All B&Q articles – Page 8
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News
Kingfisher re-hires John Colley as trading director
B&Q owner Kingfisher has re-hired John Colley as its group trading director, seven years after his first stint with the business, Retail Week can reveal.
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Opinion: Bunnings shouldn’t bother with a small format
Format multiplication, at a time when the task of converting an existing massive store portfolio looks tricky, is something that Bunnings should not be undertaking.
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Kingfisher UK sales driven up by Screwfix and inflation
Kingfisher posted a boost in its overall third-quarter sales as a strong performances at Screwfix compensated for falling sales at B&Q.
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Retailers urge Chancellor to deliver 'shoppers' Budget'
Retail leaders have urged Chancellor Phillip Hammond to deliver “a shoppers’ Budget” and put a lid on “inexorable” rises in costs such as business rates.
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Data
Data: Top 30 UK retailers by international sales
Tesco remains the UK retailer with the highest level of international sales, but British fashion brands and pureplays have made headway.
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Opinion
Opinion: Retailers must connect with their customers
There was some great conversation at the recent Squire Patton Boggs retail seminar, with Richard Lim presenting Retail Economics’ thoughts and data on the retail shopping experience.
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Analysis
Infographic: Gender pay gap data, Shop Direct and Ikea
Words and numbers, October 6, 2017: Shop Direct boss Alex Baldock warns rivals, Ikea president and chief executive Jesper Brodin on TaskRabbit, plus data on the gender pay gap.
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Analysis
Infographic: HoF's new CEO and Aldi's big investment
Words and numbers, September 29, 2017: Alex Williamson on his appointment as House of Fraser chief executive, Aldi’s multimillion-pound investment in prices and infrastructure, and B&Q’s sales drop
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House of Fraser and Kingfisher in transformation mode
Transformation is the buzzword of the day, as both Kingfisher and House of Fraser insist their respective turnaround plans will pave the way to success.
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Kingfisher sales and profits rise despite ‘disruption'
B&Q and Screwfix owner Kingfisher has reported increased sales and profits at the interim mark, but said “business disruption” hurt its like-for-like sales.
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Opinion
Will Kingfisher sink or swim after stormy first half?
Last month, B&Q and Screwfix owner Kingfisher issued an underwhelming second-quarter trading update.
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Analysis
Asda's sales growth return, Amazon's new warehouse
Words and numbers, August 25, 2017: Asda’s first quarterly sales rise in three years, Amazon to create 1,000 jobs in Bristol, B&Q and Bunnings’ results, and Co-op Food boss on gender diversity.
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Video
The Retail Week: Asda, Wilko, Bunnings and B&Q
The Retail Week team discuss the biggest stories in the industry over the last seven days including 3,900 jobs under consultation at Wilko.
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Kingfisher sales drop as B&Q bitten by bad weather
B&Q and Screwfix-owner Kingfisher said like-for-like sales were hit in its second quarter as bad weather dampened trading at B&Q.
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Agenda: Asda and Kingfisher report second quarter results
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Asda and Kingfisher on the agenda.
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Analysis
B&Q and Screwfix: What’s in store for their new bosses?
Following a slew of exits from Kingfisher’s UK fascias B&Q and Screwfix, there are two new DIY chief executives in town.
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Opinion
Keynote: Generation rent and what it means for retail
In a world of millennials, boomerang children and generation rent, should retailers be doing more to meet the shopping needs of younger consumers?
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Analysis
Data: Screwfix fortunes contrast with B&Q
Screwfix boss Andrew Livingston has exited the business, leaving it in a position of having comfortably outperformed its Kingfisher stablemate B&Q in recent years.
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Data
Data: The 20 most trusted retailers in the UK
In a fiercely competitive retail market, understanding consumers, creating loyalty and gaining their trust has arguably never been more important.
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Screwfix boss Livingston quits to take reins at Howdens
Screwfix boss Andrew Livingston has quit the Kingfisher-owned DIY business to become chief executive of Howden Joinery Group.