All Home & DIY articles – Page 284
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GalleryNext Home - Barton Square
The Next Home store in Manchester’s Barton Square is the latest format thinking from the fashion and catalogue retailer.
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Analysis
Finding light in dark times
Retail is getting tougher in the developed world and this year’s World Retail Congress discussed the challenges facing retailers. Tim Danaher and Katie Kilgallen report from Barcelona
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News
Piper buys into The Rug Company
Piper Private Equity has taken a minority stake in 12-store retailer The Rug Company to help fund its international expansion.
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Opinion
Why must we punish success?
Customers decide where to shop, so it’s time to call an end to all the competition inquiries
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News
Ex-MFI director Round to take over at Robert Dyas
Former Kingfisher and MFI director Steven Round has been named chief executive of private equity-owned hardware retailer Robert Dyas.
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Analysis
Sofa, so good
After 21 years in the UK Ikea has come of age and its big blue boxes now an established part of the landscape. Charlotte Dennis-Jones charts the success of the biggest furniture retailer in the UK
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News
Credit crunch to hit Findel profits
Home shopping group Findel became a victim of the credit crunch after warning that bad debt would hit profits.
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News
Harveys’ SMS Corrie link-up bolsters sales
Harveys has declared its SMS voucher trial in connection with Coronation Street a success.
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News
Consumer caution hits high street
Consumers are spending less on shopping trips as the cost of mortgages and household bills continues to spiral upwards, according to Mintel.
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News
Natuzzi heads out of London with franchise stores plan
Luxury Italian furniture retailer Natuzzi wants to ramp up its number of UK stores by more than tenfold, by building a network of franchises in cities outside London.
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News
Retail sales fall for first time in two years
Retailers' like-for-like sales fell for the first time in two years in March, with clothing and footwear sales their worst for eight years.
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Analysis
The green agenda
Times may be hard in fashion, but no one told Sir Philip Green. Tim Danaher and George MacDonald meet him to discuss the secrets of retail success
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AnalysisTesco: The people’s choice
Tesco has been crowned the nation’s favourite once again in Retail Week’s annual consumer poll. Charlotte Dennis-Jones asks how the grocer continues to hold its customers in thrall
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OpinionBAA could learn from grocers
If the supermarkets can open new stores on time and working perfectly, what happened at T5?
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News
Mothercare social site signs up 40,000 users
Mothercare has notched up close to 40,000 subscribers on its social networking site, Gurgle.com.
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News
Evans Cycles maps route to triple stores
Evans Cycles has revealed plans to more than triple its number of UK stores, after Active Private Equity bought a majority stake in the specialist retail chain this week.
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News
Multiyork trials new store format to push sales
Sofa specialist Multiyork is to test four different sized new-format stores in an effort to clarify its offer and drive sales.
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News
Hunter reviews Dobbies stake after rights issue
Sir Tom Hunter is reviewing his holding in Dobbies Garden Centres after the retailer said it would raise 150 million through the issue of new shares, according to The Daily Telegraph .
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Dobbies announces aim to raise £150 million
Tesco-owned garden centre chain Dobbies has posted a mixed set of preliminary results for the year to October 31, as it unveiled its intention to raise 150 million through the issue of new shares.
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News
Ossian debt acquired
An investment fund has acquired the debt in Ossian Retail Group, the owners of homewares brand Au Naturale and fast-fashion chain Internacionale.