All Home & DIY articles – Page 211
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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
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NewsDreams grows market share but profits drop
With turnover up to £300m, the beds specialist has grown its market share
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AnalysisInditex is made to measure for tough market conditions
The release of the second-quarter results of the two largest global fashion retailers, Inditex and H&M has sparked discussion that the Spanish company is on the verge of overtaking H&M, as the most valuable listed fashion retailer.
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NewsWorse to come?
More misery expected as retailers collapse and pressure on disposable income mounts
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OpinionGeneral retailers defy market and bad news
Retailers may have gone down like dominoes over the week but despite the slew of bad news publicly quoted general retailers were up versus the market generally.
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AnalysisThe floor is all yours
Floor coverings might not be the first thing a retailer thinks about when envisaging a shiny new store format or reviving a tired shop, but few elements of a store interior can make such a dramatic difference or enable a store to hit this year’s on-trend quite so definitely.
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NewsMacy’s begins shipping to UK
US department store chain Macy’s is making a play for the UK as it opens up its website to customers here
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NewsJML to focus on growth through supply division
Retailer and supplier JML is to grow through its supply arm despite a profits jump in home shopping
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NewsM&S launches earlier summer Sale
Retail bellwether Marks & Spencer launched its seasonal Sale today, a fortnight earlier than last year.
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NewsDFS beats harsh trading conditions to post profits rise
Sofas specialist DFS has bucked the dismal furniture market trend to post a rise in EBITDA and flat sales in its most recent nine months’ trading.
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NewsCarpetright profits slump in the face of weak consumer demand
Floorings giant Carpetright has suffered a 40% plummet in underlying pre tax profit to £16.9m as weak consumer confidence hit the retailer.
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NewsVAT rise floated at furniture crisis summit
Retailers have hit out after the prospect of a further rise in VAT was floated at a crisis meeting last week between furniture retailers, the Department for Business and the Bank of England.
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NewsUsdaw to raise concerns about Life & Style with Government
Shopworkers union Usdaw is writing to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills to detail concerns over the running of fashion and homewares chain Life & Style and its predecessor company Ethel Austin.
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NewsRobert Dyas hires Stephen McVey as chief executive
Hardware and homewares retailer Robert Dyas has appointed Stephen McVey as chief executive, Retail Week can reveal.
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GalleryA whole new lesson in Anthropologie
US lifestyle brand Anthropologie’s inspired visual merchandising rarely fails to impress, but is its third UK store and its first in Scotland sufficiently different from its London outposts? John Ryan visits
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NewsHome Retail confirms Habitat deal, but rest of UK business enters administration
Home Retail Group has confirmed that it has bought some parts of Habitat UK for £24.5m, but the rest of the business has entered administration.
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NewsJohn Lewis weekly sales rise almost 8%
Department store chain John Lewis enjoyed its best trading of the half-year so far last week, when sales rose 8.6% to £57m.
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NewsInvestors should drop idea of UK Retail plc, says analyst
Investors should abandon the idea of ‘UK Retail plc’, a label which has outlived its usefulness, Peel Hunt analyst John Stevenson has argued.