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The 57th edition of the China International Furniture Fair (CIFF) Guangzhou will open at the Canton Fair Complex in Pazhou, Guangzhou on March 18, 2026, bringing together more than 4,900 exhibitors across 9.15 million sqft of exhibition space.
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A Manchester furniture retailer that has traded for more than seven decades and become closely associated with contemporary designer furniture in the North West is preparing to close its doors.
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UK upholstery importer GFA reported a fall in profits as it lapped what had been an “an exceptionally strong trading period” in the year prior.
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The UK has emerged as one of the most profitable markets for Somnigroup International, after the world's biggest bedding group disclosed taxes paid to HMRC last year under new US reporting requirements.
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A new contemporary furniture brand has emerged following the failure of a restructuring process at Kent-based retailer Lime Modern Living.
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John Lewis is investing in artificial intelligence-driven retail technology and launching a trial on TikTok Shop as part of its £800 million transformation programme aimed at expanding its omnichannel reach.
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The group behind the CFC Interiors furniture retail business and Beds.ie ecommerce website booked weaker profitability last year amid rising costs and falling sales.
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The liquidator investigating the collapse of Birmingham bed manufacturing company Dreamland Beds B'ham Limited say enquiries into its affairs remain ongoing as the winding-up process continues.
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Polish cabinet furniture manufacturer Forte reported higher sales and a sharp rise in profit for the nine months to December 31, 2025, as increased chipboard sales and hedging gains helped offset subdued furniture demand in its core export markets.
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Mike Schmidt has been named chief executive of Poltronesofà UK as the retailer prepares to roll out new signage across the ScS store footprint.
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Airsprung Group has had compulsory strike-off proceedings discontinued, according to a new filing at Companies House.
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The South West bed manufacturing company that has for two decades been associated with the Viscotherapy brand has filed a notice of intent to appoint an administrator.
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Ecommerce brands including Pillow World have suspended trading after the bedding wholesale and retail company behind them filed for insolvency.
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Restructuring advisors handling the administration of erstwhile flooring market leader Carpetright have reduced the tax authority’s claim in the collapsed retailer’s insolvency and said payments to former employees could begin within months.
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Bed industry executive Paul Little has joined Kyoto Futons as sales and marketing director following more than four years with Airsprung Group.
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Outdoor furniture manufacturer ScanCom International will cease operations after several years of losses and an unsuccessful turnaround effort, the company said.
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Furniture delivery specialist Grays Transport (Derbyshire) has sought protection from creditors after filing a notice of intention to appoint administrators ahead of a hoped-for restructuring of the business.
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Somnigroup International chairman and CEO Scott Thompson said it is “likely” the group will pursue retail acquisitions in Europe as it looks to expand beyond its existing Dreams business in the UK.
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The ecommerce furniture retailer behind the Oakworld brand has signposted a further year of expansion, with cash balances, inventories and retained earnings all increasing in the period to October 31, 2025.
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Wade Group, the parent company of upholstery and bedding spring manufacturer Wade Spring, reported a narrower annual loss after pension scheme costs fell sharply and gains on property investments partially offset weaker trading in the furniture market.
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IKEA China has introduced self-driving vehicles in Anhui Province after a pilot programme reduced average customer waiting times for self-pick-up orders by two-thirds and cut transport costs between retail units by more than 50 percent.
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Dreams is positioning its vertically integrated structure as a key competitive advantage in the fragmented UK bedding market, chief executive Jonathan Hirst told Somnigroup International’s investor day.
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Bed manufacturer Sealy UK reported its first full-year EBITDA profit since its 2020 acquisition by a joint venture between Somnigroup International and its Asia-Pacific licensing partner.
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A new UK company linked to Hong Kong-headquartered upholstery group Halo has been incorporated with shares held by its overseas parent.
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A Somerset furniture maker run by former employees of erstwhile cabinet maker Pinetum has filed for insolvency, leaving creditors facing a seven-figure shortfall.
