All The Range articles – Page 4
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Retail Navigator AnalysisThe Range (SWOT)
The Range’s staunch value stance should chime well with cash-strapped consumers during the current cost-of-living crisis, positioning the retailer for further growth. However, the UK value sector is becoming increasingly competitive and saturated following the expansion of several players including Home Bargains, B&M and Poundland. In addition, discount retailers Aldi and Lidl also continue to open new stores and have diversified their product ranges beyond groceries. The intense competition in the sector has been highlighted by the collapse of Wilko in 2023, although this does provide scope for other value retailers to gain share as a result of its demise and created opportunity for The Range, which acquired the Wilko brand, website and intellectual property and has since relaunched Wilko.com and started ‘reintroducing’ Wilko stores.
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OpinionMove of the Week: A New Look for former House of Fraser boss
One thing you could never accuse Nigel Oddy of is seeking an easy life.
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NewsThe Range’s new HQ to create 450 jobs
Value home retailer The Range has announced its new headquarters will open in the summer and will create 450 new jobs in its home town of Plymouth.
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NewsThe Range boss Nigel Oddy to exit after IPO put on ice
The Range chief executive Nigel Oddy is to leave the value retailer little more than a year after joining, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsThe Range posts profit fall after taking sterling hit
Profits at value general merchant giant The Range fell last year after the weakness of sterling hit performance.
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NewsIceland to sell food through The Range stores
Iceland and The Range have formed an alliance to sell the grocer’s food in the general merchandise giant’s stores.
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OpinionOpinion: Improving is not winning in retail
The roll call of failed or struggling retailers is growing: Toys R Us, Maplin, Poundworld, Carpetright, Mothercare, House of Fraser.
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AnalysisInfographic: Ikea's founder dies and valuing The Range
Words and numbers, February 2, 2018: Ikea’s Ingvar Kamprad remembered, valuing The Range amid a mooted listing, and Asos’ boss on its market-beating success
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NewsThe Range founder eyes £2bn listing for discount chain
The Range’s founder Chris Dawson is in talks with investment banks about a £2bn London flotation of the value retailer he founded 30 years ago.
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NewsSteinhoff UK poaches new digital boss from The Range
Steinhoff UK has poached Alexander Bartholomew from The Range to head up its ecommerce and digital functions at Harveys and Bensons for Beds.
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NewsThe Range profits advance amid aggressive expansion
The Range delivered a jump in pre-tax profits in its last full year as the value retailer continued on its successful streak of sales growth.
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NewsBHS: A year after closure, most stores still lie empty
The majority of former BHS stores are still unoccupied a year after the department store group finally closed its doors.
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GalleryIn pictures: The Range at former BHS site, London
The Range has snapped up a number of former BHS sites as it moves to diversify its store portfolio. Retail Week visits its new Surrey Quays branch.
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NewsToday in retail: Is B&M set for a Brexit bonanza?
After unveiling rocketing first-quarter sales, B&M boss Simon Arora reaffirmed his belief that the impact of Brexit on the economy would attract new customers.
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DataData: The UK's top 30 value retail hotspots
After value powerhouse B&M unveiled its latest spike in profits and sales last week, the retailer hiked up its UK store target from 850 to 950.
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NewsRetail warehousing vacancy rate hits 16-year low
The vacancy rate for retail warehousing has fallen to its lowest level for almost two decades, new research has revealed.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Shop Direct, Oddy joins The Range and BHS
The team discuss the week’s biggest stories, including Shop Direct’s possible sale, Nigel Oddy’s move to The Range and how BHS’s demise has impacted retail one year on.
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NewsMove of the week: Nigel Oddy finds home at The Range
Nigel Oddy’s appointment as chief executive of The Range has surprised some commentators – and understandably so.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why has ex-HoF chief Oddy joined The Range?
Nigel Oddy quit the top job at House of Fraser last year and was this week named chief executive of homewares retailer The Range.
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NewsHouse of Fraser's Nigel Oddy to run The Range
Former House of Fraser boss Nigel Oddy has landed a new role as chief executive of The Range, starting next week.