All Home & DIY articles – Page 86
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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.
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NewsShop prices fall but rate of decline starts to slow
Shop prices fell once more in December but the rate of decline has begun to slow.
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NewsTiger's UK owners sell stake in Danish retailer
Flying Tiger Copenhagen’s UK founders Philip and Emma Bier have sold their 50% stake in the Danish variety retailer for an undisclosed sum, 11 years after the couple opened its first UK store.
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NewsCost prices to grow by up to 8% in 2017
Cost prices will grow between 5% and 8% over the course of next year, the KMPG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) has predicted.
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NewsReview of the Year: Revolving boardroom doors
Retail’s boardroom doors have been constantly revolving in 2016 with many new faces at the top of the UK’s biggest businesses.
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NewsFabb Sofas to open four stores for Boxing Day rush
Fabb Sofas, the new venture from DFS founder Lord Kirkham, is to open four new stores this week in time for the Boxing Day rush.
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NewsThe White Company's full-year profits rocket
The White Company has unveiled surging profits in its full-year against strong comparables and despite a “difficult trading environment”.
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NewsThe Original Factory Shop angers suppliers with 'Santa tax'
The Original Factory Shop has riled suppliers in the run up to Christmas by demanding money to fund the business’s development plans.
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NewsVictoria Plum profits down amid trademark dispute
Victoria Plum has reported an operating loss of £9.1m before exceptionals as a trademark infringement knocked the etailer’s bottom line.
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NewsToday in retail: Grocers’ own labels bring festive cheer
After Black Friday left a hole in their general merchandise sales, grocers are hoping for a Christmas present in the form of growing festive figures.
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NewsCarpetright to refurbish full store portfolio by 2018
Carpetright boss Wilf Walsh has confirmed plans to overhaul the retailer’s full UK estate, consisting of 429 stores, by 2018.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales dip as shoppers hold out for bargains
John Lewis posted a fall in sales last week as customers snapped up fashion items but held back on electricals purchases.
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NewsCarpetright like-for-like sales and profits drop
Carpetright recorded falling sales and profits as boss Wilf Walsh said uneven consumer demand and currency fluctuations made for a “challenging first half”.
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NewsDFS chairman Richard Baker to step down next year
DFS chairman Richard Baker will step down from the role within months after almost seven years with the business.