All Homebase articles – Page 24
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NewsWickes reveals like-for-like rise as DIY rallies
Analysts have welcomed signs of a stabilising DIY market after Wickes disclosed an improved sales performance over Easter.
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NewsHome Retail Group divides City
Home Retail Group, owner of Argos and Homebase, met full-year profit expectations but brokers were divided on its merits.
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NewsHome Retail Group posts 24 per cent fall in preliminary profits
Home Retail Group, owner of the Argos and Homebase chains, has warned of continued tough trading conditions ahead after posting a 24 per cent fall in preliminary profits.
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OpinionKingfisher well placed for future
This year Easter is just one battle in a longer war of attrition between the DIY groups that many believe will end in consolidation.
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DIY chains prepare Easter ad campaigns
DIY retailers are gearing up for the crucial Easter trading period with a series of high-profile marketing campaigns, but trade could be hit by changeable weather.
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Homebase joins Nectar with plans to up marketing
Homebase is ramping up its direct marketing as it becomes the first DIY chain to join loyalty programme Nectar.
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Wickes chief warns ‘there isn’t room’ for DIY big four
One of the biggest DIY retailers has warned that the sector is not big enough for the existing four big hitters to survive the recession and has raised the prospect of a price war.
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Homebase is in consultation with up to 300 of its staff as the struggling DIY retailer seeks to adjust its store leadership structure for the difficult trading environment.
Homebase is in consultation with up to 300 of its staff as the struggling DIY retailer seeks to adjust its store leadership structure for the difficult trading environment.
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Homebase in consultation with 300 store staff
Homebase is in consultation with up to 300 of its staff as the struggling DIY retailer seeks to realign its store leadership structure in the difficult trading environment.
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Homebase in talks with restructuring specialists
Home Retail Group has approached restructuring specialists to review the store portfolio of its DIY chain Homebase, according to The Times.
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Retailers' pre-Christmas Sales to hit new record
Retailers will embark on the biggest ever pre-Christmas Sales drive from now until Christmas Eve in a last-ditch attempt to lure shoppers onto the high street.
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Homebase in head office shake up
DIY retailer Homebase is understood to be poised to announce a reorganisation of its head office that could lead to job cuts.
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Tough outlook for Home Retail as profits fall
Home Retail Group has posted a plunge in first-half profits and warned that the full-year figure will be at the low end of expectations unless trading conditions improve.
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Home Retail Q1 stable but tough times ahead
Home Retail Group recorded flat first-quarter like-for-like sales at its flagship Argos chain – ahead of expectations – but warned that the outlook remains challenging.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – June 13, 2008
If this week’s stream of negative news from retailers proved one thing, it’s that the ties that bind the retail sector and the housing market run deep.
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Argos like-for-likes top expectations
Home Retail Group has recorded flat first-quarter like-for-like sales at its Argos chain ahead of expectations, but has warned that the outlook remains challenging.
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Opinion
Hopes live on for Boots debt deal
The idea that debt markets may be starting to relax again looked like a triumph of hope over experience as renewed attempts by Alliance Boots’ lenders to offload loans came to nought.
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Retailers sign environmental pledge
Top-flight retailers have come together to launch the first industry-wide climate change commitments.
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Home Retail profits climb
Home Retail Group has warned that tough trading conditions are likely to result in like-for-like sales falls at its Argos and Homebase chains.
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Argos sales rise, but Homebase struggles
Home Retail Group posted a mixed set of sales for its catalogue giant Argos and DIY chain Homebase for the 8 weeks to March 1 and warned on the outlook for consumer spending.