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Furniture wholesaler Julian Bowen has appointed longstanding director and shareholder Mark Pickup as chief executive, succeeding Stefan Warhaftig after little more than a year in the role.
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Sanderson Design Group has launched a detailed defence of chair Dame Dianne Thompson ahead of a shareholder vote on her removal, challenging the credentials and independence of the candidate proposed to replace her on the board.
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The former owner of Alstons Upholstery has disclosed the financial terms and structure of the transaction that saw the Colchester sofa maker sold to furniture retailer Glasswells last week.
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Closely-held furniture retailer Stoneman and Bowker has been formally placed into liquidation after a clearance sale to sell off all remaining stock earlier this summer.
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Luxury lighting and home furnishings retailer Dowsing & Reynolds has undergone a second prepack administration in little more than two years, with its founders again acquiring the business and assets.
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Dunnes Stores' retail business in Northern Ireland increased sales and profit last year, generating higher earnings from its grocery, clothing and homewares operations.
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The former owner of Carpetright recorded a £230.4 million shareholder capital contribution last year as part of a refinancing and restructuring that accompanied its return to profitability.
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Privately-owned department store and furniture retailer Oldrids is in advanced discussions to sell its Downtown store in Boston, Lincolnshire, in a deal that would leave the historic business with a single physical retail location.
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Bed retailer Bensons for Beds has raised £6,165 for homelessness charity Crisis through a week-long fundraising campaign linked to its Slumberland mattress range.
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Fenwick has added another premium furniture brand to its Newcastle flagship, with British interiors retailer Neptune opening a new showroom alongside several established home furnishings partners.
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Furniture clearance retailer Joseph James has acquired the freehold of its St Helens store for £1 million, securing the long-term future of the town centre location less than two years after opening.
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The worldwide luxury furniture market is poised to return to growth next year following a two-year downturn, with North America accounting for two-fifths of global demand and India emerging as the fastest-growing major market.
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Chinese-owned furniture and homewares ecommerce group MH Star UK returned to profit last year as revenue growth accelerated and the business continued to expand its product range and online distribution channels.
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The Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme (FISP) is considering expanding participation among domestic furniture businesses as it enters its third decade.
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Leicestershire wooden bed manufacturer Get Laid Beds has partnered with bedding brand Piglet in Bed to launch a coordinated range of bedroom products aimed at consumers and trade customers.
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Bed retailer Dreams is funding extended opening hours for mental health charity Mind’s Infoline over World Mental Health Day weekend, becoming the first corporate partner to support the service operating around the clock.
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The British Furniture Association (BFA) has opened entries for its Future of Furniture Awards, which recognise achievements in sustainability, education, environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting and individual initiatives across the furniture industry.
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Alfrecell, a major supplier of foam to the UK mattress and upholstery sectors, has again pointed to a lack of investment under its former owner after recording a seven-figure deficit last year.
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Swyft Home was profitable at the EBIT line last year as higher sales and another step-up in gross margin extended the improvement at the sofa-in-a-box and furniture retailer.
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Kitchen and bathroom furniture manufacturer Gower has been rescued through a pre-pack administration deal that has preserved its operations and workforce.
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Administrators to Headlam Group have closed another 25 trade counters and made a further 64 employees redundant as they continue to break up the flooring distributor’s operations.
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Likewise Group has acquired key assets from Headlam Group for £14.9 million in a transaction that effectively ends hopes of the flooring distributor emerging from administration intact.
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IKEA has launched its second-hand marketplace in the UK and Ireland, allowing customers to buy and sell pre-owned IKEA furniture directly from one another.
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The third quarter of 2026 saw a third consecutive sequential rise in the number of furniture, flooring and furnishings companies filing for insolvency.
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The group behind direct-to-consumer adjustable bed brand Adjustamatic says rising costs remain a challenge after sales declined and it returned to loss last year.
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Luxury woollen fabric manufacturer Moon is placing greater emphasis on the premium and sustainable credentials of its products as it looks to move wool further away from its perception as a commodity.
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Natural bedding brand Woolroom has secured menopause-friendly certification for a range of its products after independent evidence supported claims around wool’s temperature-regulating and moisture-managing properties.
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The proportion of homeowners planning to invest in new lighting has almost doubled in three years, according to new research from Häfele UK.
