All Home & DIY articles – Page 82
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NewsThe top 10 fastest-growing retailers in the UK
Growth is the holy grail for retailers, particularly in a shifting trading landscape in which technology is transforming shopping habits.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is a slowdown in-store for home retailers?
In recent updates, Dunelm boss John Browett said homewares showed signs of continuing decline, and Topps Tiles chief executive Matthew Williams said the market was “tough”.
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NewsAgenda: Halfords, N Brown, Pets at Home and Bonmarché
Retail Week looks to the next seven days with trading updates from Halfords, N Brown, Pets at Home and Bonmarché all on the agenda.
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NewsJohn Lewis chairman Mayfield defends bonus drop
John Lewis chairman Charlie Mayfield has defended the retailer’s warning that bonuses rewarded to its partners will be “significantly lower” this year.
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NewsM&S's Rowe: Our Black Friday snub did not harm sales
M&S boss Steve Rowe has said that his customers dislike Black Friday, and that the retailer’s Christmas trading pattern was more traditional in 2016.
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NewsDunelm like-for-likes flat in golden quarter
Dunelm reported flat like-for-likes in its second quarter, and claimed the homewares market continues to show signs of decline.
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NewsWilko fined £2.2m after employee crushed by cage
Value retailer Wilko has been fined £2.2m after one of its staff was left paralysed following an accident in-store.
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AnalysisConsumer 2017: Last year's most popular products
From fads to long-lasting trends, the products that shoppers purchased over the past 12 months can give retailers valuable clues as to what the must-have items of this year will be.
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AnalysisProfile: Dunelm product director Fiona Lambert
Dunelm has drafted in Asda’s former vice-president for own-brand design and development as its new product director.
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NewsTopps Tiles like-for-likes flat in ‘softer’ quarter
Topps Tiles’ like-for-like sales edged up by a marginal 0.3% in its first quarter amid what chief executive Matthew Williams described as “softer trading conditions”.
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NewsChristmas week 'bigger than Black Friday' as sales rise
Retail sales increased in December as grocery sales recorded their highest rate of growth for more than three years.
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NewsRetailers braced for footfall slump amid tube strike
Retailers across London are bracing themselves for a slump in footfall following the start of a 24-hour tube strike.
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NewsOak Furniture Land boss eyes sale to boost US arm
Oak Furniture Land boss Jason Bannister is considering selling off a chunk of the furniture retailer he founded in 2004.
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NewsDunelm hires ex-George at Asda chief Fiona Lambert
Dunelm has drafted in the former boss of George at Asda, Fiona Lambert, as its new product director.
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NewsToday in retail: Paphitis builds business despite ‘perfect storm’
Entrepreneur Theo Paphitis’s eponymous retail group updated on seasonal trading today – an interesting business because of its range of interests.
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NewsPets at Home poaches Screwfix's Stuart Livingstone
Stuart Livingstone, former director of retail at Screwfix, has left the DIY firm to join Pets at Home as operations director, Retail Week can reveal.
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GalleryIn pictures: Dreams enhances portfolio with new format
Beds specialist Dreams has set about enhancing its store portfolio with ambitions to open 20 new-format stores this year.
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NewsBoux Avenue spearheads Christmas sales rise for Paphitis
Theo Paphitis’s Boux Avenue lingerie business led a sales uplift at his group over Christmas, the tycoon has revealed to Retail Week.
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DataRetail league table: Christmas trading 2016
Find out how retailers have performed during the critical Christmas 2016 trading period, with our league table comparing like-for-like sales.
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NewsAnalysis: Five lessons for retailers from cinema Vue
Vue International boss Timothy Richards will speak at Retail Week Live this year. We look at what lessons retailers can learn from the cinema firm.