All Habitat articles – Page 4
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AnalysisRetail Week on the Road: Midlands
We visit Birmingham, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Nottingham and Leicester.
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NewsArgos debuts Habitat products in new catalogue
Argos launched its autumn 2012 range and new catalogue on Saturday which for the first time includes products from homewares chain Habitat, which owner Home Retail Group bought out of administration last year.
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NewsHomebase: Evolution of the shed format
Poor weather hit sales but the retailer continues to focus on store formats and big-ticket items.
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GalleryStore gallery: DFS comes to the high street
The newly opened DFS store on Tottenham Court Road shows how an edge-of-town format can be adapted for the city.
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NewsAmerican Golf hires former Best Buy man Kevin Styles
American Golf has hired former Habitat and Best Buy director Kevin Styles as its new chief executive.
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NewsHomebase to launch ad campaign for Habitat range
DIY retailer Homebase is to launch a TV ad campaign to back the launch of its Habitat products.
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OpinionAs Clinton Cards collapses, what are the PR lessons from retail failures?
In old black and white Westerns, the shopkeeper who runs the general store is at the heart of storytelling in the community.
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NewsHome Retail cuts red tape with landmark agreement
Home Retail Group has signed a health and safety agreement with a local council that reduce red tape across the country.
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NewsHabitat to open gallery at King's Road store
Habitat is to house an exhibition space at its King’s Road, London store.
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GalleryWhat are 2012's visual merchandising trends?
Although 2012 is still young, trends in visual merchandising are already becoming apparent. John Ryan walks the West End and the King’s Road to see what they are.
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AnalysisReview of the Year 2011: 06. June
Sign up Source: Michael Walter/Troika John Lewis, Westfield Stratford City John Lewis hauls the sign for its new Westfield Stratford store into place. The store overlooks the Olympics site and in June, retailers and Westfield executives were in the final push to get everything ready for ...
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Opinion
Happy birthday Sir Terence
Sir Terence Conran, who celebrated his 80th birthday with a dinner in London last night, was a true retail visionary
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NewsHilco boss rakes in £4.5m in 2010
Hilco UK boss Paul McGowan took home a £4.5m bonus last year as the restructuring firm benefitted from snapping up ailing retailers.
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NewsHome Retail appoints managing director for Habitat
Home Retail has appointed a managing director for Habitat, the furniture brand it acquired in June, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsHomebase brings its best offer to the table
Homebase has launched a premium homewares brand as part of an overhaul of the DIY retailer’s homewares offering that includes a spring launch of the Habitat brand.
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GalleryHow retailers are selling the Sales
Roll up, roll up… it’s Sale time, and as retailers scramble to rid themselves of unwanted stock, Retail Week considers the many ways there are to skin a marked-down cat. John Ryan reports from Westfield London
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OpinionFrom crisis comes opportunity
The retail collapses of the past few weeks were sad news for those losing their jobs, but the focus on failure meant the bigger picture was obscured: crisis for one means opportunity for others, and good quoted retailers are seizing it.
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NewsHilco sells Habitat European arm to Cafom Sa
Habitat’s European business has been sold by Hilco to Cafom SA, a French international home furnishings retailer.
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OpinionRetail’s week of woe could be just the start
In bad times, weak retailers fail. None of the names that have hit difficulty in the past week will have come as a surprise to anyone who follows the sector.
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AnalysisHome is where the hurt is
With the high-profile collapse of Habitat and a struggling big-ticket market, what does the future hold for home specialists? Nicola Harrison reports