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The Yorkshire Region of The Furniture Makers’ Company raised £2,900 at its tenth annual Yorkshire Curry Night, held on February 26, 2026 at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.
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Headlam Group has appointed Rob Barclay as its next chief executive officer and named Richard Jones as interim chief financial officer, rebuilding its leadership team following high-profile board exits.
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The Ireland-domiciled trading company with whom UK consumer transact when buy furniture from ecommerce platform Wayfair has posted its first revenue rise in four years, new accounts show.
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Housing transactions declined for the first time in three months in January despite variations in the number of completions across the UK.
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DFS has launched a partnership with ITV to deliver an integrated advertising and content programme around the 19th series of Britain’s Got Talent, which began airing on February 21, 2026.
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Swedish kitchens conglomerate Nobia says the sale of its UK operations to funds managed by Alteri Investors, first announced in January, is now complete.
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The Ideal Home Show will donate furniture from this year’s exhibition and raise funds onsite as part of a new partnership with charity Furnishing Futures, which supports women and children escaping domestic abuse.
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Sleepeezee has donated £25,000 to the British Heart Foundation following a year of sales of its Travelodge Dreamer mattress, taking total funds raised through the partnership to more than £220,000 since 2017.
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MattressNextDay has appointed clinical sleep therapist Natalie Pennicotte-Collier as its first external resident sleep expert, with the partnership launching during National Bed Month in March.
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The Thai-owned upholstery group behind Colchester sofa maker Alstons moved close to breakeven at the EBITDA line last year, though its 2025 net loss widened as it absorbed the impact of closing Ashley Manor and Alexander & James.
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Pagazzi Lighting has appointed administrators for a second time in less than three years, closing 11 stores and making 70 redundancies after what restructuring advisers described as sustained poor trading and mounting cost pressures.
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West Yorkshire upholstery and beds vertical HSL has trebled its concession footprint inside Sterling Home as it expands its retail presence in Scotland.
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Sofology has rolled out a second film under its “So fussy? Sofology” brand platform, six months after the campaign’s debut, as the upholstery retailer continues a push to reposition fussiness as a purchasing virtue.
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GNG Group says a strategic consolidation of its operating sites will yield better plant utilisation, improved operational efficiency, and reduced overheads as the West Yorkshire manufacturer looks to build on a return to growth and strong cash generation last year.
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Bensons for Beds more than doubled capital expenditure last year to its highest level since the pandemic, funding the investment entirely from operating cashflow and without taking on additional borrowing.
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Sofa Club has appointed Stephanie Rackley as group marketing director, bolstering its senior leadership team as the retailer continues to invest in brand and customer growth initiatives.
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The managing director of one of the UK’s largest sofa manufacturers was seated centre-frame at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday night as his son collected two BAFTAs, beating Hollwood royalty in the process.
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Furniture and electricals retailer Harvey Norman said it is in advanced lease negotiations for a third site on the British mainland as revenue here continues to build ahead of the opening of its second large format store this spring.
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Howden Joinery Group stepped up its expansion in fitted bedrooms as the furniture vertical, best known for its kitchens, continued to open depots and invest in manufacturing capacity during 2025.
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Natuzzi has told staff it is prepared to proceed with job cuts and site closures after negotiations with trade unions over its 2026–2028 industrial plan broke down, days after regional authorities and unions had signalled a framework for zero redundancies.
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Airsprung Group said a soon-to-be resolved delay in finalising its latest annual accounts led to a First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off being issued earlier this week.
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EBITDA was almost a third lower for the UK arm of foam conglomerate Carpenter in the now-dated 2024 period, just-filed accounts show.
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UK consumers’ appetite for big-ticket spending fell at its fastest monthly pace in just over a year in February, reversing January’s improvement.
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Bensons for Beds achieved its highest adjusted earnings since its 2019 acquisition, the retailer said in a press release issued ahead of 2024/25 accounts becoming public.
