All Land of Leather articles
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NewsBathroom etailer Victoria Plumb eyes £150m sale
Online bathroom retailer Victoria Plumb has appointed KPMG to line up a sale, according to reports.
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NewsVictoria Plumb to launch first television campaign
Online bathroom retailer Victoria Plumb will launch its first TV advertising campaign next week to drive brand awareness.
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AnalysisReasons to be cheerful
The bank holiday festivities are over and it is back to the grind of tough trading and ferocious competition. But it’s not all doom and gloom for the industry. Here we highlight why there is plenty of reason for optimism…
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NewsLand of Leather brand up for sale
The Land of Leather brand is up for sale, just over two years after the business collapsed into administration.
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NewsCredit insurers vow not to pull plug on retailers
Insurers insist there won’t be a repeat of the withdrawal of cover despite HMV’s woes
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NewsArgos among retailers ordered to pay £20m over ‘toxic sofas’
Retailers including Argos have been ordered to pay £20m to 2,000 people who suffered from chemical burns found in anti-fungal agents in sofas.
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Is furniture getting back on its feet?
Furniture retailers may no longer be dropping like flies, but that doesn’t mean the sector’s troubles are over just yet. Nicola Harrison reports.
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NewsShop workers hardest hit in recession
The retail industry has seen the largest rise in people claiming jobseekers’ allowance in the last year, according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
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AnalysisHilco: hero or villain?
Profiting from retail misfortune as it does, restructuring specialist Hilco is much maligned. George MacDonald asks if the rancour is deserved
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NewsLand of Leather executive in talks with Allied Carpets
Clive Hatchard, former chief finance officer of collapsed retailer Land of Leather, has emerged as the third senior executive of a failed retailer to be linked with Allied Carpets about a possible position at the company.
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NewsFurniture Village buys World of Leather name
Furniture Village has bought the World of Leather brand name to bolster its top-end offer.
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Land of Leather founders plot sofa chain comeback
The founders of collapsed retailer Land of Leather are to launch a new furniture chain in the midst of the toughest big-ticket retail environment in memory.
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Land of Leather poised to make more redundancies
More redundancies are looking increasingly likely at Land of Leather as administrator Deloitte has so far failed to find a buyer for the business as a going concern.
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Land of Leather closes 33 stores
Land of Leather is to close 33 stores after it collapsed into administration earlier this month.
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Land of Leather ends takeover talks
Land of Leather has ended talks with parties interested in buying the business, saying the offers would fail to deliver shareholder value.
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Land of Leather confirms interest in business
Land of Leather has confirmed that it has received a number of expressions of interest to buy its furniture retail business.
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Land of Leather faces lawsuit
Furniture retailer Land of Leather is reported to be facing a 250,000 lawsuit from an investment group Agilo, which wanted to inject 5 million into the struggling retailer two months ago.
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Land of Leather poised for £15m rescue deal
Sofas retailer Land of Leather is to launch incentives for key staff through a programme of options and awards once its 15 million share placing has been completed.
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Land of Leather close to £18m refinancing deal
Land of Leather was on the verge of an 18 million financial re-upholstering as Retail Week went to press, but even mid-week, the deal still hung in the balance.