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Sofa.com has begun a closing down sale at its York store a little over three years after the Coppergate unit first opened.
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Higher costs and low levels of consumer confidence weighed on performance at large South Yorkshire furniture retailer Ponsford last year, but finance income protected profits.
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Bedding company 100% Comfort has confirmed a long-planned transition in its leadership structure, with Nick Worthington moving into a non-executive director role and Greg Suthern now leading the business as sole CEO.
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High-end French furniture brand Roche Bobois said 2025 revenue declined low single-digits with cautious consumer demand in the UK and a difficult US market mitigating growth elsewhere in Europe and China.
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Furniture retailer The Cotswold Company plans to open a Kingston upon Thames showroom at the end of March, extending its physical retail footprint inside the M25 for the first time. It is also opening a new retail park store further north.
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Anthony Joyce, director and co-founder of Wolf Components, has been appointed chairman of the Manufacturing Guild Mark, a longstanding industry accolade awarded by The Furniture Makers’ Company.
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Flooring distributor Headlam Group has secured a new asset-based lending facility of up to £85 million, replacing its existing revolving credit facility and uncommitted overdraft.
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Upholstery vertical Sofa.com reported a decline in sales in the year to April 30, 2025, as weaker demand in the furniture market and lower marketing activity weighed on revenue.
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The regional Government in Puglia has urged Italian sofa maker Natuzzi to update the guidelines of its turnaround plan, saying any public support should be tied to an industrial relaunch that safeguards employment rather than simple restructuring.
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Kingcome Sofas increased sales in the six months to October 31, 2025, as the upholstery maker remained profitable despite softer order intake in the UK market, parent company Colefax Group said on Wednesday.
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Online home, fashion, and beauty retailer Debenhams Group said it is trading above expectations and has raised full-year profit guidance, citing momentum at its core brand and improved performance across its youth labels.
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Clarion Events recognised the winners of its inaugural Excellence in Furniture Awards at a gala dinner held at the NEC Birmingham alongside its January Furniture Show last week.
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Vispring has opened a 1,800 sqft flagship showroom at Tysons Corner Center, extending its North American retail footprint with a Washington, D.C.-area presence.
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Munich-based private equity firm Executive Equity Partners (EEP) has acquired 100 percent of embattled UK online home and gift marketplace Not On The High Street, and replaced its entire board.
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Fishpools has opened a new home furniture concession at Fenwick’s Brent Cross store in London, marking a retail partnership between the two businesses aimed at expanding Fishpools’ reach in north London.
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Relyon Beds has restructured its corporate group with the creation of a new holding company, a move the bed maker said is intended to separate its manufacturing operations from property and investment activity.
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Online bedding retailer Soak and Sleep booked a seven-figure net loss according to newly-filed accounts, which also underscored substantial additional group backing.
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Barrow-in-Furness furniture retailer Dandy’s has disclosed that it is close to finalising its insurance claim relating to storm damage suffered at its Duke Street trading premises in late 2023.
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The diversified ecommerce group behind the Furniture 123 online store booked higher profits last year despite a decline in sales.
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The company trading the Larkbury London premium furniture brand has become the latest in a series of co-controlled entities to file for insolvency, leaving material debts in its wake.
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Jet Press, the Nottinghamshire-based distributor of industrial fasteners and furniture fixings, fell to a loss last year as turnover declined with costs remaining close to flat.
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Restructuring advisors have disclosed the terms of the sale of the brand and website of failed outdoor furniture retailer Rattan Direct for the first time, alongside the impact on creditors.
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A longtime carpet underlay executive who combined co-running Victoria subsidiary Ezi Floor with being one of the flooring conglomerate's largest worldwide shareholders has halved his stake in recent days.
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One Call Furniture has launched One Call Components, a UK-based manufacturing division supplying wood-based panels and cabinet products to furniture and bedding manufacturers.
