Floor coverings
News about specialist carpet and floor coverings retailers including Carpetright and Allied Carpets
Floor coverings news
Oak Furniture Land to increase store numbers
Oak Furniture Land is to more than double store numbers over the next 18 months after strong growth in the past year.
Shapland: Carpetright is in "good shape" for future
New Carpetright chief executive Darren Shapland said the retailer is “in a good shape” for the coming years as he prepares to steer it through continued tough trading conditions.
Darren Shapland to replace Lord Harris as Carpetright boss
Carpetright’s founder and chief executive Lord Harris of Peckham is to step down from day to day running of the the retailer. He will become non-executive chairman.
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Topps Tiles marketing director steps down
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Allied Carpets bought in pre-pack administration deal
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Carpetright to refresh store estate by 2014
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General retail flat as food groups suffer
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Carpetright issues profit warning
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Tesco results top off another tough week
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Carpetright IT and e-commerce director Ian Woosey made redundant
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Aldi and M&S lead way with vow to absorb Irish VAT rise
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Profits fall at Topps Tiles
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More bad news from Carpetright as sales continue to fall
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Harris mounts audacious assault on beds market
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Analysts confident the only way is up for retail shares
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Floors 2 Go collapses into administration
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Retailers count the cost as looters attack stores
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Carpetright boss Lord Harris says rioters need jobs
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Carpetright sales improve at the expense of margins
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United Carpets posts level profits
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Topps Tiles sales dip in third quarter
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Sofa retailer SCS to open carpet departments in stores
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Carpetright UK MD stands down amid board reshuffle
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Carpetright issues another profit warning as bed sales disappoint
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Topps Tiles expects 4.5% like-for-like sales fall
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Carpetright shares rise on privatisation speculation
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Carpetright Ireland business in recovery despite group profit warning
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Topp Tiles like-for-likes drop 4.2% in first quarter
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Analysts confident of Carpetright recovery
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Carpetright reports first half loss
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Store stocks tick up as consumers fret
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Retailers feel the heat as consumers save
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Topps Tiles expects pre-tax profit to hit consensus of £13.4m
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Topps’ tumble spells trouble for sector
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Big names suffer amid tough trading concerns
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Topps warns on profits as shattered consumer confidence takes toll
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Store stocks bear up despite wave of riots
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City forecasts difficult times for Carpetright
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Stakebuilding raises Blacks’ share price
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General retail cheer despite torrid trading
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Carpetright profits slump in the face of weak consumer demand
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Topps Tiles aims to outperform with brand focus
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Topps Tiles profits and sales flat
Floor coverings in depth
Profile: Darren Shapland, Carpetright
The news that Darren Shapland is to take over from Lord Harris as Carpetright’s chief executive came as a surprise to some who assumed the founder’s son Martin was next in line for the throne at the floorings empire.
Carpetright: What the analysts say
Carpetright; what the analysts are saying regarding the flooring giant’s sixth profit warning since February 2011.
Family businesses must keep up with the pace
Retailing is often a family affair. Many independents are family businesses and a large number of start-ups are family-run.
