All Robert Dyas articles
Robert Dyas is one of four businesses within the Theo Paphitis Retail Group (TPRG) and offers a wide range of home and kitchenware through its 90 primarily South-East based stores. Robert Dyas has a very wide product offer in convenient locations and it positions itself as the place to come for all home and garden needs.
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NewsRobert Dyas launches new loyalty scheme
Robert Dyas has launched a new loyalty scheme, MyDyas, to help customers as the cost-of-living crisis continues.
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NewsExclusive: Tycoon Paphitis reports strong Christmas in store and brands’ return to profit
Entrepreneur Theo Paphitis, owner of Ryman, Robert Dyas and Boux Avenue, revealed a Christmas sales uplift across the board and a return to the black for key brands.
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AnalysisPM for a day: What M&S, Co-op and AO’s leaders would do in the top job
As Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss challenge each other for leadership of the Conservative Party and the country, all eyes are on them for solutions to pressing problems such as the cost-of-living crisis.
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InterviewHow Theo Paphitis went from sales assistant to tycoon, TV star and campaigner
As Theo Paphitis wins the AlixPartners Outstanding Contribution to Retail Award, the boss of Ryman, Boux Avenue and Robert Dyas reflects on his lifelong passion for retail
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NewsTycoon Paphitis urges rates reform as strong Christmas follows annual loss
Theo Paphitis has called on the government to “grasp the business rates nettle” as he gave an update on Christmas trading and Ryman posted its first annual loss in more than two decades of his ownership.
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Prospect Analysis
Robert Dyas (Overview)
Robert Dyas is one of four businesses within the Theo Paphitis Retail Group and offers a wide range of home and kitchenware through its 90 or so primarily South East-based stores.
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Prospect AnalysisRobert Dyas (Financials)
Robert Dyas reported growth across both its online and stores channels for the 2021 financial year to 26 March 2022 (FY2021), despite retail market challenges and supply chain issues, largely casued by the pandemic. Total sales rose 34.4% to £164.6m for FY2021, from £122.5m the year before. Sales had declined by 9.6% in FY2020 when the pandemic forced stores to remain shut for almost all of the first quarter of the financial year. A campaign focused on cutting the cost of living in FY2021 resonated with customers, with energy-saving products like air fryers, portable heaters and heated airers performing well.
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Prospect AnalysisRobert Dyas (SWOT)
Robert Dyas operates in a niche, being the only significant high street player that offers such an extensive product range of home and garden-related products. Competition from out-of-town DIY sheds is therefore limited.
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Prospect AnalysisRobert Dyas (Strategy)
Robert Dyas was acquired in 2012 by Theo Paphitis who has embarked on a programme to modernise the business and make more of multichannel.
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Prospect AnalysisRobert Dyas (People)
An increasing number of roles are held at Group level, but Simon Spencelayh is chief operating officer for Robert Dyas and the long-serving Warren Woods is head of IT.
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Prospect AnalysisEcommerce at Robert Dyas
A lot of work has been done on bringing Robert Dyas’ ecommerce operation up to speed after it was bought by Theo Paphitis. Parent company the Theo Paphitis Retail Group is aiming to achieve a seamless, real-time multichannel experience across its brands.
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Prospect AnalysisStores at Robert Dyas
Management reported in early 2022 that it was “considering a number of potential new sites” to increase its portfolio, including the possible rollout of more joint stores with Ryman.
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Prospect AnalysisTechnology strategy at Robert Dyas
The Theo Paphitis Group is investing significantly in the IT systems needed to bring Robert Dyas into the multichannel era, as it works to catch up with its contemporaries. Owner Theo Paphitis says it is trying to achieve a seamless, real-time multichannel experience across its brands.
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Prospect AnalysisCustomer and marketing at Robert Dyas
Robert Dyas’ brand strategy is based around its wide product offer and it positions itself as being the place to come for all home and garden needs. Given the challenging trading conditions of recent years, offering value is also important, but it is not the leading message to inspire a purchase.
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Prospect AnalysisSupply chain at Robert Dyas
Under ownership by Theo Paphitis, Robert Dyas has upgraded its supply chain as it seeks to drive improvements in efficiency and capacity. His retail group operates a 160,000 sq ft facility in Hemel Hempstead, in which it handles all of its distribution activities in-house.
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Prospect AnalysisRobert Dyas (Outlook)
Crucial to its future success will be management’s ability to fully exploit its position as part of the wider Theo Paphitis Retail Group in terms of sharing resources in areas such as technology, distribution facilities and ecommerce fulfilment.
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NewsPaphitis warns it’s ‘goodnight Vienna for physical retail’ without rates reform
Retail tycoon Theo Paphitis has urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to reform business rates or risk the “destruction” of bricks-and-mortar retail.
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VideoRetail Question Time with Theo Paphitis and Richard Walker
In the first edition of our new video series Retail Question Time, Ryman, Robert Dyas and Boux Avenue owner Theo Paphitis and Iceland managing director Richard Walker discuss government aid for the industry during the pandemic, business rates reform, their hopes for next week’s Budget – and why they both oppose high-speed rail link HS2.
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VideoFace time: Theo Paphitis says retail ‘will never be the same’ after coronavirus
Retail entrepreneur Theo Paphitis discusses the impact of the pandemic on retail property and trading, and says none of his stable of brands will trade in the same way that they did before the pandemic.