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Glasswells is to acquire one of Britain’s best-known upholstery manufacturers in a landmark deal that will bring Alstons back under British ownership.
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Headlam Group has granted security over another of its distribution properties in favour of the Hilco Capital vehicle providing funding to its principal trading business during administration.
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Sofa Brands International group commercial director Mike Storey has left the business with immediate effect, with CEO James Thompson taking temporary charge of its commercial function.
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Researchers in Germany have developed a polyurethane foam made predominantly from renewable raw materials that could provide furniture and mattress manufacturers with an alternative to conventional petroleum-based fillings.
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The independent floorcoverings group behind distributors including John Palmer Carpets, Pennine Flooring Supplies and Volante returned to profit last year as higher sales were accompanied by an improvement in gross margin.
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Adventures in Furniture's seven-year run of profitability has ended after the independent London retailer stepped up investment during an expansion year.
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Commercial furniture manufacturer NaughtOne has opened a new Yorkshire factory nearly three times the size of its previous production facility.
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Think Group, formerly known as James Robinson Fibres and Texfelt, has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of John Rhodes as group procurement and supply chain director.
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Simba Sleep is targeting its biggest-ever year in 2027 after rapidly expanding sales through retail and wholesale partners helped the mattress brand deliver record earnings last year.
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Nick Scali is to open its first entirely new UK store since entering the market through the acquisition of Fabb Furniture more than two years ago.
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Associated Weavers says its luxury vinyl tile business is taking market share from leading competitors in the UK after another year of double-digit growth.
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Natuzzi’s main wholly-owned UK retail business returned to profit last year, reversing the prior year’s deficit despite another double-digit fall in sales.
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Restructuring advisors are said to have made further job cuts at embattled bed manufacturer Airsprung, taking redundancies since the bed maker entered administration well into three figures.
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A Northern Ireland flooring and wallcoverings business owned by Headlam Group has ceased trading after efforts to find a buyer proved unsuccessful.
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Bespoke seating manufacturer Craftwood UK has secured Made in Britain accreditation as it looks to strengthen its position in hospitality and commercial contract tenders.
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DFS has named an experienced retail and consumer executive as chair designate, with Steve Johnson to step down from his role as chair next year.
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Lee Longlands is working on a restructuring and recapitalisation that would see its trading operation continue within the group company that owns its substantial Birmingham freehold property.
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Gallery Direct returned to profit last year as higher sales and improved operating performance helped the furniture, beds and home accents group rebound from its prior-year statutory loss.
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Upholstery fabric supplier Mobus grew sales at a double-digit rate last year as higher UK demand helped it build profits and net assets.
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A fresh insolvency process is underway within the former Nobia UK kitchen operations, with manufacturer Gower Furniture filing a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
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The most valuable remaining business within insolvent German furniture group Vivonio is changing hands after an agreement was reached with a new owner.
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CIFF Guangzhou will mark 30 years since its foundation when the Chinese furniture industry exhibition returns next March.
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Upholstery manufacturer Lebus says it has rebuilt and strengthened its operations team after margin pressure and higher costs pushed the employee-owned business into the red last year.
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The group behind Blackburn carpet manufacturer Cavalier Carpets lifted profits sharply last year as a fall in services revenue was offset by higher product sales, wider margins and a lower cost base.
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Nectar Sleep is forecasting a return to growth as the mattress and bedroom furniture brand expands its retail partnership with Furniture Village.
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Headlam Group has delayed publication of its half-year results as the floorcoverings distributor's administration process continues.
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The wholly-owned UK arm of French furniture brand Roche Bobois fell to a loss last year as costs associated with a showroom relocation increased and sales remained below historic levels.
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The National Bed Federation (NBF) has relaunched its sustainability pledge and ecodesign assessment toolkit, removing fixed timeframes to give bed manufacturers and suppliers greater flexibility over their environmental programmes.
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Margin expansion and a leaner cost base helped the owner of Neville Johnson lift adjusted profits despite weaker sales in the year to April 30, 2026.
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The inaugural imm india furniture and interiors trade show attracted more than 5,000 visitors as organiser Koelnmesse extended its international events portfolio into one of the world’s fastest-growing furniture markets.
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Bed manufacturer Hypnos returned to profit last year as the benefits of a multi-year restructuring programme fed through to its financial performance.
