The chance for exhibitors at the forthcoming January Furniture Show to enter The Furniture Awards has now passed. Co-ordinating the award, Paul Farley, editor of Furniture News, comments: “I’ve been overwhelmed by the number of ...
Tags: exhibitors, Furniture
The commercial coatings group of PPG Industries has launched a redesigned website for the ADJUSTRITE Commercial Estimating System at www.adjustrite.com. The site went live in early November and features a refreshed look, user-friendly ...
In a week which saw trade fuelled by Black Friday and the retailer price-matching competitor events, John Lewis delivered sales of £179.1m, up 21.8% on last year and up 56.8% on the week – the biggest ever week of sales in the ...
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In a week which saw trade fuelled by Black Friday and price matching of competitor events, John Lewis delivered sales of £179.1m, up 21.8% on last year and up 56.8% week on week to deliver the biggest ever week for sales in its 150 ...
Tags: John Lewis, Record Sales, Furniture
Robert Shotton, owner of retailer Cousins Furniture Stores, has been confirmed as the final judge for the 2015 edition of The Furniture Awards, a new programme created by Furniture News magazine in partnership with the January Furniture ...
Tags: Furniture Awards, Furniture
Argos has teamed up with Transport for London (TfL) to launch its first Underground store at Cannon Street Tube station. The new Argos Collect store, which officially opened today, has been designed to give customers convenient access to ...
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Christmas Shop and gifting across all directorates signalled that the festive season is now front of mind for John Lewis' customers. After passing the £100m mark last week, this week saw sales of £114.2m, up +2.1% on last year ...
Tags: Christmas Shop, Furniture
2,638 penguin toys have been sold on eBay between November 6th and November 17th, equating to an average of 240 toys sold a day. Sales of penguin toys on eBay have surged by 300 per cent in the weeks since John Lewis aired its Christmas ...
Tags: Penguin Plush, Toys
Penguin character is already one of the firm's best selling lines. Intelex is expecting sales of its popular Penguin plush character to be given a further boost in the run up to Christmas, partly thanks to the John Lewis TV ad campaign ...
Tags: Intelex, Penguin character, Toys
Marks and Spencer Group plc (M&S), one of the leading British multinational retailers, has appointed Helen Weir CBE to its Board as its Chief Finance Officer (CFO). Helen is currently the CFO at the John Lewis Partnership. She joined John ...
Tags: multinational retailers, Apparel
This week saw sales at John Lewis of £108.8m, breaking the £100m barrier for the first time this year and matching the retailer's 2013 record for the earliest week to have reached this milestone. Lighting had its best-ever sales ...
Tags: John Lewis, pre-Christmas
Oak Furniture Land has been named as a finalist in the Multi-Channel Retailer category at the Oracle Retail Week Awards, to be held on 12th March next year. It is the only furniture retailer to have been shortlisted in the category, with ...
Tags: Oak Furniture Land, Furnishing
Global warehouse automation company Knapp AG, headquartered in Austria, is planning for the opening of its newest production site in Shanghai. In the future, supply to the Asian and Australian markets will be handled through this location. ...
Monty and Mabel the penguins and the CGI stars of the retailer's 2014 Christmas ad prove a popular choice this year. John Lewis’s Christmas advert mascots, Monty and Mabel plush toy penguins have sold out online, despite anger ...
Tags: John Lewis, Soft Toy, Penguins
John Lewis today revealed its 2014 Christmas advertising campaign, which evokes the magic of make-believe at Christmas through a child’s eyes. Set to the track 'Real Love', sung by Tom Odell and originally written and recorded by ...
Tags: Christmas Advert, John Lewis