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Furniture manufacturers, retailers and suppliers have until January 30, 2026 to enter the Future of Furniture Awards 2026, organiser the British Furniture Association (BFA) has announced.
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Furniture retailer Loaf will expand in the South East with its first store in Essex after submitting plans to convert a former bike showroom in the county.
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Higher debt interest costs led to lower profits at Ashwood Designs last year despite the South Wales sofa maker delivering what it described as a resilient top line against a softer market backdrop.
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Furniture and homewares retailer and wholesaler Nkuku says sales grew by nearly a fifth during the peak trading period, extending the momentum seen in its most recently filed accounts.
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BoConcept has opened a new 6,000 sqft showroom in Navan, Co Meath, extending the Danish furniture brand’s retail footprint in Ireland ahead of further buildout planned for this year.
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Furniture and lighting retail sales climbed at their fastest pace in almost a year and for the seventh month in a row in December, according to official figures.
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Privately-owned furniture retailer Cousins made its largest capital outlay since the Covid-era acquisition of parts of the Alan Ward business last year against a backdrop of rising costs.
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UK consumers’ willingness to make big-ticket purchases strengthened again in January, with GfK’s Major Purchase Index edging up to its least-weak reading in almost four years and matching the level last seen in January 2022.
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Danish furniture manufacturer Hay is among the largest unsecured trade creditors caught up in the administration of UK homewares and clothing retailer Huh, a collapse leaving swathes of consumers seeking refunds.
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Resource and energy efficiency, carbon reduction and circular design have emerged as the leading sustainability priorities for UK furniture and mattress companies, as customer demand for environmental data continues to rise.
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The National Bed Federation (NBF) has released an updated marketing toolkit for retailers and manufacturers ahead of National Bed Month in March, urging the industry to support the annual consumer awareness campaign.
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Deflation in the household furniture category materially deepened in December as retailer's cut prices ahead of Christmas. By contrast, flooring, along with overall consumer price inflation, widened.
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A three-store beds retailer set up by former employees of a once-prominent regional North East chain that folded back in 2019 has also now called in restructuring advisors.
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The co-owner of two East Midlands upholstery businesses is bringing the Steed Upholstery and Peter Guild brands back to market after earlier moving one of his businesses into the old Steed factory.
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Ten-store home furnishings retailer Susie Watson Designs booked lower profits last year as higher costs mitigated revenue that remained close to year-earlier levels.
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The Dartford group behind home and giftware importer Lesser & Pavey posted flat revenue last year but saw profits halve on higher costs.
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A wide-ranging recapitalisation concentrated control of furniture retailer The Cotswold Company with its private equity backer, with new filings revealing a markedly different ownership profile.
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Leggett & Platt said it has entered into a non-disclosure agreement and six-month standstill with Somnigroup International, marking the first public comment from the US components manufacturer since it received an unsolicited takeover approach last month.
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A Midlands flooring business affiliated to a 10-store semi-national retailer has been placed into liquidation, leaving seven-figure tax debts.
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Growth in each of the kitchens and office furniture categories was not enough to mitigate double-digit declines in bedroom, living and dining furniture imports towards the end of last year.
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Upholstery market leader DFS said underlying profit before tax and brand amortisation is expected to rise sharply in the first half of its financial year, prompting the group to lift its full-year earnings outlook.
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Furniture and homewares retailer and wholesaler Nkuku enjoyed double-digit top and bottom line growth at trading company level last year ahead of the opening its new Redbrick showroom.
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Privately-owned furniture retailer Sterling Home has launched a new website and digital platform, introducing an upgraded online experience alongside its Winter Sale.
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Flooring imports declined for the fourth month in a row in November on the back of a decline in carpet trade and a double-digit drop-off in the vinyl category.
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Amara Group and Koelnmesse will integrate four of Indonesia’s leading furniture and interiors trade fairs into a single, co-located platform from 2026, the exhibition organisers have announced.
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Moores Furniture Group, one of the UK's largest cabinet manufacturers, has entered administration, with its customer list and certain intellectual property assets sold to Wren Kitchens in a pre-pack transaction, according to statements issued on Monday.
