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All Tapi Carpets articles
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AnalysisWho will be retail’s winners and losers of 2020?
Who will rise to the top in 2020 and who will struggle? Retail experts share their tips for the year ahead
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News
Tapi losses widen as store rollout grinds to a halt
Tapi has reported widening full-year losses, as its accelerated store rollout programme begins to slow down.
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Homebase appoints former Kingfisher director to lead Bathstore
Homebase has announced the new director of Bathstore following the acquisition of the bathroom retailer last month.
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Analysis
Analysis: Retail's biggest hires, fires and feuds in 2018
There have been many entrances and exits in the retail sector in the past year. Here is a snapshot of 2018’s most important hires and fires.
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News
Homebase and Tapi launch concession partnership
Flooring retailer Tapi is rolling out concessions in Homebase stores as it seeks to ramp up its expansion.
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Tapi losses widen amid rapid store expansion
Tapi has suffered widening full-year losses as it pressed ahead with its aggressive store expansion plan.
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Tapi plots swoop on Carpetright stores as CVA nears
Tapi is speaking with Carpetright’s landlords in the hope of snapping up a clutch of the retailer’s stores that are subject to rent reductions under the terms of its impending CVA.
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Will Carpetright’s CVA put it on a firmer footing?
Troubled Carpetright has today put forward a proposal to close nearly a quarter of its stores and renegotiate rents on a chunk of others through a CVA – a controversial restructuring tool.
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Carpetright to axe 90 stores under CVA plan
Carpetright plans to shutter more than 90 stores and slash rents at more than 100 other sites amid a “fundamental restructuring” of its property portfolio.
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Analysis
How Carpetright’s founder became its worst enemy
Floorings stalwart Carpetright has been in the wars lately. After three profit warnings it is now considering a CVA to exit unwanted stores as sales stall.
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Analysis
Analysis: When retailers go from friend to foe
Footasylum’s IPO represents a second sports retail payday for David Wardle and John Makin. The pair had previously founded, built and floated JD Sports before going into competition against it.
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Tapi losses widen amid ‘aggressive’ store expansion
Tapi – the flooring retailer set up by Martin Harris, son of Carpetright founder Lord Harris – racked up pre-tax losses of £10.2m in 2016.
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Tapi Carpets on track to hit 100 stores by Christmas
Tapi Carpets boss Martin Harris is confident of hitting the 100-store mark by the end of the firm’s second financial year.
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Tapi bosses confident of turning a profit at flooring business by 2018
Tapi, the new flooring chain launched last year by the son of Carpetright founder Lord Harris, is confident it will turn a profit by 2018.
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Poundworld, Tapi, Iceland and Pets at Home eye Brantano stores
Poundworld, Tapi, Iceland, Carpetright and Pets at Home are among the retailers eyeing the remaining Brantano stores, Retail Week has learnt.
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Photo gallery
Store gallery: Tapi's Tooting debut is a carpet store with a difference
Tapi is the first in a chain of stores aimed at offering something new for the mid-market. John Ryan visits and talks to boss Martin Harris.
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Video
The Retail Week: Mothercare results, new store Tapi and Amazon's sales
Content editor Nicola Harrison and executive editor George MacDonald discuss the top stories from the past seven days.
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Watch: Martin Harris discusses his new flooring store Tapi
Tapi founder Martin Harris sits down with Retail Week to discuss the new business, his father’s reaction and what makes the brand stand out.
