All Home & DIY articles – Page 208
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OpinionThe Next DIY store
Retailers’ brand extensions may work better as high street standalones than catchall behemoths.
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NewsLombok bought out of pre-pack administration
Furniture retailer Lombok has been bought out of pre-pack administration by its management for the second time in two years.
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NewsWeekly sales slip at John Lewis
Sales at John Lewis department stores slipped 1.4% last week to £51.8m as warm weather and the peak holiday period took a toll. Excluding VAT the decline was 3.3%.
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NewsFindel turnaround gathers steam with sales rise
Home shopping group Findel reported an encouraging start to its turnaround as group sales rose 1.1% year-on-year.
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NewsTrevor Reeves: "I felt total despair"
The owner of The House of Reeves furniture store in Croydon has described the “extremely emotional” moment when the store was demolished after being razed to the ground amid the riots.
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NewsStore stocks bear up despite wave of riots
Despite the wave of rioting, including shop-burning and widespread looting, stores were down but outperformed other stocks in a week when the global markets were undermined by renewed financial fears.
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GalleryIn pictures: First look at Next Home and Garden
Next has opened the first of it’s Home and Garden stores in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex.
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NewsAdministration looms for Lombok
UPDATED: Furniture chain Lombok has filed an intention to appoint an administrator and is danger of going bust in the next few days.
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NewsRobert Dyas boss to ‘get back to basics’
Robert Dyas’s new boss is to focus on supply chain, cost control and leveraging customer loyalty as the owner of the hardware and homewares chain looks for an exit.
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NewsConsumers more cash-strapped than ever
British consumers have never felt so strapped for cash as rising utility bills leave little money left over for basic needs.
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AnalysisDIY is the next frontier for Australia’s grocery giants
Australia is a market that fared well during the economic recession thanks to its proximity and strong ties to Asia’s emerging markets.
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NewsTwo further TJ Hughes stores saved by Lewis Home Retail
Two more TJ Hughes stores have been bought out of administration by Lewis’ Home Retail.
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NewsCarpetright boss Lord Harris says rioters need jobs
Carpetright chief executive, Lord Harris of Peckham, has called on the Government to do more to provide jobs for young people following the London riots.
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News'Modest' retail sales growth in July, BRC reports
Retail sales edged up 0.6% like-for-like in July, when total revenues advanced 2.5%.
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NewsWeekly sales 'slack' at John Lewis, but first-half ends well
Sales growth at department store chain John Lewis slackened last week as the good weather put consumers off visiting stores, but the retailer said it has had a good first-half.
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AnalysisWilliams-Sonoma
The US homewares group has a strong reputation and is eyeing the UK market. But where would it sit in this struggling sector and what is its point of difference?
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NewsHoF clicks into a new gear
Department store group to take multichannel leap with new format click-and-collect store in Aberdeen
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NewsCity forecasts difficult times for Carpetright
The City expects the retail outlook to remain difficult for Carpetright after it reported an improvement in like-for-likes at the expense of margins.
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NewsTJ Hughes stores start to close
Administrators to TJ Hughes will kick off closing down Sales immediately and stores will start to close from next week for 22 of the shops.
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NewsCredit insurer cuts Dreams' supplier cover
Suppliers to beds specialist Dreams have had credit insurance withdrawn by Euler Hermes.