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A double-digit decline in shipments from China caused UK sofa imports to fall for the second straight month in the lead up to Christmas.
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Liverpool furniture, home and garden retailer Taskers reported another seven-figure net loss last year but a £3 million property sale aided liquidity and debt paydown.
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Fabrics and wallpaper group Osborne & Little cut its net loss in the year to March 31, 2025 as efforts to reduce overheads mitigated falling sales in major markets including the UK, a trend that has continued into the new financial year.
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Retail giant IKEA is piloting a virtual product experience inside Welcome to Bloxburg, a life-simulation game on the Roblox platform, as it looks to engage with a new generation of future home furnishing shoppers.
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Cabinet and upholstery supplier Maxfurn has confirmed the signing of a new 188,400 sqft distribution hub and a 26,000 sqft head office and showroom facility close to its existing base in Uden with a planned opening in December 2026.
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Mattress imports climbed for the eighth month straight in November driven by another sizeable leap in products bought into the country by Tempur.
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Turnover at the factory gate continued to rise heading into the final weeks of last year but at less than half the rate at which manufacturers had reported increases in the two months prior.
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Flooring distributor Likewise Group said it is implementing price increases across most flooring categories during January and February as the AIM-listed company looks to improve operating margins as it builds on higher sales for the year just ended.
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The Very Group said sales in its Home category rose 7.9 percent year on year over the key Christmas trading period, helping offset weaker performance elsewhere across the business.
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DX Group has agreed a strategic partnership with Rhenus Logistics under which DX will assume responsibility for Rhenus’s two-person home delivery services in the UK and Ireland.
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Minerva Furniture Group has partnered with Buoyant Upholstery and Ashley Manor, bringing Buoyant’s import programme and the Ashley Manor collection back to Minerva’s membership.
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National retailer Dunelm said availability issues weighed on furniture sales in its second quarter while a lower earnings outlook sent shares almost a fifth lower inside a single day's trading.
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Yorkshire-based Aspire Furniture will unveil a full-scale push into upholstery at next week’s January Furniture Show as it seeks to build a second growth engine alongside its £19 million beds and mattresses business.
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Multichannel mattress and bedding retailer Woolroom almost doubled net profit through 2024/25 as revenue jumped by nearly a fifth.
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Swedish kitchen conglomerate Nobia said its plans to launch a fully guaranteed rights issue of about SEK 1,500m (£121m) and has secured commitments from its lenders to amend and extend revolving credit facilities.
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Swedish investment group Storskogen has appointed Chris Pullen as executive vice president and managing director of Storskogen UK on a permanent basis, formalising a role he has held on an interim basis since May 2025.
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Nobia said it has entered into an agreement to sell its UK business to funds managed by Alteri Partners, giving the turnaround investor an even greater share of the UK home furnishings retail market.
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Matt Richardson has joined beds market leader Dreams as production director, ending a 15-year spell at the Huntingdon factory now owned by Bensons for Beds.
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Interior design supplier Porta Romana increased revenue and lifted net profit in the year to April 30, 2025, according to newly-filed accounts.
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The owners of ecommerce retailer Laura James have acquired the Rattan Direct brand and other assets and plan to relaunch the outdoor furniture business this spring.
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has cancelled the consumer credit authorisation of a small Scottish furniture and flooring retailer, saying the business was no longer carrying out regulated activity.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company is inviting furniture and furnishings professionals to attend a one-day industry event examining how sustainability can be integrated into commercial decision-making.
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Stronger margins helped upstream sofa supply chain bellwether Flameproofings cuts its trading deficit last year despite a third straight top line decline.
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Housing transactions, one of the key drivers of big-ticket home spending, returned to growth towards the end of last year, signalling that a fall at the start of the fourth quarter may have been an outlier.
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Bedroom furniture company Starplan returned to profit last year after a near seven-figure property revaluation mitigated weaker trading.