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The family behind JYSK has opened the door to selling furniture supplier Actona Group as part of a wider strategy to simplify its sprawling investment portfolio.
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Sofa Club has opened its first store in Wales, extending its physical retail footprint with a large-format showroom in Cardiff. It comes as the retailer prepares to double its store footprint in Scotland.
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Ekornes owner Qumei Home Furnishings Group says lower financing costs, manufacturing efficiencies and new products are supporting the Norwegian furniture group as it navigated softer global sales in the first half of 2026.
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Snap Finance revenue surged by more than half last year as the consumer lender expanded its loan book, with home furnishings remaining its largest market.
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Commercial flooring manufacturer Airea returned to profit in the first half as higher sales at home and abroad accompanied the completion of a major investment programme at the Burmatex brand owner's West Yorkshire manufacturing operation.
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Whitemeadow Furniture grew profits last year despite lower revenue as cost reductions helped the upholstery manufacturer counter challenging market conditions and increased overseas competition.
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Dormeo UK saw sales fall sharply last year after a move away from television advertising failed to deliver the anticipated results, though the bed brand narrowed its annual loss.
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Higher sales failed to translate into higher earnings at Annaghmore Agencies last year as a narrower gross margin and increased finance costs weighed on the furniture wholesaler.
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A Yorkshire textile business supplying the carpet industry has ceased trading after 125 years, with all 26 employees losing their jobs.
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Floorcoverings distributor Likewise Group has raised its full-year profit expectations after first-half sales growth accelerated sharply during the summer and early autumn.
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Sanderson Design Group chair Dame Dianne Thompson faces an attempt to remove her from the board after a shareholder requisitioned a general meeting to force a leadership change at the luxury interiors group.
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The Cotswold Company is to open its 17th UK showroom before the end of the year, extending a store expansion programme that has already seen it add two locations in 2026.
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Next-backed furniture retailer Swoon took on new shareholder debt last year as it absorbed a deeper loss and invested in what directors described as an operational reset.
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A Hilco Capital vehicle has emerged as a major provider of funding to Headlam Group’s principal trading business following its entry into administration earlier this month.
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HSL increased sales and EBITDA last year as investment across its store estate, people and systems helped the furniture manufacturer and retailer grow, albeit at the expense of near-term profit.
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Upholstery and furniture brand Swyft has opened its fourth London showroom, completing the latest phase of a rapid expansion into physical retail.
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Karndean saw underlying earnings halve last year as lower sales and depressed flooring volumes continued to weigh on the global luxury vinyl tile market.
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Sanderson Design Group has secured a 10-year global licence for Designers Guild wallpapers, fabrics and paint, a day after administrators were appointed to the company that previously operated the luxury interiors brand.
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DFS plans to add more than 20 mezzanines across its store network as it steps up efforts to capture a larger share of the beds, mattresses and wider home furnishings market.
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Consumer appetite for major purchases such as furniture and floorcoverings edged lower in September, interrupting the sharp improvement seen through the summer.
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The closure of longstanding North East furniture retailer Michael O'Connor will have a negligible impact on suppliers, newly filed insolvency documents reveal.
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Luxury interiors group Colefax has warned that UK trading remains challenging as continued growth in the US lifted sales across its core Fabric Division.
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Designers Guild has ceased trading after administrators were appointed to the renowned British interiors business, resulting in 93 redundancies.
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DFS has reported a near one-third rise in annual profit and sharply reduced debt, though order intake has remained lower in the opening weeks of its new financial year.
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Oak&More, the challenger furniture retailer part-owned by the founder of Oak Furnitureland, has appointed Lucy Lynch as its new chief executive.
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South East independent Collingwood Batchellor delivered better-than-expected profit last year despite a further decline in sales and rising costs.
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Browns of York ended its latest financial year with higher net debt and a small deficit as increased finance and employment costs weighed on the independent department store retailer.
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The attributable interest of Man Wah Holdings chairman Man Li Wong in DFS has broken through the 10 percent threshold, extending an accumulation of shares in the upholstery market leader.
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British spring technology manufacturer Spinks is expanding the range of products it offers to North American mattress manufacturers through its long-standing joint venture with Hickory Springs Manufacturing (HSM).
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Dreams grew sales and profits last year as the bed retailer outperformed the wider market while investing more than £27 million across its operations.
