Two new Fabb Furniture stores will open for the first time when restrictions are eased in April with up to three more planned for later this year, by which time it will have completed rebranding its entire estate.
Peter Jenkins, who succeeded Dwell founder Aamir Ahmad as CEO two years ago, is to leave the DFS-owned urban furniture brand.
The chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group says he sees little chance for any adjustments to the non-essential retail category before April, all but extinguishing any lingering hopes for Easter store trade.
A combination of high demand and routine maintenance could reignite foam supply issues according to Europur, the European Association of Flexible Polyurethane Foam Block Manufacturers.
The ecommerce group behind the JD Williams and Home Essentials ecommerce and mail-order businesses has hired Ron McMillan as chairman to replace Matt Davies, who will step down at the end of March.
History could view the pandemic as the moment that sustainability issues went beyond awareness to actually influencing consumer decision-making, says a company at the vanguard of the circular beds economy.
A 650 basis point improvement in gross margin helped counter the impact of lower revenue at comfort foam supplier Carpenter in the period leading up to the pandemic.
Pan-European home and living retailer Home24 said sales jumped 42 percent in 2020 with the German-based business getting this year off to an even stronger start.
J Sainsbury, the supermarket giant, has recapitalised the operating company of its Habitat furniture and homewares retail brand for the second time in three years.
An online retailer behind multiple branded bedding websites slipped to a loss last year after higher sales costs hit margins.
Carpet and flooring manufacturer and wholesaler Victoria is to refinance with a leverage-neutral bond issue for €350 million.
David Fletcher has joined diversified Wakefield based manufacturer GNG Group as key accounts director for its beds division, including its Komfi brand.
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Mattress and foam products maker GNG Group has taken delivery of new automated machinery for its beds division in a move that ramps up its production capacity.
Historic bed maker Sleepeezee is to issue a legal challenge to a trademark application made by a West Yorkshire rival.
Timothy Oulton is taking its recently-acquired Sofa Workshop brand into international markets for the first time. Here in the U.K., it also plans to add a second London showroom for its Noble Souls...
General merchandise retailer Next put more upholstery volume through its own Yorkshire sofa factory in the run up to the pandemic while expanding headcount by 35 percent.
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This is a pivotal period in time for ScS, Britain's second largest upholstery retailer, as it adjusts to the departures of a long-time financial backer and its highest ranking executive.
It is counter intuitive that on the day that the highest-ever single-month reading for furniture retail sales is released, we also report a drop in big-ticket consumer confidence sentiment.
Freight rates in the latter half of 2020 climbed at a frightening pace and leave two stakeholder groups at particular risk: the mid-sized furniture retailer, and the end consumer.
Data compiled by The Furnishing Report reveals the expected near-term order impact of the new restrictions on furniture and flooring retailers in the immediate aftermath of Christmas.
Three companies left combined debts of £7.45 million with 10 companies owed £10,000 or more.
Three insolvencies from within the furniture and furnishings industry were announced in the period from February 13–19, 2021.
Two new Fabb Furniture stores will open for the first time when restrictions are eased in April with up to three more planned for later this year, by which time it will have completed rebranding its entire estate.
Peter Jenkins, who succeeded Dwell founder Aamir Ahmad as CEO two years ago, is to leave the DFS-owned urban furniture brand.
Carpet and vinyl flooring manufacturers and distributors are facing up to supply shortages and cost increases for yarn, PVC and other raw materials with a significant knock-on effect expected for retailers.
It could be almost May before furniture and floorcoverings retailers are able to reopen stores in Scotland but First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday left the door ajar for a possible earlier return.
The liquidator and lawyers chasing the former owner of Collins & Hayes for a portion of the seven-figure sum his company received for selling its intellectual property have scored a victory in the battle to recoup funds for creditors.
Furniture and flooring retailers in England face another seven weeks of mandated closure with the earliest possible reopening date being a week after the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, habitually a money-spinning period for the trade.
One in every three pounds spent on key furniture items such as sofas was spent online in 2020 as ecommerce surged and store sales fell sharply as a result of mandated shop closures and changing consumer behaviour.
Department store retailer John Lewis & Partners could close up to a further eight stores on top of a similar number that remained shut after the first lockdown last year, according to weekend press reports.
The chairman of Harrison Spinks says the pandemic has accelerated the bed maker's pace of innovation with it having launched a product at "hyper speed" when it was forced to close last March.
Furniture and lighting sales dropped sharply as expected in January as a result of retailers only being able to deliver products rather than take new orders from anywhere other than the Internet.
The chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group says he sees little chance for any adjustments to the non-essential retail category before April, all but extinguishing any lingering hopes for Easter store trade.
A combination of high demand and routine maintenance could reignite foam supply issues according to Europur, the European Association of Flexible Polyurethane Foam Block Manufacturers.
The ecommerce group behind the JD Williams and Home Essentials ecommerce and mail-order businesses has hired Ron McMillan as chairman to replace Matt Davies, who will step down at the end of March.
History could view the pandemic as the moment that sustainability issues went beyond awareness to actually influencing consumer decision-making, says a company at the vanguard of the circular beds economy.
A 650 basis point improvement in gross margin helped counter the impact of lower revenue at comfort foam supplier Carpenter in the period leading up to the pandemic.
Pan-European home and living retailer Home24 said sales jumped 42 percent in 2020 with the German-based business getting this year off to an even stronger start.
J Sainsbury, the supermarket giant, has recapitalised the operating company of its Habitat furniture and homewares retail brand for the second time in three years.
An online retailer behind multiple branded bedding websites slipped to a loss last year after higher sales costs hit margins.
Carpet and flooring manufacturer and wholesaler Victoria is to refinance with a leverage-neutral bond issue for €350 million.
David Fletcher has joined diversified Wakefield based manufacturer GNG Group as key accounts director for its beds division, including its Komfi brand.