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Retail giant Marks & Spencer has launched an exclusive programme of upholstered furniture in collaboration with Barker and Stonehouse.
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Spinks has launched a new range of pocket spring cores for the UK mattress market, introducing recyclable materials and a patented spring construction entering commercial rollout for the first time.
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The Furniture Makers’ Company is accepting nominations for its 2026 Young Professional Industry Experience, a two-week programme aimed at early-career professionals in the UK furnishings sector.
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The number of UK home furnishings businesses to file for insolvency fell to its lowest level in three years in 2025 though debtors left creditors facing higher unpaid bills.
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Lower closing stock and debtors helped the West Country bed manufacturer behind the Viscotherapy brand mitigate a shortfall in earnings last year.
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Creditors of the Fired Earth predecessor operation face a seven-figure shortfall on outstanding debts despite the £3 million sale of the business and selected assets to Topps Tiles late last year.
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Privately-owned Wiltshire retailer Knees Home & Electrical will wind down its retail operations, ending more than a century of trading, with all in-store and online activity set to cease by January 31, 2026.
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Nichola Bell has joined upholstered furniture manufacturer Vale Bridgecraft as commercial director.
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Furniture sales at Argos were pressured by subdued spending in the category over Christmas but the retailer still achieved higher volumes across its wider general merchandise offer.
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Furniture and interiors retailer Loom Loft said trade in the final quarter of last year was 30 percent higher as it builds on an even-sharper increase in annual sales for the year to September 30, 2025.
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Liquidators of the sofa manufacturer that acquired Acclaim Upholstery’s assets are seeking to recover property or funds after identifying pre-insolvency transfers to a connected party.
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The successor company formed following the February 2024 pre-pack restructuring of the Harvey Jones kitchens business has reported a loss of £6.2 million for its first period of trading.
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Victoria has appointed Steve Callaghan as a non-executive director and senior independent director with immediate effect, and confirmed the resignation of Andrew Harrison from its board after 13 years.
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Furniture retailer Brand Interiors has begun a closing-down sale at its Stoke-on-Trent store, confirming the permanent closure of the outlet at Newstead Industrial Estate in Trentham.
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Soft furnishings company Tyrone Textiles has partnered with The Sleep Charity by donating a percentage of sales from selected Enhanced Living blackout curtains to the organisation.
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Demand for furniture and furnishings climbed for the third straight quarter heading into peak trading as consumers readied their homes going into winter.
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Ashley Manor will return to the UK furniture market later this month with a relaunch at the January Furniture Show at the NEC following the brand's acquisition by Buoyant Upholstery.
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The group behind Brockway Carpets built cash reserves despite booking lower sales and profits through 2024/25 as a weak UK floorcoverings market and the loss of business linked to the Nestware group weighed on demand.
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A retention-of-title claim has softened the impact from the insolvency of a West Midlands sofa wholesale business on a former connected party upholstery manufacturer.
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Sofa.com will mark its 20th anniversary in 2026 with a year-long programme of product updates and new launches, the upholstered furniture vertical said on Wednesday (Jan. 7, 2026).
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The National Bed Federation (NBF) has partnered with Furniture Sales Solutions to offer discounted, bed-specific sales training to retailers enrolled in its Retail Champions scheme.
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Woodland Heritage has received a £238,442 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support a two-year skills and education programme focused on forestry, timber and woodworking.
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Cornwall retailer Julian Foye, one of southern England's largest furniture independents, plans to open a new showroom in Tavistock in summer 2026, marking its first move into Devon.
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Italy’s competition authority has fined sofa retailer Poltronesofà €1 million for what it said were misleading promotional campaigns that overstated price discounts on a range of products, according to a decision published on Monday.
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The UK arm of French high-end furniture and interior design brand Christian Liaigre has formally completed the company voluntary arrangement (CVA) agreed in 2020, bringing its court-supervised debt restructuring to a close.
