All ScS articles – Page 3
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NewsScS like-for-likes nudge up as soft trading hits
ScS’ like-for-likes inched up over the year with softer trading and extreme weather hitting its second half.
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NewsAgenda: Card Factory, SCS and BRC KPMG
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Card Factory and SCS, plus the BRC KPMG retail sales figures.
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NewsScS profits rise but Beast from the East hits orders
ScS’ half-year earnings have risen, although the value furniture retailer’s recent sales were hit by adverse weather conditions, when orders were affected by the snow.
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NewsAgenda: Ocado, Kingfisher, ScS, Ted Baker and Next
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Ocado, Kingfisher, ScS, Ted Baker and Next on the agenda.
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VideoWatch: ScS boss − We are Amazon and Brexit proof
ScS boss David Knight divulges how the sofa and carpet specialist is seemingly bucking the big-ticket blues and delivering like-for-like growth.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Are the January Sales in furniture dead?
For traditional furniture retailers, the January Sales have long been the equivalent of a toy shop’s Christmas.
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NewsScS sales swell despite HoF concession dip
ScS has reported a lift in sales at the half-year mark as the retailer’s value-led proposition allowed it to “manage the continued economic uncertainty”.
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NewsAgenda: Conviviality, Joules and SCS update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Conviviality, Joules and SCS on the agenda.
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NewsScS bucks big-ticket blues with first-quarter sales rise
Sofa and carpet specialist SCS unveiled positive like-for-likes in its first quarter as it continues to sidestep the big-ticket slowdown caused by tough market conditions.
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AnalysisBig ticket: Is it boom or bust for home and furniture?
Against an uncertain backdrop, updates from ScS, Topps Tiles, DFS and Made.com have given a vital temperature check on the health of the home and furniture sectors.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Tesco, DFS, ScS and Ikea
The Retail Week team discuss the biggest stories in the sector over the past week including positive results for Tesco and the rise of services.
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NewsToday in retail: DFS profits dive as big ticket divides
DFS unveiled an understuffed set of results today, demonstrating growing disparity in the big ticket market.
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NewsScS sidesteps big-ticket slowdown with value credentials
Sofa and carpet specialist ScS issued some reassurance to those operating in the big-ticket sector today.
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NewsScS profits and sales up as it reaches 100th store
Sofa specialist ScS’ profits and sales rose in its full year as it reached the milestone of opening its 100th store.
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NewsAgenda: Tesco, DFS, SCS and Topps Tiles update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with financial updates from Tesco, DFS, SCS and Topps Tiles all on the agenda.
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OpinionOpinion: No one in big ticket is sitting comfortably
As inflation rises, wage growth stagnates and uncertainty abounds in the wake of the Brexit vote, consumer confidence cannot be taken for granted.
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VideoThe Retail Week with Wilf Walsh: Grocery jobs and DFS
Carpetright boss Wilf Walsh joins The Retail Week team to discuss the biggest stories in the industry over the past seven days.
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NewsToday in retail: Cath Kidston beats Brexit blues abroad
A near 20% sales rise at Cath Kidston’s international business gave the brand’s EBITDA a 27% boost in its last full year.
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NewsScS like-for-likes slip against ‘tough comparatives’
In a pre-close update, ScS said order intake slipped 0.7% on a like-for-like basis in its full year as it came up against tough comparatives.
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NewsDFS boss: We've clearly not been immune to uncertainty
DFS chief executive Ian Filby told Retail Week that today’s profit warning was the result of external factors and would not impact the retailer’s investment plans.