All Home & DIY articles – Page 233
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Bed Bath & Beyond Q1 sales up 13.5%
Bed Bath & Beyond has posted a net sales rise of 13.5% to $1.92bn (£1.27bn) for the first quarter of 2010. Like-for-like sales increased by about 8.4%. Net earnings rocketed 58% to $138m (£91.6m).During the first quarter the retailer opened two Bed Bath & Beyond stores and two Buybuy Baby ...
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NewsTesco sells log cabins
Tesco already sells most of anything shoppers could ever need and now it is adding flat-pack log cabins to its portfolio.
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NewsCarpetright profit surges as UK business improves
Carpetright pretax profit grew from £16.7m to £22.3m in the year to May 1.
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NewsBeales profits surge as revenue dips
Department store Beales pre-tax profit surged 67% to £909,000 in the 26 weeks to May 1.
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NewsTextiles Direct seeks 90% cut in rents
Sixty-eight-store homewares and soft furnishings retailer Textiles Direct has pushed through a CVA in a bid to secure its future by reducing some of its rent bills by 90%.
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NewsBuoyant Wilkinson to speed up store revamps after profits soar
Value chain Wilkinson is to ramp up its store rebranding programme after recording another strong year, with profits more than doubling in the 12 months to January 29.
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NewsHomeSense appoints MD
Off-price furniture retailer HomeSense, the sister chain to TK Maxx, has poached fashion chain M&Co’s head of buying Louise Koser as its managing director.
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GalleryMaking sense of a bigger home
Homewares retailer HomeSense has opened a larger footprint store, but can shoppers make sense of their surroundings.
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NewsFurniture Village bucks trend to more than double pre-tax profit
Furniture Village has more than doubled its profit before interest and tax from £2.4m to £5.4m in the year to March 2010 - but has warned that the outlook for the current year remains tough.
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NewsHomeform chiefs leave company over ‘disagreement in strategy’
Homeform chief executive Tony Vicente and chief financial officer Tim Kowalski have left the business amid a difference of opinion with the owners, it has emerged.
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OpinionPutting on a united front
Individual talent alone is not enough, it is great teams that win the day.
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NewsB&Q to open small city centre stores
DIY retailer B&Q intends to open small-format city centre stores in the UK after the success of similar pilot stores run by parent Kingfisher overseas.
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NewsFeather & Black set for new phase of growth
Bed specialist Feather & Black has revealed a 40% uplift in like-for-like sales in the eight months to June 1 and has hired former Harrods Direct marketing director Alison Lancaster to the new role of marketing director.
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AnalysisKingfisher’s French connection
Kingfisher’s French arm has been an unsung hero for the DIY giant, achieving strong results in a tough market. Nicola Harrison reports from Lyon
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