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The John Lewis Partnership is withdrawing from its build-to-rent housing venture, scrapping plans to deliver up to 10,000 rental homes and ending a £500 million joint initiative with Aberdeen Investments.
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Chinese-made product is now responsible for one in every three pounds spent on upholstery in the UK after its share of the wholesale market expanded through 2025. That is almost as much as all British producers combined.
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Earnings jumped for Lancashire furniture supplier GFW in the past year as the company delivered high revenue growth on "better execution of the fundamentals."
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The AIM-listed owner of the renascent MFI furniture and homeware brand has acquired a Merseyside haulage business in a deal it says provides increased control over customer fulfilment.
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EZ Living Interiors has unveiled a vast new warehouse that provides the Irish furniture retailer with additional capacity to support expansion.
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The Chinese mattress and home furnishings manufacturer behind the Mlily brand has provided a fresh guarantee to support bank borrowing by its US manufacturing subsidiary.
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ScS will introduce the Poltronesofà brand across its UK store estate and digital channels from March 12, 2026, marking the first time the Italian sofa specialist’s name will be actively put in front of British consumers.
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The CEO of Mattress Online says the beds market remains subdued and challenging but that the new financial year has begun well as it looks to build on a return to top line growth.
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Historic Sheffield furniture and floorcoverings retailer Barkers will this weekend begin a stock clearance sale ahead of merging from two stores to one.
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Westwing has formally launched in the UK, six months after The Furnishing Report revealed the incorporation of its British subsidiary.
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Ingka Group will open a standalone Decathlon unit inside its IKEA store in Croydon this spring, marking the first time the retailer has hosted another global brand within one of its UK “blue box” locations.
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The owner of a semi-national bed chain that downsized from nineteen branches down to eight through a 2024 insolvent restructuring process has incorporated a new company in the retailer's brand name.
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Premium upholstered furniture manufacturer George Smith will next month open a second London showroom.
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Leekes is opening two new departments at its Llantrisant flagship this St David’s Day weekend, completing the latest phase of a £10 million investment in the store.
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Silentnight has been named the official sleep partner of Manchester City Football Club under a new agreement that will see the bed manufacturer supply products to the club’s forthcoming hotel development.
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Flooring conglomerate Victoria lowered its earnings guidance after weaker trading in January and said full-year revenue would fall short of prior expectations, sending its shares down sharply before rallying.
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The withdrawal of Marks & Spencer from the bulky furniture market left returns and cancelled orders specialist Brand Interiors facing a sharp drop in revenue, a new report claims, contributing to challenges that ultimately led to a prepack buyout.
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Natuzzi has withdrawn plans for 476 redundancies and set out a 2026–2028 industrial strategy centred on relaunching operations and reshoring production to Italy, according to details presented at a regional round table.
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Neptune, the premium-pitched £73 million furniture and home brand, has opened a new showroom at the site of its headquarters in Wiltshire.
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Lancashire-based upholstery manufacturer Fleming Howland has converted legacy furniture designs into structured CAD files through a three-month digital internship backed by the Government-funded Made Smarter programme.
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Retail sales across furniture and lighting continued to rise in January as ecommerce demand helped boost the wider sector.
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George Smith Knowles Sr, the founder of Sterling Furniture Group and pioneer widely credited with bringing the out-of-town furniture concept to the UK, died early Friday morning. He was 96 years old.
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Wayfair is preparing to launch its paid loyalty programme, Wayfair Rewards, in the UK in the coming months as part of a broader international rollout following its first full year in the US.
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Ecommerce retailer Debenhams has raised about £40 million in an oversubscribed equity fundraise, up from the £35 million initially targeted earlier this week.
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BJS Distribution has taken a new long-term lease on a 261,912 sqft industrial and warehouse facility in the West Midlands as the two-person home delivery specialist expands capacity in response to growth.
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Ercol Furniture has created a new director of supply chain and customer services role, promoting longserving executive Sarah Sweeting. Her new position will coincide with Ian Peers moving to focus solely on manufacturing operations at its Buckinghamshire factory.
