Carpetright is celebrating the success of its first ever graduate apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week. Apprenticeship and work-based training provider, First4Skills, has worked in partnership with Carpetright to deliver the ...
Ahead of today's 5pm deadline, Steinhoff backed out of making a bid for Home Retail Group at the last minute, leaving Sainsbury's the likely purchaser or the Argos business. Sainsbury's share prices rose sharply, while Home Retail Group's ...
Tags: Sainsbury's, Withdraw, CITY AM, Home Retail Group
According to market sources, independent multichannel retailer Lombok, best known for its exotic, colonial-styled furniture, is currently exploring the possibility of a sale, with the aim of funding a series of ambitious growth plans. ...
Tags: Multichannel retailer, Lombok, Furniture, Sale
European Indoor Champion and Olympic 2016 hopeful heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson has pledged her support to Slumberland’s Healthy Sleep Campaign. She made her international debut In London 2012 competing alongside Jessica ...
The Government's plans to change Sunday trading laws in England and Wales, which would allow larger shops to trade for more than six hours, have been scrapped after being rejected by MPs. The plans were rejected by 317 votes to 286, ...
Tags: Sunday trading laws, Large shops, MPs
Leading independent bed retailer Land of Beds has won the Family Business Award of Excellence at Cheshire’s 10th annual High Sheriff’s Awards for Enterprise 2015-16. The awards recognise leaders of outstanding businesses in ...
John Lewis has continued to outperform the market in uncertain trading conditions, with gross sales up 2.8% to £4.56bn (4.4% on a 52 week basis). To ensure that customers can shop whenever and however they want, John Lewis has ...
Tags: John Lewis, Trade condition, Annual summary
Home Retail Group has issued a trading statement for the eight weeks to 27th February 2016, a turbulent time for the company given the imminent sale of Argos and Homebase (the latter now completed). Chief executive John Walden ...
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UK retail footfall in February was 1.1% down on a year ago – lower than the 1.2% rise seen in January and the three-month average rate of -0.8% – according to the latest BRC/Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor. ...
Tags: BRC, Retail football, Goverment support
The Foam Company, one of the UK’s leading experts in foam products, has invested in a new top of the range wrapping machine for its mattresses. The company has purchased a Sala automatic wrapping machine which is now in operation at ...
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Furniture was again the top-performing category and the main contributor to retail growth in February, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. After hitting a record of +16 in January, GfK’s Major Purchase Index ...
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Craig Hadley, Victoria Plum’s former head of buying, has joined online-only home furniture brand MatalanDirect.com as buying director. Having being instrumental in leading Victoria Plum to unprecedented growth, Hadley has been ...
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Baytree Interiors, which retails home accessories, lighting and furniture, has hired experienced interior designer Ella De Wastney to join its head office team based near Bedale. With over 25 years' experience in interior design, Ella ...
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DFS-owned contemporary furniture retailer dwell continues the second phase of its nationwide expansion with the opening of a new concept store in Oxford over the Boxing Day weekend. Creating nine new jobs in the area, the 5500 sqft space ...
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Lectra, a world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials, has announced the appointment of Burak Susoy as director for Lectra Turkey and the Middle East. Turkey and the Middle East are regions ...
Tags: Lectra, Burak Susoy, Furniture