All Allied Carpets articles
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VideoWatch: The 50 year history of Asda explained in 60 seconds
As Asda turns 50, Retail Week examines the history of the retailer and how it transformed from dairy into the second biggest grocer in the UK.
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InterviewQ&A: Harvey Jones Kitchens, chairman, Geoff Brady
Geoff Brady, chairman of Harvey Jones Kitchens, speaks about inspirational retail entrepreneurs and his recent drone purchase.
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NewsOak 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.
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OpinionAs Clinton Cards collapses, what are the PR lessons from retail failures?
In old black and white Westerns, the shopkeeper who runs the general store is at the heart of storytelling in the community.
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OpinionComment: Return to recession is a red alert for retail
The UK has slipped back into recession. The dreaded double-dip, which most commentators expected us to avoid, is a reality for the first time since the 1970s.
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NewsAllied Carpets bought in pre-pack administration deal
Allied Carpets has been bought in a pre-pack administration deal by a company associated with Floors-2-Go.
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NewsManagement behind deal for Allied Carpets
Allied Carpets operations director Dean Weston is understood to have led Savana Trading’s purchase of the retailer, which was completed on Monday.
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NewsAllied Carpets sold by Hilco
Allied Carpets has been sold by restructuring firm Hilco to a consortium of private investors.
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NewsBig-ticket retailers plan to turn timing of the VAT increase to their advantage
Big-ticket retailers are putting plans in place to capitalise on the timing of the VAT increase that takes effect on January 4.
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NewsCarpetright profit warning sparks fears for home sector
Carpetright issued a profit warning on Tuesday, reigniting fears in the home and furniture sector that shaky consumer confidence will prevent shoppers spending in 2010.
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AnalysisCarpetright: Cleaning up in carpets
Carpetright might have emerged even more dominant from the recession, but it wants to up its game in service and product.
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NewsAllied Carpets revamp
Allied Carpets has refreshed its store environments to move the design away from its previous “hard to navigate stores and soulless interiors that neither excite nor invite”.
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NewsCarpetright's Lord Harris confident that trading conditions are improving
Carpetright chairman and chief executive Lord Harris has reaffirmed his belief that trading conditions are improving.
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NewsAllied Carpets administrator closes 142 shops
The administrators of Allied Carpets have closed 142 shops after struggling to offload the portfolio as a going concern.
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NewsCarpetright posts like-for-like sales rise
Carpetright, the market leading floor coverings retailer, has posted the first quarterly like-for-like sales rise at its core business since the fourth quarter of 2007/08.
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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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OpinionCarpetright rules the roost
Lord Harris must be licking his lips. The carpet king has long dominated the sector but the collapse of his nearest rival Allied Carpets is set to consolidate his control of the UK’s floorings market.
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NewsCarpetright eyes Allied Carpets’ ‘hidden gem’ insurance business
Carpetright is in talks to acquire all or parts of the Allied Carpets Inspections business as it makes a play for the insurance market.
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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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NewsFormer MFI and Woolworths chiefs drafted in to Allied Carpets
The former bosses of collapsed retailers Woolworths and MFI have been parachuted in to help turn around embattled Allied Carpets, which was bought out of pre-pack administration last week.