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B&Q said the UK home improvement market remained challenging in the first half, with softer demand for larger projects offset by rapid growth online and through its increasingly important marketplace operation.
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United Carpets and Beds has launched a new nationwide advertising campaign as part of a wider transformation of the flooring and beds retailer’s brand.
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Britain’s kitchen market is forecast to return to value growth next year as higher spending per project offsets demand that remains well below pre-pandemic levels.
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Seven manufacturers, suppliers and retailers were last night recognised at the National Bed Federation’s annual Bed Industry Awards, with Dreams, Harrison Spinks, MattressOnline and John Cotton Nonwovens among this year’s winners.
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Furniture wholesaler Julian Bowen has reported a third consecutive decline in revenue, with annual sales falling to their lowest level since 2020 and earnings reaching a seven-year low.
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One-off costs linked to senior employee departures and a possible product recall pushed high-end furniture and interiors business Andrew Martin International into the red last year.
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German upholstery manufacturer Himolla is to cut 175 jobs and end final assembly at its home site after reaching agreement with its works council over the implementation of its restructuring plan.
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Turner Bianca built on its position as one of Britain's largest home textiles suppliers in the past year as annual profit lifted by 40 percent despite flat sales.
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MattressNextDay has recruited an experienced home category buyer to lead its buying and merchandising operation as the ecommerce retailer looks to develop its product offer.
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A charity golf day for the East Anglia furnishing industry has raised more than £8,500 for The Furniture Makers’ Company.
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The British Furniture Confederation (BFC) has called for targeted financial support and greater policy certainty to help smaller manufacturers invest in cleaner technology and more efficient machinery.
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Cult Furniture has completed a sharp turnaround from two consecutive loss-making periods, posting record profit in 2025 as recovering sales and stronger margins helped the London-based retailer build on a return to profit the previous year.
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A longstanding North East furniture retail business that most recently traded from a former Harveys store at Portrack Retail Park has been placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation.
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The buyer of online furniture retailer Nöa & Nani agreed to pay £450,000 for its business and assets as part of a wider refinancing involving a related company.
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A long-established carpet and synthetic surfaces manufacturer based in the North of England has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
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Oliver Bonas, the accessible premium retailer, increased annual sales by more than 11 percent to a record high last year after expanding its store estate and opening in new locations.
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IKEA’s principal UK retail company booked a sharp fall in annual profit as lower goods sales weighed on the business. Rising food and services revenue softened the impact on overall turnover.
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Furniture and lighting retail sales rose for a sixth straight month in August according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released Friday.
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The British Furniture Association brought together technology specialists and furniture industry executives last week for a sell-out summit examining the practical application of artificial intelligence across the sector.
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Designers Guild has filed a second notice of its intention to appoint administrators, extending the period of protection while efforts to secure the future of the upmarket furnishings business continue.
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The attributable interest of Man Wah Holdings chairman Man Li Wong in DFS has climbed again, extending a stake build that has accelerated during 2026.
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Next’s portfolio of wholly-owned brands and licences, which includes furniture and homeware brand MADE, has delivered sharp growth in Britain and overseas during the first half.
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Adjust-A-Bed expanded its workforce by more than half last year as the West Yorkshire bed manufacturer continued to scale its operations.
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Victoria is targeting £70 million of net proceeds from property and non-core asset sales this financial year as the flooring group returns to organic revenue growth for the first time since 2022.
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Ercol is promoting two longstanding executives as part of a management reshuffle prompted by the departure of its sales and marketing director.
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The Cotswold Company has struck a partnership with Marks & Spencer that will see the furniture retailer sell a curated selection of its products through the latter’s website.
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Ecommerce brand Debenhams continued to outperform its wider group in the first half as its owner reported accelerating growth and a sharp improvement in statutory earnings.
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Heal’s has appointed former Liberty managing director Sarah Coonan as chief executive, succeeding Hamish Mansbridge as he steps down after 11 years leading the furniture and interiors retailer.
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Restructuring advisors handling the liquidation of Andrew Paul Furniture have disclosed the terms of the transaction that enabled part of the failed Long Eaton sofa maker's operations to continue under a different corporate structure.
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Leeds web retailer Luxury Flooring maintained its rapid growth trajectory last year as sales advanced by more than a third and profit reached a new high.
