 new stores as it eyes Peacocks property
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Argos like-for-likes plummet 8.8%
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Indian government approves single-brand FDI change
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Dunelm margins improve as like-for-likes grow 1.1%
Home & DIY In Depth
10 ways to compete with Amazon
Amazon’s sales growth this week showed that the etailer continues to power on. It commands respect from retailers, but its relentless expansion also generates fear. We assess how retailers can best compete with the digital Goliath. Gemma Goldfingle and Alex Lawson report.
How to win spend and inspire people
Customers might think they don’t want to spend, but they may just need some gentle persuasion. Rebecca Thomson finds out how to get people shopping when they think they don’t want to.
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Home & DIY Store Galleries
The Conran Shop: Designs on the future
The Conran Shop in Chelsea has traded for 25 years, but has been refurbished to give it greater relevance. John Ryan reports.
