All Screwfix articles – Page 9
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Analysis
Analysis: Retailers link up customer services across channels
Do shoppers receive the same customer service when they buy online as in-store? Retail Week examines how retailers are unifying customer services across channels.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Kingfisher’s practical and polished stores
Kingfisher’s results last week showed a group that has one store chain in recovery and another growing at stellar pace. Retail Week visits B&Q and Screwfix.
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Opinion
Comment: How much money can Pets at Home make from pampered pooches?
Now that the first wave of retail IPOs has got away it’s good to see that newly quoted companies are embracing potential growth opportunities that, if successful, will reward new investors.
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Opinion
Comment: Kingfisher must nail its UK offer to stay the market leader
While Kingfisher’s full-year results shows its UK business has bounced back, this growth was driven by its trade offer.
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Opinion
Comment: Debate on public versus private retailers doesn't tell whole story
There is more to the public versus private debate than meets the eye.
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Analysis
Oracle Retail Week Awards: Screwfix turns up heat in DIY market
Screwfix wins the Financo Speciality Retailer of the Year after developing its multichannel strategy to meet the needs of the white van man.
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Gallery
In pictures: Oracle Retail Week Awards 2014 winners revealed
Ray Kelvin CBE, founder and chief executive of Ted Baker, won the Outstanding Contribution to Retail Award at the prestigious Oracle Retail Week Awards 2014 last night.
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Opinion
Comment: How to avoid Screwfix's mega-bargain online glitch
Shoppers at DIY online retailer Screwfix.com couldn’t believe their luck when the retailer – selling everything from sheds to pricey power tools – cut all its prices to £34.99 at the end of January.
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News
Kingfisher profits rise in third quarter as Screwfix sales soar
DIY group Kingfisher’s retail profits edged up 1.7% in constant currency to £271m in its third quarter as like-for-likes increased 1.4%.
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Analysis
Analysis: Battle lines redrawn in online fulfilment war
Fulfilment of online orders has become a fiercely fought battleground as retailers tussle to entice customers in a crowded market. Laura Heywood finds out what new weapons are being deployed.
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News
B&Q owner Kingfisher first-half profits dip 1.4% in UK and Ireland
Kingfisher UK and Ireland retail profit dipped 1.4% in its first half as adjusted pre-tax profits across the group fell 1.6% to £365m.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on HMV, DIY retailers, Waitrose, SuperGroup and Dixons
Retail news round-up September 2, 2013: HMV hires new marketing director, DIY chains are expected to benefit from housing market recovery, Waitrose appoints sports marketing agency to make most of cricket sponsorship, SuperGroup and Dixons expected to report first quarter sales rises.
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News
Kingfisher's Screwfix aims to slice through the competition with new Cornwall store
Kingfisher-owned trade business Screwfix broke with tradition at its latest store opening last week in Penzance, Cornwall.
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News
B&Q owner Kingfisher posts full-year profits plunge
Kingfisher full-year group pre-tax profits plunged 11% to £715m in its year to January 31 as wet weather hindered sales in the UK.
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News
Kingfisher names Andrew Livingston as new Screwfix boss
B&Q owner Kingfisher has named Andrew Livingston as the chief executive of its Screwfix trade business.
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News
Kingfisher UK and Ireland fourth quarter like-for-likes fall 5.8%
Kingfisher UK and Ireland like-for-likes dropped 5.8% over its fourth quarter as it was hit by poor weather and weak consumer confidence.
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News
B&Q trials banking scheme for tradesmen
B&Q is trialing a Government-led scheme to become a bank for small tradesman.
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News
Go Outdoors hires former Mothercare director Jeff Fagan
Outdoors specialist Go Outdoors has appointed former Mothercare retail director Jeff Fagan as its retail director.
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News
Kingfisher profits fall as wet weather hits performance
DIY giant Kingfisher, owner of B&Q, posted adjusted pre-tax profits down 15.5% to £371m in the first half. The plunge was blamed on the wettest summer on record, foreign exchange movments and the cost of accelerating the roll-out of new common brands in the UK.
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Gallery
Store of the week: DIY Express, Hayes, London
Somewhere between the wide-open spaces of the large DIY shed and a local hardware store, lies DIY Express.