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Household furniture price inflation widened for the second straight month in August but remains well below the level of the overall consumer price index.
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Dreams has passed a new milestone in its mattress take-back programme, with more than 1.3 million beds recycled since the scheme began 11 years ago.
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A team of furnishing professionals has completed a 100-metre abseil down Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower to raise funds for The Furniture Makers’ Company.
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Mlily brand owner Healthcare Co saw first-half profit all but wiped out as currency losses and margin pressure overshadowed higher revenue at the global mattress and furniture group.
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Timothy Oulton United Kingdom has waived a six-figure debt owed to it by one of its British-based upholstery subsidiaries, helping repair its balance sheet in the process.
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Creditors of an online furniture retailer that ceased trading and was placed into administration this summer face a deficit approaching three quarters of a million pounds.
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A fifth straight year-on-year increase in the wood living and dining furniture category helped keep cabinet imports higher heading into the second half of 2026.
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The National Bed Federation has named Dreams' director of production Matt Richardson as acting president following the departure of Fara Butt, who was appointed to the role four months ago.
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Natuzzi has turned to a former chief executive to lead an industrial and operational turnaround as the Italian furniture manufacturer simultaneously fights to retain its New York Stock Exchange listing.
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Luxury vinyl tile manufacturer Amtico returned to growth last year as higher UK sales helped offset weaker demand across its international markets.
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Bed Kingdom plans to eventually establish a warehouse in Ireland as the ecommerce furniture retailer looks to develop the country into a substantial overseas market.
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The Cotswold Company has agreed a multi-year collaboration with the National Trust spanning new furniture collections and support for conservation projects.
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Upholstered furniture imports climbed in July as rising shipments from China negated weaker volumes from both Poland and Italy arriving at UK ports.
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Aspirational interiors retailer OKA returned to growth and swung back into operating profit last year, two years after restructuring the business and withdrawing from the US market.
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Fairway Furniture says thousands of shoppers visited its new North Devon store during its first fortnight of trading as the independent retailer completed its expansion into Barnstaple.
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Natuzzi founder Pasquale Natuzzi is providing another €5 million of balance sheet support to the Italian furniture manufacturer as it formally challenges moves to delist it from the New York Stock Exchange.
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RH believes its new London flagship could become its number one location worldwide within two to three years after an opening period that has surpassed the premium-pitched furniture retailer’s expectations.
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Mattress imports into the UK declined for the third straight month in July with the latest figures trending in the same direction as the first half of 2026.
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Factory gate furniture turnover declined in July on weaker demand for goods destined for domestic consumption, according to new Office for National Statistics data.
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Two of the South West’s longest-established independent furniture retailers have expanded their store networks in Devon within days of one another, completing previously-signposted openings over the weekend.
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Turkish carpet and rug imports reversed the first half trend to grow strongly in July as overall textile floorcoverings climbed for a fourth month straight.
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UK sales declined at Leggett & Platt Components Europe last year as lower volumes weighed on the global mattress spring components giant's operations here.
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Fishpools maintained sales and grew cash reserves in the past year in what the closely-held home furnishings retailer described as a very solid performance against a backdrop of pressured discretionary spending.
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Tapi Carpets & Floors delivered bumper profits in 2025 as sales jumped by more than 40 percent, buoyed by underlying growth and the contribution from former Carpetright stores.
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Flair Furniture Group has appointed Paul Atherton as group CEO, with founder Ashley Hainsworth moving to chairman as the ecommerce furniture business pursues its £100 million sales ambition.
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Debenhams Group expects to have virtually eliminated net debt by the end of its current financial year after agreeing the £90 million disposal of its Sheffield distribution centre operations.
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Sofa industry supplier Aquaclean says Google search interest in its brand has increased by more than 5,000 percent following its investment in consumer advertising in the UK.
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Home sales at John Lewis fell in the first half as pressure on household budgets made consumers more reluctant to commit to discretionary purchases.
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Consumers are trading down when buying mattresses, with the average amount spent falling sharply and a growing proportion of shoppers opting for products costing less than £400.
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Gardiner Haskins swung to a loss last year as the closure of its Cirencester store weighed on the performance of the furniture and home improvement retailer.
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Furniture wholesaler Heartlands saw borrowings and other liabilities climb last year in a period when sales declined by more than a tenth.
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