All Carpetright articles – Page 19

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    Carpetright eyes up rivals

    2009-01-06T10:03:41Z

    Carpetright has laid out medium term growth plans which will include acquisitions in a year’s time.

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    Carpetright profits plummet

    2008-12-16T08:30:31Z

    Carpetright has issued a profit warning for the full year as it recorded a sharp fall in underlying first-half pre-tax profit of 67.6 per cent to 8.8 million in the 26 weeks to November 1.

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    Travis Perkins warning reignites fears for DIY

    2008-10-23T12:40:00Z

    Travis Perkins’ profit warning last week again sparked fears about the impact of the downturn on home and DIY retailers.

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    Carpetright cautious on full-year trading

    2008-09-23T09:09:14Z

    Carpetright has warned that it remains cautious about expectations for the full financial year.

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    Carpetright cautious on full-year trading

    2008-09-23T09:09:14Z

    Carpetright has warned that it remains cautious about expectations for the full financial year.

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    Toogood retires from Carpetright board

    2008-09-11T12:30:20Z

    Martin Toogood has retired from his role of non-executive director at Carpetright.

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    Campaign for carpet to pile on other flooring

    2008-09-04T13:57:00Z

    The carpet industry’s Fun On The Floor campaign, designed to promote the value and appeal of carpet, could be extended to other types of flooring, such as vinyl, according to Carpetright.

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    Voices of experience

    2008-09-04T11:14:47Z

    This will be the first downturn many retailers have worked through, but there are those who have been here before. Some of retail’s most distinguished names tell Charlotte Hardie in their own words how to deal with a slowdown.

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    Keeping the peace

    2008-08-28T14:59:04Z

    The debate over quarterly rents has pitched landlords against tenants, but the new president of the British Property Federation maintains that relations are better than ever. Tim Danaher meets him.

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    Carpetright like-for-likes plummet

    2008-08-05T08:22:16Z

    Carpetright’s like-for-like sales in the UK and Republic of Ireland slumped 15.4 per cent in the 13 weeks to August 2, 2008.

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    Fruits of our labour

    2008-07-31T09:26:51Z

    Thanks to BlackBerries, retail executives are never off duty anymore, while e-mail into stores has often proved more of a hindrance than a help on the shopfloor. So how can retailers communicate in a way that is effective and doesn’t confuse staff, asks Alison Clements.

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    Two sides to every story

    2008-07-18T16:11:00Z

    ERP systems tend to only ever make the headlines when they go wrong, but the positive impact they can have on a retail business is still tremendous, as Joanna Perry discovers

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    Carpetright to desert expensive retail parks

    2008-07-04T16:27:00Z

    Carpetright is aiming to shift 90 per cent of its store portfolio from high-rent A1 retail parks to bulky-goods parks to better weather the economic downturn.

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    Carpetright's Harris fears tough year

    2008-07-01T09:13:45Z

    Carpetright has warned that trade is tough as it revealed a 7.6 per cent increase in underlying pre-tax profit to 62.1 million.

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    All rise for the king of carpets

    2008-06-05T14:24:13Z

    Lord Harris’s nomination for World Entrepreneur of the Year proves just how far the tycoon has come since inheriting three London carpet stores. Katie Kilgallen meets him at the awards in Monte Carlo

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    Bill Gates buys stake in Carpetright

    2008-05-30T08:32:00Z

    Carpetright has been given an unexpected boost after Microsoft billionnaire Bill Gates bought a 3 per cent stake in the flooring and carpet specialist.

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    Carpetright eyes takeovers in tough climate

    2008-05-01T15:58:13Z

    Carpet and floorings specialist Carpetright is on the hunt to snap up smaller rival retailers, as it revealed challenging trading in its UK and Ireland business.

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    Carpetright on track to hit targets

    2008-04-29T09:30:40Z

    Carpetright recorded challenging trade for the second half of its financial year in the UK and Ireland, but expected the group’s underlying pre-tax profit for the full year to be in line with City forecasts.

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    Stocks outperform market again as results season’s stars emerge

    2008-04-03T10:30:13Z

    A raft of results and updates brought mixed news, but retailers’ stocks rose once again during the week and outperformed the market.

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    Carpetright picks finance chief

    2008-04-03T09:14:55Z

    Carpetright has appointed AS Watson health and beauty finance and IT director Neil Page as its group finance director.