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Natuzzi shareholders postponed a decision on reducing the group’s share capital after losses in the first nine months of 2025 triggered a legal requirement to consider remedial measures.
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One of the directors of the just-closed Rite Price Flooring & Interiors business in Belfast has signalled their intent to return to market with the incorporation of new flooring company.
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Blaine Callard has announced his departure as chief executive officer of Freedom Furniture after six years at the helm of the Australian chain.
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Like-for-like sales growth more than doubled for Furniture Village last year in a period that saw profits rise as delivered turnover climbed almost double-digit to an all-time annual high.
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A management-owned discount furniture retailer that previously operated double-digit store numbers has been placed into administration, but continues to trade.
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Household furniture prices were unchanged in the year to January as inflation was absent from the category for the fifth month straight.
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Somnigroup International said its UK retail chain Dreams delivered market share gains in 2025 and is expected to grow again this year, as the world’s largest bedding company forecast a further spike in international sales for 2026.
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Recliner conglomerate La-Z-Boy has set out the financial impact of the impending closure of its UK manufacturing facility, as third-quarter profit declined despite higher sales.
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Privately-owned retailer Woods Furniture is to open its third store with an 8,438 sqft unit at Castlepoint shopping park in Bournemouth.
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Diversified homewares and furniture vertical Sophie Allport returned to profit last year as it reduced staff headcount and administrative costs amid lower sales across its retail operations.
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CIFM / Interzum Guangzhou will return to the Canton Fair Complex from March 28–31, 2026, during phase 2 of the 57th CIFF Guangzhou, positioning itself as a platform for furniture production technologies and upstream supply-chain development.
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The Sleep Group, parent to bed makers Silentnight and Sleepeezee, has completed the redemption of its outstanding preference share class, with the bulk of proceeds flowing to its principal shareholder and former senior executives.
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The owner of soft furnishings businesses including Decora Blinds and Evans Textiles says longstanding group chief executive Stuart Dickson has retired as part of what it described as a planned succession process.
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Cabinet imports rose for the first time since the summer in December on the back of higher shipments of Vietnamese-made living, dining and bedroom furniture.
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A privately-owned Cotswolds-based kitchen manufacturer with a decorated track record has been placed into liquidation with creditors facing a shortfall in excess of £2 million.
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Ecommerce retailer The Very Group has extended its £1.77 billion UK securitisation facility to February 2029 and cut the coupon on its senior secured notes after reducing group debt with support from owner Carlyle.
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Oak Furnitureland has returned to EBITDA profitability on a last twelve-month basis, as the retailer reported sustained sales momentum and pointed to a potential uplift from the next furniture replacement cycle.
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Year-on-year mattress imports rose for a ninth consecutive month in December, driven by sustained growth in Tempur product from Denmark alongside higher shipments from China and Poland.
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The insolvency of cabinet maker Moores Furniture Group has left total creditor claims exceeding £50 million across secured, preferential and unsecured classes, with the latter unlikely to receive any dividend.
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Leggett & Platt’s bedding business recorded a double-digit sales decline last year as weak mattress demand and customer disruption weighed on volumes for the bed components conglomerate.
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World of Beds has opened a store in Great Yarmouth, extending the privately-owned retailer’s estate across East Anglia.
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Mohawk said the global flooring industry has been in recession for almost four years as the world’s largest flooring company reported lower annual earnings and flat sales for 2025.
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Nick Scali believes there is the opportunity to more than treble its UK store network over the long term amid the near completion of its refurbishment and rebranding programme and half-year losses in line with expectations.
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Upholstered furniture imports were up for the first time in three months in December, rebounding to the highest single-month total in three and a half years.
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National retailer Oak Furnitureland has appointed former Tesco and Asda executive Gary Payne as chief financial officer.
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Imports of floorcoverings rose for the first time since the summer in December on the back of stronger trade in the carpet and wood flooring product categories.
