All Home & DIY articles – Page 18
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NewsDunelm teams up with Airtasker for furniture installation
Dunelm has launched a collaboration with gig-economy services marketplace Airtasker.
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Opinion‘John Lewis’ ambition to marry humans and AI is the retail holy grail’
John Lewis Partnership has become the latest retailer to focus on the potential of AI following a new tie-up with Google.
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NewsRiver Island former CEO Will Kernan joins Neptune home
Home decor and furniture brand Neptune has hired ex-River Island chief executive Will Kernan as its new chairman.
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NewsKmart appoints new brand CEO as it eyes European expansion
Australian retailer Kmart Group is setting its sights on expanding its product development brand Anko into Europe by appointing the first CEO for Anko Global.
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NewsScS confident in full-year profit guidance despite cost-of-living crisis
Furniture specialist ScS expects to report full-year profit guidance in line with expectations, despite the ongoing effects of the cost-of-living crisis.
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NewsNext increases full-year profit guidance as sales jump
Next has increased its full-year guidance for group profit before tax by £10m, following a “much better than expected” period of full-price sales.
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InterviewQ&A: Kingfisher’s Dorothee D’Herde on meeting cost and sustainability needs
Kingfisher’s director of responsible business Dorothee D’Herde speaks to Retail Week about how the cost-of-living crisis is shaping how shoppers view sustainability
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NewsEtsy sellers accuse marketplace of withholding money
Online marketplace Etsy has been accused of withholding money from sellers through its “reserve system”.
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NewsJohn Lewis makes senior marketing hire to ‘deepen customer relationships’
John Lewis has strengthened its marketing clout with an appointment to lead its newly created customer planning team.
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AnalysisDunelm x Pets at Home: Retail collaborations dreamed up by ChatGPT
There’s been a bit of a collaboration drought of late, so we asked ChatGPT to come up with some new retail partnerships and ran the responses through AI image generator Midjourney to see what they might look like.
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NewsDobbies names David Robinson as new CEO
Dobbies Garden Centres has appointed David Robinson as its new chief executive.
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NewsOliver Bonas latest retailer to partner with Reskinned
Oliver Bonas has become the latest retailer to partner with sustainable pre-loved repair and resale specialist Reskinned in a bid to give “pre-loved items a chance to shine once again”.
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NewsMatalan remains confident on outlook despite fall in revenue
Matalan has posted a drop in revenue following a “challenging” first quarter, despite remaining “confident” in its full-year profit outlook.
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InterviewLick CEO Lucas London on giving DIY retail a lockdown makeover
Lick chief executive Lucas London didn’t much like what other home decor brands had done with the place. Digitally ineffectual, environmentally iffy and often unhelpful to any non-DIY savvy shoppers – it’s not hard to see why the entrepreneur thought the sector needed a makeover.
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NewsLick to launch online with B&Q
Lick Home’s paint range is now available to shop online from B&Q’s site diy.com, alongside a raft of new home decorating assistance for shoppers.
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NewsDunelm ups profit guidance as shoppers seek affordable home improvements
Dunelm has upped its profit guidance as sales climb and shoppers search out affordable treats and improvements for their homes.
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InterviewQ&A: Cotton Traders boss Nick Hamblin on tackling a younger demographic
As Cotton Traders recently recorded its “most successful financial year to date”, boss Nick Hamblin spoke to Retail Week about the brand’s evolution, its new average customer age of 56 and the importance of womenswear within the product offering
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NewsDFS reaches ‘strongest ever’ market share despite challenging market
Furniture specialist DFS reported a record market share of 38% driven by “the group’s leading brands, scale and well-invested integrated retail proposition”.
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AnalysisFashion and beauty retailers will be most resilient this Christmas
Fashion and health and beauty will be the only two sectors to record both value and volume sales increases this golden quarter, Retail Week’s new report reveals
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NewsProCook names new chief executive
Kitchenware retailer ProCook has named Lee Tappenden as the group’s new chief executive, starting in October.