All Carpetright articles – Page 2
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DataData: The 15 most improved retailers for gender pay equality 2022
Retail Week ranks the top-performing and most improved retailers for gender pay equality this year.
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NewsExclusive: Carpetright chair Wilf Walsh to step down
Wilf Walsh is to step down from the helm of Carpetright parent Nestware, Retail Week can reveal.
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Future LeadersM&S, Kingfisher and Lidl back major retail I&D programme
Fifteen major retailers and brands have joined forces with Be Inspired, Retail Week’s six-year-old diversity initiative to promote inclusivity across the industry in 2022 and beyond.
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GalleryStore gallery: Carpetright lays out new high street format on Tottenham Court Road
Carpetright has opened a new store format on London’s Tottenham Court Road with a more trend-led customer in mind.
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NewsCarpetright boss Walsh to take chair role at parent company
Carpetright chief executive Wilf Walsh has been promoted to the role of chairman at his firm’s parent company.
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NewsLeading retailers pledge to take action on diversity and inclusion in 2021
Following a year where business’ D&I agendas have come under scrutiny, 16 brands including M&S, New Look and Sainsbury’s Argos have partnered with Retail Week’s Be Inspired programme to promote diversity and empower their teams.
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NewsCarpetright to sponsor Exeter City Football Club
Carpetright has stepped in to sponsor Exeter City Football Club after its previous shirt sponsor Flybe went bust.
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NewsCarpetright investors vote through sale to Meditor
Carpetright investors yesterday voted through a takeover by backer Meditor.
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NewsCarpetright investor considers takeover offer
Carpetright is in talks about a potential takeover offer from its financier Meditor as the retailer seeks cash to repay debt and provide working capital.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Do furniture retailers face big-ticket blues?
After mixed results from furniture retailers DFS, Eve and ScS, Retail Week looks at how the big-ticket furniture retailers are performing and what their prospects are in uncertain times.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why New Look and Carpetright’s CVAs are working
Despite their recent surge in popularity for cash-strapped retailers, CVAs are known to be a notoriously unreliable way of saving a business.
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NewsCarpetright reports ‘year of two halves’ as turnaround continues
Carpetright has posted reduced annual losses and said there has been strong like-for-like growth in the new financial year.
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NewsCarpetright joins forces with Furniture Village
Carpetright has unveiled a new partnership with Furniture Village and opened its first concession with the furniture retailer.
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NewsCarpetright 'will be profitable next year'
Carpertright is on track to be profitable next year after reporting a “significant improvement” in like for likes during its fourth quarter.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will Brexit chaos wipe out big ticket’s golden period?
Big-ticket retailers rely heavily on Boxing Day and the January Sales, but this year the spectre of Brexit looms large.
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AnalysisData: Retail redundancy index – job losses mount in 2018
2018 has been characterised by CVAs, administrations and store closures – all of which have taken their toll on the retail workforce.
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AnalysisAnalysis: 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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AnalysisAnalysis: Is Carpetright on the road to recovery?
Carpetright boss Wilf Walsh is remaining bullish as the embattled retailer gears up for a make-or-break 2019.
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NewsCarpetright unfurls to a loss in 'transitional year'
Carpetright has recorded a pre-tax loss and declining sales at the interim mark as restructuring costs bite.
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NewsCarpetright ‘heavily impacted’ by CVA ‘disruption’
Carpetright has admitted that trading in the first half of its financial year has been “heavily impacted by disruption” from its CVA plan.