All Home & DIY articles – Page 296
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Wilkinson goes local with small one-stop format
Hardware and variety store group Wilkinson has moved into neighbourhood retailing with the launch of a small-store format that has 7/11 opening hours.
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TK Maxx to shake up market with new homewares chain
Value retailer to bring its Canadian HomeSense fascia to the UK next year with Southeast stores.
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Travis Perkins snaps up Tile Giant
Builders merchant and DIY retail group Travis Perkins is to acquire tile retailer Tile Giant for 12 million.
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Ponden Mill sold for £6 million
Home furnishings chain Ponden Mill has been sold for a reported 6 million.
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Analysis
Where next for Kingfisher?
Kingfisher boss Gerry Murphy’s decision to stand down represents a crossroads for the DIY giant. George MacDonald assesses his legacy
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Tesco Direct on course to smash sales forecast
Tesco’s non-food catalogue and web business is likely to deliver sales a third higher than expected in its first full year of trading.
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Opinion
King faces his toughest times
When Arabian royals come knocking to buy your company, doubts about them having deep enough pockets are probably the last thing that will enter your mind.
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Dunelm sales up, but growth hit as spend slowdown strikes
Dunelm’s growth slowed in the 18 weeks to November 3, despite total sales climbing 10.9 per cent and like-for-likes 5.6 per cent.
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Dunelm reports slower growth
Dunelm reported that growth rate slowed slightly in a trading update today.
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Opinion
B&Q’s store makeovers are moving too slowly
Hurrying through the two-floor B&Q in Sutton, it’s hard not to notice that something is afoot. Signs are everywhere, apologising for the fact that building works are under way as part of creating a newer – and presumably better – B&Q that will have more of what shoppers want.
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Clare to sell Dreams stake to fund homewares move
Dreams founder and managing director Mike Clare is in talks with several private equity firms to sell a stake in the store chain to finance the acquisition of a complementary retail business.
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Analysis
Power surge
Matt Tyson has seen B&Q through some highs and lows in his 20 years at the retailer. But, he tells James Thompson, the latest shake-up is the biggest he’s ever seen.
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Merchant Equity circles Kesa’s furniture chain
Private equity house Merchant Equity Partners is poised to buy French furniture chain BUT from Kesa for more than 400 million ( 278.2 million).
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Gerry Murphy to leave Kingfisher
Kingfisher group chief executive Gerry Murphy is to step down in February after five years at the retailer.
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Land of Leather like-for-likes slump
Land of Leather recorded a poor first-quarter performance as it began to feel the effects of five successive interest rate rises.
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United Carpets tells AGM trading as expected
United Carpets has reported at its Annual General Meeting this morning that trade is continuing in line with expectations, driven by its strategy to maximise revenues from existing stores and expand its franchise business.
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Zara launches home offering online
Zara’s online home shopping business made its debut across 14 European countries today.
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Wickes strikes franchise deal to enter Ireland
Wickes has agreed a franchise agreement with Moritz Home Improvements to roll out stores across Ireland , according to parent company Travis Perkins.
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Mike Clare primes Dreams for sale
Dreams is understood to have appointed KPMG to explore the possibility of a sale of the business for 250 million.