All Home & DIY articles – Page 231
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NewsChildrenswear sales drive 5.6% sales uplift at John Lewis
Department store John Lewis sales rose 5.6% to £57m last week as Back to School drove a record week for childrenswear.
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NewsConran Shop pushes social media with new site
Upmarket furniture retailer The Conran Shop has relaunched its website to include social media functions as it aims to grow its online sales five-fold by 2015.
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Fired Earth repositions to help sales
Home specialist Fired Earth is launching an 18-month store redevelopment programme and reviewing its product mix as part of a repositioning exercise aimed at boosting sales.
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GalleryJohn Lewis at Home: At home on the Purley Way
John Lewis has opened its second home-only store on Purley Way in Croydon, but are the locals keen customers? John Ryan reports
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AnalysisRedbrick Mill: At home in the North
Going head to head with competitors under the same roof may seem quite unusual for furniture retailers, but as Tim Danaher discovers at Yorkshire’s Redbrick Mill it just happens to work
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NewsArgos performance dents Home Retail profits
Argos owner Home Retail Group expects full-year profits to come in at the low end of expectations after suffering a second quarter sales fall at flagship chain Argos.
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NewsIkea eyes Reading for next store
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is preparing a planning application for a new store in Calcot, near Reading. It would be its first store opening in the UK and Ireland in more than a year.
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NewsMultichannel powers 12% rise in weekly sales at John Lewis
Department store chain John Lewis posted a sales rise of 12.2% to £57.8m last week, driven by a strong online and fashion performance.
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NewsDwell secures £5m funding to aid expansion plans
Furniture retailer Dwell has secured £5m in private equity investment from Key Capital Partners to aid expansion plans.
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NewsFired Earth still loss making
Home specialist Fired Earth has continued to make a loss despite increasing customer numbers, its parent company the Aga Rangemaster Group said.
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NewsJohn Lewis posts weekly sales rise of 10.5%
Sales at John Lewis department stores rose 10.5% last week to £52m, driven once again by the fashion department.
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NewsClas Ohlson plans store acquisition drive as it aims to go nationwide
Swedish DIY, homewares and electricals retailer Clas Ohlson has laid out plans for a store acquisition drive to create a nationwide chain.
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NewsAga trials new store recipe
Upmarket cooker retailer and favourite of the middle classes Aga has opened a new format store in Sheffield as it aims to widen its appeal.
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NewsJohn Lewis opens second At Home store
John Lewis today opens its second At Home store, in Croydon
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Opinion
Mostly Futile Intentions
£250,000 doesn’t sound like a lot of money for the MFI brand, but is it worth even that?
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NewsMFI brand back from the dead following £250k deal
Brand relaunch marks a new chapter in the furniture retailer’s tumultuous history
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NewsGrowing pains at TK Maxx blamed for tumbling profits
TJX Companies, the US parent of off-price retailer TK Maxx and homewares chain HomeSense, has blamed the poor second quarter performance of its European business on operations in the UK and Ireland.
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NewsFlying Brands acquires online gardening business
Home shopping group Flying Brands has completed its acquisition of Garden Centre Online, it said today.
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Rona Q2 sales rise 2.1%
Home improvement retailer Rona has reported that consolidated sales rose 2.1% in the second quarter to reach C$1.4bn (£863.1m). Net earnings rose 12% to C$67.8m (£41.8m). Corporate and franchised stores’ sales were reported to have been strong in the early part of the quarter due to the gathering pace of ...