All B&Q articles – Page 12
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NewsBig ticket bank holiday trade hit by 'tough' market
Big ticket and DIY retailers bemoaned lukewarm trading over Easter and the May bank holiday this year amid “tough” market conditions.
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VideoWatch: B&Q launches first ever pop-up garden
B&Q has launched its first pop-up garden event in Soho Square, London, as it reappraises its brand image and attract a new, younger market.
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NewsToday in retail: Are Bunnings sales really sizzling?
Bunnings may have stormed into the UK and laid down the gauntlet to B&Q, but are its sales sizzling as much as its sausages?
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NewsBunnings snaps up former B&Q site for fifth UK store
Homebase owner Wesfarmers has snapped up a former B&Q store in Folkestone, which it plans to convert into its fifth UK Bunnings Warehouse.
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NewsToday in retail: Fashion bucks the downward trend
Fashion retailers at both ends of the market bucked the downward trajectory today, with Primark and Burberry both having cause for celebration.
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NewsB&Q boss Loeve takes top job at Netto International
B&Q boss Michael Loeve, who Retail Week revealed yesterday was standing down, is to become executive vice president of Netto International.
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NewsToday in retail: General election and House of Fraser
Nearly a year after the EU referendum, Prime Minister Theresa May has called a general election to bring certainty and stability to these turbulent times.
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NewsB&Q boss Michael Loeve to leave after two years in role
B&Q chief executive Michael Loeve is to step down after almost two years at the helm of the DIY chain, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsManoMano takes aim at UK DIY market in debut year
A year after launching in the UK, European DIY and gardening etailer ManoMano has unveiled its maiden results.
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NewsApril Fool's Day 2017: 10 of the best retail wind-ups
From Amazon to Aldi, River Island to Iceland, a host of retailers have launched wild and wacky April Fool’s Day pranks in a bid to sucker shoppers.
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AnalysisWhat’s next for Kingfisher in its five-year rebuild?
B&Q and Screwfix owner Kingfisher has completed the first leg of its five-year mission to become a unified company.
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NewsKingfisher profits rise, RFU chairman replaces Bernard
Kingfisher has revealed rising profits and like-for-likes and named Rugby Football Union chairman Andy Cosslett as its chairman, succeeding Daniel Bernard.
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AnalysisAgenda: Next, Kingfisher and ScS financial updates
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with financial updates from Next, Kingfisher and ScS all on the agenda.
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OpinionOpinion: Beware the 'store of the future' salesmen
Beware of retail snake-oil salesmen who hope to attract attention and revenue by calling a new branch a store of the future. It probably isn’t.
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NewsToday in Retail: Storm clouds gather over Blue Inc
With John Lewis Partnership’s warning of the “increasingly uncertain market” ringing in retailers’ ears, today the industry was served another note of caution.
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GalleryStore gallery: B&Q mini format opens on Holloway Road
B&Q’s new local store on London’s Holloway Road follows the trend of big merchants moving closer to town and city centres.
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OpinionOpinion: Why B&Q wants to be smaller
London’s Holloway Road is the location of the first B&Q mini format, and it opens this week. But will it work and does it make commercial sense?
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NewsMastercard wins card fees case against Asda and Next
Mastercard has won a ruling in a legal battle over card interchange fees brought by a group of retailers including Morrisons and Asda.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why retailers shouldn’t ignore the silver pound
The latest Family Spending report confirmed one of the most important trends to hit retailers in the past decade: a spending shift to the over-50s.
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NewsToday in retail: Tesco plagued by pricing pitfalls
Tesco has dominated the retail headlines today after claims that promotional offers at the shelf edge were not being applied at the tills.