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Year-on-year turnover at the furniture factory gate was higher for the seventh straight month in December, though growth was at its weakest throughout that timeframe.
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Privately-owned Gillies of Broughty Ferry has submitted a change-of-use planning application to convert a 1.61 acre former car dealership in the Highlands into a furniture store.
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More than 70 companies have signed up to exhibit at the 2026 Furniture Component Expo, as organiser the British Furniture Association prepares to broaden the show’s remit to new sectors.
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The privately-owned company behind South East end-of-line and clearance specialist Furniture Outlet reported a sharp rise in earnings after sales and margins strengthened last year.
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A German investor consortium has agreed to acquire designer furniture manufacturer Rolf Benz, returning the Nagold-based brand to domestic ownership after seven years under Chinese control.
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The owner of Heal's flagship London store has applied for planning permission to replace part of the roof at the Grade II* listed building on Tottenham Court Road.
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The group that owns cabinet fittings and components supplier PWS booked a wider loss last year as revenue declined and the manufacturer completed what it described as the largest continuous investment programme in its 122-year history.
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Dreams last week followed the late 2025 opening of a new Sunderland store with the launch of an adjacently-located distribution centre, expanding its regional logistics capacity and taking its UK network to 13 sites.
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Pooky lifted profit and bolstered cash to almost £10 million last year as the decorative lighting brand expanded further into the US and continued to invest in product, infrastructure and overseas operations.
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The Swedish investment group that has owned UK furniture wholesaler Julian Bowen since 2021 said it saw tentative signs of a consumer recovery late last year but demand for home interiors remained muted.
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Sanderson Design Group has appointed Charlotte O’Sullivan as group digital and innovation director as it steps up investment in its direct-to-consumer channel, which more than quadrupled in size last year.
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US ecommerce retailer Mark & Graham has expanded its collaboration with British interiors brand Sanderson, adding personalised soft furnishings products to a partnership first launched last year.
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Home retailer Dunelm has expanded on availability issues first disclosed last month, saying forecasting and ordering execution across a small number of key furniture lines lay behind the shortfalls.
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Online card spending in home improvement fell as a share of total spend between 2019 and 2024, making it the only major retail category to see a decline over the five-year period, according to new official statistics.
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Argos plans to launch an online marketplace within the next 12 months in a move that will expand an entry-level furniture and beds offer that already ranks among the largest in the category.
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HM Revenue & Customs recovered 4 pence in the pound from the collapse of the former operating company behind Evans of High Wycombe, as final liquidation accounts ahead of dissolution set out the scale of value erosion in the restructuring.
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Furniture Online made a material investment in stock last year in a period that saw the ecommerce retailer continue to generate six-figure returns.
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Dunelm has appointed two senior executives as the furniture and homewares retailer reshapes its leadership team including a new role for its erstwhile people and stores director.
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Somnigroup International, the owner of UK beds market leader Dreams and businesses including Tempur and Sealy among others, saw its market capitalisation rise to an all-time high on Friday.
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DFS has secured planning approval to significantly expand its store at Birstall Retail Park in West Yorkshire, a move that will turn the site into one of the largest in the sofa retailer’s UK-wide estate.
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W.J. Daniel & Company reported lower profits as higher debt interest costs and a drop in turnover squeezed returns ahead of the closure of its last dedicated bed shop. Its retail business is now wholly-focused on its Windsor department store and online.
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Upholstery conglomerate Natuzzi said it has received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange warning that it is not in compliance with one of the exchange’s continued listing standards, citing market capitalisation and equity thresholds.
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Headlam said group chief financial officer Adam Phillips will leave the business after the publication of its full-year results next month, signalling further senior management change at the UK floorcoverings distributor.
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The Furniture Industry Research Association has launched an industry-wide survey to gather data on how unsold furniture is handled across the UK sector.
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Alstons' parent company TCM Living says a seven-figure capital injection from its Thai owner is in process and remains on schedule to complete during February, underpinning the refinancing of the group’s UK banking facilities.