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Retail giant Next raised its full-year profit guidance after full-price sales over the Christmas period exceeded forecasts, driven by stronger-than-expected trading online and overseas.
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DX Group has acquired HBC Logistics, a Bedfordshire-based logistics and same-day services business, as the investor-backed group steps up expansion under its new chief executive.
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Falling interest rates are paving the way for a return of longer interest-free credit offers across the UK furniture industry, with ScS and Bensons for Beds among retailers now stretching terms out to five years as they compete for shoppers.
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The ecommerce and technology group behind the Olivia's furniture and homeware website halved its net loss according to new annual results.
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An online bedding vendor selling via a store on ecommerce marketplace platforms such as Amazon has folded with large tax liabilities.
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Image Furnishings is unveiling a refreshed brand identity as it expands its UK sales operation, using the relaunch to mark what it described as a new phase in its development ahead of the January Furniture Show in Birmingham.
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The Original Factory Shop has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators, signalling that the discount retailer is seeking formal court protection from creditors after efforts to secure a turnaround failed.
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The owner of DFS supplier Man Wah Holdings has disclosed a significant minority shareholding in the UK upholstery market leader, almost two years after the stake was first acquired.
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Brook House Interiors plans to relocate its retail operation in Oxfordshire, closing its Furniture Barn showroom in Rotherfield Peppard at the end of February, and opening a new studio in nearby Nuffield later in the spring.
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The furniture holding company behind Global Chair Components, Contract Furniture Group and Phoenix Case Goods returned to profit as lower sales were offset by balance-sheet changes.
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Clarion Events, organiser of the two largest trade shows for the UK residential furniture industry, disclosed lower revenue from Design & Home related activity in 2024/25.
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Ulster Carpets reported record group sales in the year to March 31, 2025, as investment at its Portadown headquarters lifted capacity, though adjusted EBITDA edged lower amid rising costs.
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The holding company for furniture and homewares retailer The Cotswold Company has overhauled its capital structure and converted group debt into equity, filings show, months after its owner was said to have begun preparing the business for a potential sale.
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A one-time multi-store furniture retailer with branches across London has filed for insolvency, leaving a seven-figure shortfall to its financial backers.
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Man Wah Holdings has provided additional details on its $58.7 million acquisition of US upholstery maker Gainline Recline Intermediate Corp., saying the price reflected a premium for established brands and manufacturing assets that give the group an immediate production foothold in the United States.
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President Donald Trump has delayed a planned increase in tariffs on imported upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, extending existing duty rates for another year as the US continues negotiations with trading partners.
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Ekornes, the upholstery group behind the Stressless and IMG brands, has moved to refinance its debt facilities after issuing a notice to redeem its NOK 1.2 billion (£89m) senior secured bond early, signalling the execution phase of a planned refinancing.
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Furniture retailer Hallowood strengthened its balance sheet during the year to March 31, 2025, following business model adjustments that saw the retailer's remaining store close.
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Phoenox Textiles increased capital investment sharply in 2024/25 as the fourth-generation rug and mat manufacturer moved towards the final phase of its longrunning programme to modernise UK production.
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Australian furniture retailer Nick Scali has made the most detailed disclosure yet into its vast investment in the Fabb Furniture chain it acquired just over 18 months ago.
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Yorkshire cabinet giant Decorative Panels reported growth in its furniture manufacturing division during the year to March 31, 2025, helping to maintain profits despite a fall in overall group turnover.
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Experienced bed industry executive Jonny Mitchell to join Devon company in January.
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North London rug supply group Asiatic Carpets reported a sharp decline in net assets after distributing near eight-figure dividends in the year to March 31, 2025.
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The furniture maker behind the Balmoral brand reported a narrower loss after absorbing asbestos roof replacement costs at its manufacturing site, while gross margin improved and overheads fell.
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Ecommerce furniture and homewares retailer DUSK posted a sharp rise in revenue in the year to March 31, 2025, alongside a swing to a statutory loss after absorbing more than £16 million of one-off operational costs linked to rapid expansion.
