All B&Q articles – Page 35
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OpinionKingfisher well placed for future
This year Easter is just one battle in a longer war of attrition between the DIY groups that many believe will end in consolidation.
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DIY chains prepare Easter ad campaigns
DIY retailers are gearing up for the crucial Easter trading period with a series of high-profile marketing campaigns, but trade could be hit by changeable weather.
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B&Q to personalise marketing
B&Q is to introduce more personalised marketing to customers in the second half of this year to better target specific segments such as older shoppers and trade customers.The DIY retailer has been analysing customer data using things like its Trade Discount Card, to work out how different customer segments behave, ...
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The Q in B&Q: Founder visits New Malden eco-store
David Quayle, one of the B&Q founders and the man behind the Q in the retailer’s name, visited the eco-friendly New Malden store last week with chief executive Euan Sutherland as the business celebrates its 40th anniversary
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B&Q website to take advantage of ‘world-class’ Screwfix fulfilment
B&Q and its sister brand Screwfix are sharing fulfilment capabilities as parent company Kingfisher seeks to expand its UK trade business and find synergies between the two businesses.
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Kingfisher profits tumble
Kingfisher pre-tax profits plummeted 75 per cent after being hit by a poor performance in China and the closure of its Trade Depot chain in the UK.
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Kingfisher to reward store managers with company shares
Home improvement giant Kingfisher is to reward high-performing store managers with shares worth up to six months of their salary.
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B&Q scoops employee engagement award
B&Q’s workforce has been ranked as one of the most engaged in the world for the third year running by workplace behaviour experts Gallup.
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B&Q poised to reveal revamped website this month
B&Q is preparing to relaunch its website with a major redesign this month.
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Wickes chief warns ‘there isn’t room’ for DIY big four
One of the biggest DIY retailers has warned that the sector is not big enough for the existing four big hitters to survive the recession and has raised the prospect of a price war.
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Euan Sutherland: Home improvement
As B&Q celebrates turning 40, Nicola Harrison talks to boss Euan Sutherland about his master plan to revitalise the brand
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AnalysisB&Q: Orange is the new green
New Malden is home to B&Q’s greenest store. John Ryan visits and tests out its eco-boasts
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21 years of Kingfisher
The Kingfisher story sums up UK retail over the past 21 years: a tale of ambition, innovation, internationalisation and transformation.
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Kingfisher to meet full-year profit forecasts
Kingfisher has said it will meet full-year profit estimates after it reported a robust fourth-quarter performance from its UK division.
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Analysis
B&Q opens 'greenest' store in New Malden
B&Q has opened what it terms its “greenest” store. As well as packing a host of eco-features, the store in the south London suburb of New Malden boasts what the retailer claims is the UK’s largest single selling floor – 117,000 sq ft.
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OpinionFurther supply chain regulation is folly
Are you aware of the high drama around Tom’s sausages? Fans have been taking a lot of interest in them as the subject of some tough supermarket negotiations on Radio 4’s The Archers.
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B&Q sells loft insulation at £1 a roll
B&Q is selling loft insulation at 1 a roll, which the DIY giant claims is the cheapest it has ever been sold at.
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AnalysisRetail staffing: Power to the People
Backing UK Retail isn’t just about the role the industry plays in the economy – it’s about the part it plays in communities too. Charlotte Hardie asks how store jobs have helped local people
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B&Q pulls Olympics sponsorship
DIY retailer B&Q has terminated its sponsorship deal with the British Olympic Association because of the global economic downturn.
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Retailers' pre-Christmas Sales to hit new record
Retailers will embark on the biggest ever pre-Christmas Sales drive from now until Christmas Eve in a last-ditch attempt to lure shoppers onto the high street.