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Royalties generated by Frasers Group–owned online homewares retailer Amara fell sharply in its latest financial year in a period where the business adjusted how it recognises revenue.
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The owner of luxury kitchen brand Smallbone of Devizes has said it expects to secure “very substantial compensation” from its long-running dispute with the landlord of its former Knightsbridge showroom.
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Northern Ireland furniture and flooring retailer Rite Price Flooring & Interiors has entered liquidation, bringing a close to more than 60 years in business.
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IKEA has closed seven large branches in China as the home furnishings retailer reshapes its store network and digital offer in one of its most important markets. New, smaller-format units are planned.
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The Chinese group behind the Mlily mattress and bedding brand said it expects to return to profit in 2025 after posting a sizeable loss a year earlier, citing lower impairment charges and steady revenue growth.
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Qumei Home Furnishings Group Co said it expects to remain loss-making in 2025, though with a narrower deficit than the prior year, as weak furniture demand and high finance costs continued to weigh on performance.
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North East soft seating supplier Bazaar Group reported EBITDA growth and a narrower annual loss last year, after revenue jumped in markets outside Britain.
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Eden Mobility, a UK mobility retailer with a broad furniture offer including rise and recline chairs and adjustable beds, has acquired Derbyshire Mobility as it continues to expand its store estate.
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Leicestershire-based bed manufacturer Get Laid Beds said overseas demand accelerated in 2025 as it set out plans to expand its trade and commercial business following a sharp increase in European sales and record Black Friday trading.
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Carpet maker Brintons navigated a challenging macro-economic environment during its latest financial year as US tariffs, currency volatility and subdued UK residential demand shaped trading conditions, according to chief executive Duccio Baldi.
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Time4Sleep has carried out an internal reorganisation that ascribes a multi-million-pound valuation to the Yorkshire-based ecommerce bedding retailer, new statutory filings show.
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Spanish furniture brand Kave Home will open its first UK showroom at Redbrick this weekend, extending its online-only presence in the market into bricks and mortar.
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Ecommerce furniture and homeware brand Laura James has agreed a build-to-suit headquarters at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal in Northamptonshire, taking a 217,785 sqft facility as it consolidates its UK distribution operations.
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Manthorpe Furniture has relocated to a larger facility at Ellesmere Business Park in Grantham as the specialist upholstery and reupholstery business scales up capacity to serve larger commercial contracts.
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Housing sales rose on an annual basis for the sixth month in the past seven in December as one of the key indicators for future home furnishings spend remained positive.
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Flooring retailer and wholesaler Calverts Carpets built a larger cash position in its last financial year, as gross margin expansion and investment income offset a decline in sales.
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The trading arm of premium furniture and interiors brand Rowen booked a three-fold rise in profits in the year to April 30, 2025, according to newly filed accounts.
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Independent retailer Home & Garden Clearance Outlet has opened a furniture store in central Swindon, taking over a former Poundland unit at the Brunel Shopping Centre.
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The National Bed Federation has released a new testimonial video featuring UK bed retailers, setting out the benefits of buying from NBF-approved members and outlining the trade body’s support for the retail sector.
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Inspiring Makers, a not-for-profit conference focused on furniture making, furnishings and interiors, will take place at Bath’s Guildhall on May 13, 2026, marking its fifth year.
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The operator of Dreams stores across the island of Ireland says a year of heavy investment marked a step change in its strategy to scale its beds and upholstery business, as the group expanded its retail footprint and infrastructure.
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Resignation sees Pimol Srivikorn become acting chief executive at diversified Thai-listed group.
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Seconique said trading conditions were challenging during the year to June 30, 2025 as consumers held back on spending on higher-ticket furniture items and a depressed UK housing market reduced demand for renovation-led purchases.
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A major global investment management firm and one of the largest shareholders in flooring group Headlam has almost halved its stake in the Midlands company, new disclosures show.
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