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Mansion House Bedding Group returned to profit in the year to March 31, 2025, after faster production lead times supported growth in its contract business, offsetting a contraction in retail demand.
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Expanding furniture retailer NCF Living has opened its sixth store in 2025 after taking over a former Leekes unit in Cardiff.
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Beds market leader Dreams has opened the first standalone stores for its Feather & Black brand since acquiring the business in 2020, launching two London locations ahead of Christmas.
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Housing Units has seen improving trading momentum since the end of its latest financial year, with the home furnishings retailer recording double-digit sales growth in the final quarter of 2025 as investment in systems and digital capability begins to deliver operational benefits.
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Designer furniture and homewares retailer The Conran Shop reduced its annual deficit after cutting costs and narrowing its international footprint, with its multi-year restructuring programme moving into its final phase.
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Furniture and Choice reported a wider net loss after a sharp fall in revenue in the year to March 31, 2025, as reduced consumer spending weighed on demand for home furnishings.
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Property disposals and higher revenue helped mitigate rising costs for major Dunelm supplier Cleland McIver in the year to September 30, 2025.
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Stronger-than-forecast revenue growth in its domestic market has sent shares in furniture retailer Nick Scali higher.
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Natasha Shillingford and Carey Pearson will be among the speakers at the next Women In Furniture Network event, slated to take place during the January Furniture Show.
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MattressNextDay invested another seven-figure sum and paid down debt as the ecommerce-led beds retailer continued to build momentum through 2024/25.
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Sherborne Upholstery said underlying trading margins improved and it remained cash generative despite one-off costs linked to its transition to employee ownership and provisions tied to a factory lease impacting its bottom line through 2024/25.
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South Wales sofa maker Ashwood Designs has appointed Nichola Page as managing director, filling the role vacated by Darren Baird, whose departure we reported earlier this month.
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Cabinet and upholstery distributor Baker Furniture said trading has strengthened markedly in the current financial year after a challenging 2024/25 period marked by the loss of a major customer and fall in turnover.
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Zofa has secured its first standalone London store, taking a two-floor showroom on Fulham Road as the UK sofa brand expands its physical retail presence.
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Sheffield-based bedroom furniture manufacturer Home Décor GB has completed a management buyout that transfers full ownership of the business to its executive team.
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Furniture retailer Barker and Stonehouse booked higher profits as top line growth returned in the year to end March, ahead of a fourth generation joining the family business.
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Bed maker Duvalay invested about £1 million in its manufacturing site through 2024/25 in a period when the bedding manufacturer grappled with a tougher market.
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Direct-to-consumer mattress brand Nectar Sleep enjoyed further seven-figure group backing last year in a period where revenue jumped by almost a quarter.
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A bed manufacturing and wholesale business has been ordered to change its corporate name following an objection by one of the country's most famous hotels.
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Rob Livingstone has been promoted to managing director at Jay-Be, a little under 18 months since he took on a new role with the folding beds, mattress and sofabed manufacturer.
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West Yorkshire bed maker Highgrove reported lower profits in 2024 as higher operating costs and tax charges outweighed an increase in revenue.
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Furniture and lighting retail sales climbed for the sixth month in a row in November though earlier figures were revised down by the Office for National Statistics.
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Recliner conglomerate La-Z-Boy will close its UK manufacturing facility in Colne by the end of April 2026, ending production at the Lancashire site after concluding a formal redundancy consultation with staff.
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Reverse logistics specialist Joseph James Furniture Outlet is to open its fourth store in an 80,000 sqft former Marks & Spencer building at Golden Square shopping centre in Warrington, expanding its footprint in the North West.
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Man Wah Holdings has acquired US upholstered furniture manufacturer Gainline Recline Intermediate Corp. in a transaction that values the business at about $58.7 million including debt, expanding the Hong Kong-listed group’s manufacturing footprint into the United States.
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