All Home & DIY articles – Page 7
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News
Ikea sales boosted by soaring click-and-collect orders
Ikea has posted a full-year sales uplift as online sales and click-and-collect orders soar.
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Gallery
Gallery: Leyland SDM’s new look Kensington store
Leyland SDM’s refreshed Kensington store represents a new look for the home improvement retailer as it faces stiff competiton in the capital.
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Analysis
Last Christmas: What can the festive period tell us about the retail year to come?
With another golden quarter over, Retail Week unpicks the key trends surrounding Christmas 2023 and looks at what they might mean for the year ahead
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News
DFS suffers weather hit to sales but confident in full-year guidance
Sofa giant DFS has reported a fall in demand but still expects to meet full-year earnings expectations.
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News
Wickes makes store manager roles more flexible
Wickes has introduced flexible working options to all store manager roles across its estate.
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News
Dunelm holds firm on outlook despite surging sales
Dunelm has refused to nudge up full-year profit expectations despite hailing “strong sales growth” in the first half of the year.
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News
Australian retailer Harvey Norman to launch in England
Australian-owned lifestyle, technology and entertainment retailer Harvey Norman is launching in England for the first time, with a flagship set to open at the Merry Hill shopping centre in Dudley, West Midlands.
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Analysis
Peter Ruis: the John Lewis returnee charged with reviving the famous department stores
“I joined when it was a rejuvenation story. It worked very differently then. It had an amazing brand and an amazing heritage, but people used to criticise it for being dull and cold. It’s easy to forget that now.”
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Opinion
‘Boss Stuart Machin pumps up the volumes at Marks & Spencer’
A focus on volumes and what drives them helped Marks & Spencer take a place on the Christmas winners’ podium and will mark out retail’s winners more generally, writes George MacDonald
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News
Ikea slashes prices on thousands of products
Ikea has rolled out new lower prices on thousands of products, with more to come by spring.
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News
Exclusive: Homebase CFO Andy Coleman steps down
Homebase chief financial officer Andy Coleman has stepped down, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
Marks & Spencer sales rise across food and clothing
Marks & Spencer has posted a sales rise across its food, clothing and home categories over the Christmas period.
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News
Retailers fear spring price rises and shortages due to Red Sea attacks
Non-food retailers and suppliers are preparing for possible price rises and even product shortages in the spring, as the unrest in the Red Sea continues.
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Interview
Q&A: House of Hackney’s Frieda Gormley on adding Mother Nature to the board
Last month, home and interiors brand House of Hackney appointed two new board members: Mother Nature and Future Generations. Retail Week speaks to co-founder Frieda Gormley about what inspired the move, how it works in practice and the sustainability principles guiding the brand’s retail operations
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News
Topps Tiles sales slip due to ‘ongoing challenges’
Topps Tiles has posted a dip in sales in its first quarter due to “ongoing challenges to discretionary consumer spending” as the cost-of-living crisis continues to take its toll.
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News
Next ups profit guidance again as sales soar
Next has upped its full-year profit guidance for the fifth time in eight months following “better than anticipated” full-price sales during November and December.
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Analysis
What will 2024 bring? Retail bosses predict the year ahead
As 2024 begins, what do retailers think will top the agenda for the year ahead? We asked leaders of some of the UK’s biggest retail businesses to get out their crystal balls and make some predictions
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News
Cotswold Company sales climb as consumers reject 'throwaway furniture'
The Cotswold Company grew orders 13% over the golden quarter as shoppers refreshed their homes for guests at Christmas.
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Opinion
Predictions: who will be retail’s winners and losers in 2024?
Who will fly and who will flop in 2024? Retail experts give their tips for the year ahead
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Interview
Q&A: Ann Steer on reinventing Freemans in a year of ‘aggressive’ transformation
Freemans chief executive Ann Steer speaks to Retail Week about a year of “aggressive” change for the business following the move that transformed Freemans from a traditional mail-order catalogue business to a modern digital department store