All Homebase articles – Page 12
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NewsPrimrose creates Instagram-inspired social network for gardeners
Online garden retailer Primrose has created a social network for the green-fingered that takes a leaf out of Instagram’s book.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Matalan's online bathroom venture – watertight idea or damp squib?
Matalan surprised the industry by launching an online bathroom venture. Faced with a competitive market in new territory, how will it fare?
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NewsTopps Tiles targets big-box DIY retailers as it aims to grow market share
Topps Tiles boss Matthew Williams has set his sights on the big-box DIY retailers as he seeks to continue taking market share from them.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The top 50 retailers by online traffic in the UK, 2015
Multichannel retailers performed well in IMRG’s top 50 online retailers ranking, with a number of high street brands rising in the rankings in April.
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NewsHome Retail boss bullish as fulfilment and tech expected to boost sales
Home Retail boss John Walden has shrugged off Argos’s poor first-quarter as he aims to focus on fulfilment and pushing 4K TVs.
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AnalysisHome Retail's first-quarter results: what the analysts say
Like-for-likes rose at Homebase but slid at flagship Argos amid challenging conditions. Here’s what the City had to say.
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NewsSales suffer at Argos, but Homebase like-for-likes up for Home Retail Group
Home Retail Group has warned it expects a “challenging” first half at Argos after revealing a 2.6% drop in first-quarter sales.
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AnalysisIn the news: Home Retail’s new technology boss George Goley profiled
Why is the former Amazon technology executive a good fit to lead Home Retail’s digital and tech transformation?
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NewsHome Retail hires former Amazon executive for new CTO role
Home Retail has appointed Amazon’s former vice-president of technology George Goley to a newly created chief technology officer role.
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AnalysisWatch: Homebase's award-winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show 2015
Garden designer Adam Frost speaks to Retail Week about using Homebase plants in the garden, and the joint garden academy scheme.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Mike Coupe sentenced, Home Retail results and Poundland
Executive editor George MacDonald and content editor Nicola Harrison pick through the big stories from the past seven days.
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AnalysisJohn Walden explains Argos's digital store rollout in two minutes
Argos chief executive John Walden tells Retail Week how its digital store programme is progressing and how customers have reacted.
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NewsHome Retail boss John Walden pushes button on Argos digital store rollout
Home Retail boss John Walden has pressed the button on Argos’s digital store roll-out and is confident he has found the right format for the multichannel age.
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NewsHome Retail profits jump 14% as Homebase outpaces Argos: What the analysts say
Homebase has outpaced Argos in terms of sales growth to drive parent company Home Retail’s group profits up 14%. This is what the analysts said.
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NewsHomebase outpaces Argos' sales growth as Home Retail profits jump 14%
Homebase has outpaced Argos’ sales growth as parent company Home Retail recorded a jump in annual pre-tax profits after a focus on cutting costs and growing gross margins.
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GalleryStore gallery: Wickes reveals its softer side with new store design
Wickes is testing softening its DIY offer – we look at its Kent store to see if the move could reposition the retailer’s place in the market.
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GalleryStore gallery: Habitat finds a new home within Homebase
Habitat is under Home Retail’s ownership and, three years since it entered administration, uses its outlets to entice customers online.
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OpinionWill Halfords and Homebase set a trend of more women running retailers?
Halfords and Homebase have both just appointed female bosses. Kate Walsh hopes that in future such hirings will be ‘no big deal’.
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VideoThe Retail Week: BHS, Next, Homebase, Asda and Decathlon discussed
Join our executive editor George MacDonald and news editor Nicola Harrison, as they pick through the week’s main news stories.
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AnalysisIn the news: Homebase’s new managing director Echo Lu profiled
After 10 years in various roles at supermarket giant Tesco, Echo Lu was today officially revealed as Homebase’s new managing director.