All Homebase articles – Page 10
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OpinionOpinion: Is it time for Home Retail to prune Homebase from its offer?
Home Retail’s future has been debated for years. Are Argos and Homebase natural bedfellows? Is their combined buying power adequately leveraged?
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News
Topps Tiles boss targets B&Q and Homebase shoppers to boost market share
Topps Tiles boss Matthew Williams has set his sights on wooing B&Q and Homebase shoppers with new ranges in a bid to grow market share.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Homebase and Missguided
Retail news round-up on December 1, 2015: Nicholas Marshall considers bid for Homebase and Missguided faces online flak over 'slut' crop jumper.
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News
Home Retail Group's shares soar amid private equity takeover reports
Home Retail Group’s shares have rocketed at their highest rate for more than two years following reports of a potential takeover bid.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Sunday trading, BhS, Asda and more
Retail news round-up on November 12, 2015: Liberal Democrats back longer Sunday trading, Bhs eyes more funding, and ex-Asda marketing boss joins Homebase
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Data
Data: The top 30 declining retailers by store closures in 2015
Londis was the retailer that recorded the biggest drop in store numbers in the year to mid-October, according to the Local Data Company.
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News
Home Retail warns on profits as it braces for Black Friday 'uncertainty'
Home Retail has warned full-year profits will be below market expectations as it braces for trading uncertainty caused by Black Friday.
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Analysis
Next week in retail: Updates from Asos, Home Retail and Mothercare
Retail Week looks ahead to next week, with full-year results from Asos, interim figures from Home Retail and a second quarter update from Mothercare.
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Analysis
Analysis: Wiggle's exit from Homebase reflects the pitfalls of concessions
A concession is often seen as a simply route way of extending a retailer’s presence. But the recent experiences of Wiggle and ScS have proved it’s not so easy.
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Analysis
Wiggle closes Homebase concessions due to 'circumstances outside our control'
Wiggle is closing all of its concessions in Homebase stores this month despite it previously revealing it had plans to roll out more.
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News
Home Retail boss Walden 'optimistic' this Black Friday will be less disruptive
Home Retail boss John Walden is “optimistic” Black Friday will be less disruptive than last year as the group gears up for Christmas.
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News
Argos like-for-likes fall 2.8% in second quarter as electricals demand wanes
Argos like-for-likes fell 2.8% in the second quarter as demand for electricals fell amid “weaker overall market conditions”.
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Analysis
People moves: John Dixon's exit, Gary Mills and all the moves in July
All change across the retail sector as John Dixon makes a surprise exit from M&S and Gary Mills becomes Morrisons’ retail director.
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News
Homebase loses two top directors from its executive board
Homebase is parting company with two of its top executives only three months into the reign of new managing director Echo Lu.
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Analysis
Comment: DIY must increase its appeal to younger and female shoppers
Younger and female consumers today promise new growth opportunities for an industry that is going through radical transformation.
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News
Primrose creates Instagram-inspired social network for gardeners
Online garden retailer Primrose has created a social network for the green-fingered that takes a leaf out of Instagram’s book.
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Analysis
Analysis: Matalan's online bathroom venture – watertight idea or damp squib?
Matalan surprised the industry by launching an online bathroom venture. Faced with a competitive market in new territory, how will it fare?
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News
Topps Tiles targets big-box DIY retailers as it aims to grow market share
Topps Tiles boss Matthew Williams has set his sights on the big-box DIY retailers as he seeks to continue taking market share from them.
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Analysis
Analysis: The top 50 retailers by online traffic in the UK, 2015
Multichannel retailers performed well in IMRG’s top 50 online retailers ranking, with a number of high street brands rising in the rankings in April.
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News
Home Retail boss bullish as fulfilment and tech expected to boost sales
Home Retail boss John Walden has shrugged off Argos’s poor first-quarter as he aims to focus on fulfilment and pushing 4K TVs.
