All Kingfisher articles – Page 32
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NewsFocus stock liquidation to begin next week
DIY group Focus’s administrator Ernst & Young has hired restructuring specialists to begin liquidating stock next week, Retail Week has learned.
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NewsRestructuring firms and former rivals circle Focus
Collapsed DIY retailer Focus is attracting interest from a string of retailers and restructuring firms for all or part of the business.
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OpinionCheshire’s grinning
The demise of Focus, pancaked under a pile of debt, brings long-expected consolidation in the DIY sector and a big beneficiary will be Kingfisher.
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AnalysisPrince of shops
Retailers are working with Prince’s Trust to help young people into retail. By Rebecca Thomson
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NewsFocus administrators report “fantastic level of interest" in business
Focus DIY administrators have received a “fantastic level of interest” in the business as it seeks offers for a sale of the retailer.
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NewsKingfisher buys 31 Focus DIY stores
Kingfisher is to buy 31 Focus DIY stores from administrator Ernst & Young.
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AnalysisReasons to be cheerful
The bank holiday festivities are over and it is back to the grind of tough trading and ferocious competition. But it’s not all doom and gloom for the industry. Here we highlight why there is plenty of reason for optimism…
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OpinionTransformation takes time
Retailers should look on today’s tough market as an opportunity, says Sir Geoff Mulcahy.
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NewsTesco stays on target but UK disappoints
Tesco’s first set of prelims under new boss Phil Clarke came in much as expected, although there were some City worries at the UK performance and scale of US losses.
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NewsKingfisher appoints chief executive to head B&Q
Kingfisher UK and Ireland boss Euan Sutherland to focus on group strategy
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OpinionThink local, act global
Even for UK-focused retailers, events thousands of miles away have an impact, says David Wild
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OpinionPublic retailers in pole position
There’s no doubt that 2011 is shaping up to be a somewhat punishing year for retailers and store stocks have consequently been under pressure.
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AnalysisRunning up the down escalator
Retailers are in unknown territory, but it is areas such as cost-cutting and multichannel that will mark out the winners. Nicola Harrison reports
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NewsKingfisher aims to grow by attracting reluctant DIY-ers
DIY giant Kingfisher is prioritising making DIY easier for customers and continued global expansion as it approaches the next stage of its strategy under boss Ian Cheshire.
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AnalysisWinning in tough times
This year’s Retail Week Conference showed how creatively UK retailers are tackling tough trading conditions. Charlotte Hardie and Rebecca Thomson report on the highlights.
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NewsHigher income shoppers will keep spending
Marks & Spencer, Kingfisher and Dixons will benefit this year from their older, higher income customer bases, according to broker Espirito Santo.
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NewsKingfisher profits up 23%
DIY giant Kingfisher has reported full-year pre-tax profits up 23% to £670m and said it will ramp up expansion and continue to focus on value for shareholders through the priorities of management, capital and returns.
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NewsDouble dip unlikely says retailer panel
The chief executives of Debenhams, New Look and Kingfisher have all predicted that the UK will not suffer from a double dip recession.
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NewsGloomy outlook as retail takes a bad turn
Primark’s unsettling update and a profit warning from HMV put the frighteners on retail sector investors and general stores were sharply down against a flat market.
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NewsB&Q to invest £35m in multichannel operations
Market leading DIY retailer B&Q is to spend £35m improving its online business.