All Home & DIY articles – Page 91
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AnalysisPersonalisation: Structure your business to power customer loyalty
Ever since Amazon pioneered personalisation – using data to recommend products to consumers – numerous retailers have followed suit.
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NewsSainsbury's launches Mini Habitat and rolls out more Argos concessions
Sainsbury’s unveils plans to launch a clutch of Mini Habitat concessions, just days after it completed the acquisition of Home Retail Group.
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NewsM&S to cull 500 head office jobs as boss Rowe steps up turnaround bid
Marks & Spencer boss Steve Rowe will wield the axe on 500 head office jobs this week as he steps up his bid to turn around the business.
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NewsShop prices continue to drop as food deflation hits record low
Shop prices continued to fall last month as food deflation accelerated to a record low, according to latest industry figures.
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AnalysisRetail Diary: Tin Foyle’s epic adventures and Ikea’s do-it-yourself dinners
Foyles’s ‘Tin Foyle’ has been making friends, Ikea is exploring an unconventional dining concept and Daphne Sherman ‘Buttons Down’.
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NewsMP warns retailers 'I am coming after you' on pay as she targets M&S
An MP has warned retailers that she is “coming after them” on pay as she delivered a petition with 90,000 signatures to Marks & Spencer bosses.
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NewsStore gallery: A walk through Ikea's first shopping centre store
Ikea is trialling a range of order and collection points stores across the UK, and opened its fourth inside Westfield Stratford City today.
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VideoWatch: How Ikea has shrunk to fit in at Westfield Stratford City
Ikea has opened its first store in a UK shopping centre. How has the Swedish furniture retailer adapted to fit its new surroundings?
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Ikea unpacks itself in Westfield Stratford
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Ikea’s new click-and-collect shop in Westfield Stratford, part of a trial of smaller stores across the UK
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NewsB&Q launches avatars to answer customers’ DIY questions
B&Q has tested the use of avatars to help answer customers’ DIY queries, with each avatar run in real time by an in-customer assistant.
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NewsEtailer Notonthehighstreet lands £21m in venture capital funding
Online retailer Notonthehighstreet.com has secured £21m from its investors in a move to expand in the UK and international markets.
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NewsOpinion: Aldi showed the gold standard for Rio Olympics sponsorship
Aldi’s marketing focusing on healthy eating sat well with Team GB fans and athletes alike, its brand narrative at the heart of every message
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NewsAgenda: McColl's trading update and Ikea opens at Westfield Stratford
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with a trading update from McColl’s and Ikea’s Westfield Stratford opening both on the agenda.
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NewsLord Kirkham-backed Fabb Sofas recruits ex-Austin Reed finance chief
The new sofa chain launched by DFS founder Lord Kirkham has hired former Austin Reed finance boss Alan Charlton as chief operating officer.
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NewsDobbies appoints new owner and former Ocado exec as chairman
Former Tesco-owned Dobbies garden centre has appointed one of its new owners, Andrew Bracey, as chairman of the 35-unit chain.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can Homebase's new owners nail the UK DIY market?
Poised for transformation, former Home Retail Group-owned Homebase is in early stages of being morphed into Wesfarmers’ DIY brand Bunnings.
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OpinionOpinion: Why the court was right to judge Karen Millen can't use her name
Designer Karen Millen has lost her court battle to use her own name for a new homewares line, in a case that looks controversial at first glance.
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GalleryStore gallery: Fashion retailer Joules opens biggest ever shop
Joules opens its largest store on Edinburgh’s George Street today, and last night hosted a launch event for its VIP customers.
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NewsMothercare boss Newton-Jones poised to join board of Ikea parent group
Mothercare chief executive Mark Newton-Jones has been proposed to become the furniture giant’s first UK board executive.
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NewsHomebase sales up as Wesfarmers tackles 'poor and confusing offer'
Wesfarmers has reported a rise in store transactions at Homebase as the Australian giant ploughed £60m into the UK DIY chain’s “poor and confusing offer”.