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NewsKingfisher ecommerce sales soar as Garnier praises ‘resilient’ results
B Q owner Kingfisher has seen ecommerce sales soar in the first half of the year and pre-tax profits climb in what chief executive Thierry Garnier hailed as a “resilient” set of results.
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Asda to pilot convenience format and B&Q shop-in-shops
Asda is to test a new convenience store format and launch B Q shop-in-shops inside four of its largest superstores.
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Obituary: Sir Terence Conran, the retailer who brought European flair to a grey Britain
From bringing the duvet to the UK to supporting the launch of Retail Week, British designer, retailer and restaurateur Sir Terence Conran changed the way people lived.
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Eve Sleep ties up with Boots on Christmas ranges as losses narrow
Eve Sleep has partnered with health and beauty giant Boots to launch a range of Christmas gifting products as it seeks to build sales momentum.
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‘Visionary’ retail entrepreneur Sir Terence Conran dies aged 88
Sir Terence Conran, the British designer and retail entrepreneur who ‘revolutionised the way we live in Britain’, has passed away.
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Coronavirus Consumer Pulse: Health and beauty traffic slumps to pre-Covid levels
Amid the coronavirus crisis, it has arguably never been more important, nor more difficult, for retailers to understand their customers.
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Matalan reshuffles board as CEO Jason Hargreaves steps down
Matalan’s chief executive Jason Hargreaves is stepping down from the fashion and homewares retailer after a seven-year tenure at the helm.
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Watch: B&Q launches new ‘Build a Life’ campaign
B Q has launched its latest campaign “Build a Life”, which marks a new creative direction for the retailer.
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Dunelm profits and sales slide despite homewares boom
Dunelm has posted a fall in full-year profits as store closures during the coronavirus crisis dented its sales.
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Travis Perkins profits fall following store closures
Travis Perkins has announced a decline in both profits and revenues after closing 165 stores in June, but the retailer remains adamant it is now on the path to recovery.
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Topps Tiles names new chief financial officer
Specialist retailer Topps Tiles has appointed Stephen Hopson as its chief financial officer.
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Eve Sleep raises full-year expectations as lockdown spurs sales
Direct-to-consumer mattress brand Eve Sleep has raised its expectations for the full year, after successive months of growth.
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Homebase calls on The Hut Group to 'fast-forward digital plans'
Homebase has penned a 10-year partnership with The Hut Group’s technology arm to overhaul its ecommerce operations.
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B&Q pledges £100,000 to help Solent small businesses
B Q has pledged to donate £100,000 of levy funds to the Transfer to Transform scheme, which aims to boost small and medium businesses in the Solent area.
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Screwfix to open 40 new stores by new year
Screwfix plans to open 40 new stores in the coming months despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the retail industry.
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DFS to sell Sofa Workshop to furniture rival Halo
Furniture group DFS has penned a deal to sell Sofa Workshop to luxury home design company Halo.
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Topps Tiles expects ‘modest’ profit as sales recover
Topps Tiles has said it now expects to turn a “modest” profit this year following a bounce back in retail sales.
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Analysis
In pictures: Six trendsetting checkout-free stores from around the globe
With Amazon planning to open checkout-free Go stores in the UK, Rebecca Crook, chief growth officer at digital product and experience agency Somo, puts the spotlight on the other pioneering cashierless shops from across the world.
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Opinion
‘V-shaped recovery masks wildly divergent retail performance’
Not a day seems to have passed recently without a CVA or job losses from one retailer or another as a result of the lower footfall, lower spend and acceleration in shift online caused by the pandemic.
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Lakeland unveils succession plan as founding family step down
Lakeland has restructured its operating board as its owners the Rayner family step down from day-to-day running of the business, Retail Week can reveal.
