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Premium interior design retailer Occa-Home says it is building for significant growth by rebranding as Houseology and moving to larger premises.
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Prominent BFM members were among a host of British furniture brands to show at last month’s iSaloni series in Milan, which included a BFM stand for the first time.
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Bedroom furniture producer Wiemann will make its Long Point debut with the firm saying its presence is recognition of its increasing UK brand awareness.
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The number of Habitat showrooms across the UK will more than double over the next 12 months under plans to escalate expansion of the mid-premium furniture and home brand.
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New stores and online lifted John Lewis sales last week though a solid performance from both indoor and outdoor furniture lines helped Home sales to a 4.1 per cent rise.
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Bed manufacturers, suppliers and retailers are being urged to enter the 2015 Bed Show Industry Awards, with the NBF launching the process yesterday.
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Alstons — which is to be sold to management and a Thai carpet business in a deal effectively valuing it at £32m — becomes the latest in a long line of sofa company transactions this year.
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Alstons and BFM chairman John Alston will focus full time on the concrete business once the deal to sell the family upholstery company completes in June.
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Organisers of the January Furniture Show have partnered buying group SMG to add a floorcoverings showcase to the 2016 edition.
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Colin Watson is stepping down as managing director at the British Contract Furnishing Association (BCFA) to return to consultancy.
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Privately owned Alstons has been sold to a joint venture comprising the existing management team and Thailand Carpet Manufacturing.
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Sales climbed sharply in the UK for IKEA in 2013–14 though weaker gross margin and the cost of growing its workforce hit profits.
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Sofa manufacturer QFC capitalised on its significant investment expanding capacity as it returned strongly to profit in 2014.
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The benefits of buying up rival carpet and flooring companies is paying off according to Victoria PLC, which says FY earnings will beat expectations.
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Andy Harrison has been named chairman at home and furniture chain Dunelm, taking over from Geoff Cooper who retires later this summer.
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Membership has swelled at industry trade association FIRA since January with the addition of 16 companies spanning established and new firms across the furniture supply chain.
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Relyon sales to third party stockists were broadly flat in 2013–14 with sales to other Steinhoff owned businesses rising by close to half.
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Retail chain Magnet grew strongly in the first quarter buoyed by demand for kitchens at the lower end of its consumer price bracket.
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Belgium headquartered textiles group Bekaert — supplier to many UK mattress manufacturers — has been sold by one investment group to another.
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Members-only home retailer Westwing is launching a dedicated ecommerce furniture and décor store as it looks to take sales past €200m in 2015.
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CASA — Italian for Home — is the name for Devon retailer Queenstreet Carpets & Furnishings’ soon-to-open second showroom (see related).
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The £10m privately owned ecommerce business behind the Bedworld and Saso mattress, beds and furniture websites has ceased trading.
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Furniture retailers ended the first quarter in rude health with strong March sales and an upwards revision for February, according to official data.
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Department store retailer John Lewis has rebranded its B2B arm with a renewed focus on selling furniture and furnishings to trade customers.
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Danish furniture retail group Lars Larsen has acquired a majority stake in circa £100m furniture supplier Actona for an undisclosed sum.
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Revenue pushed towards £50m at Colne upholstery supplier Furnico through 2013–14 though weaker gross margin meant profits growth was more modest.
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Steinhoff is steering funds towards developing Harveys’ online business after doing similar for its Bensons for Beds chain paid dividends last year.
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Department store chain House of Fraser enjoyed profitable growth in the year to end January, buoyed by rising Internet orders.
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Strong demand took the top line at bedding giant Comfy Quilts past £80m in 2013–14 though the North West supplier’s profits continued to be hit by legacy issues.
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Carpetright says full year profits will be ahead of expectations after it traded strongly in the final three months of its financial year.
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Furniture and home retailer IKEA wants to raise its multichannel profile by highlighting the different ways in which consumers can buy its merchandise.
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Yorkshire beds and components group Harrison Spinks posted record group sales and profits in the year to end June.
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Industry backed promotional body The Sleep Council is calling on beds retailers to back its new marketing campaign which starts 1st May.
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The future of the high street, instore technology and brand power will be among the retail themes of the Conference and Seminar Programme at next month’s May Design Series.
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Department store chain Debenhams has overhauled and expanded its online furniture microsite to put trends at the heart of the way product is merchandised.
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Value retailer JYSK is entering the Singaporean market in partnership with a name synonymous with UK furniture retailing.
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French furniture brand Ligne Roset’s UK arm moved back into profit after enjoying strong growth in the year to end September.
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Furmanac — the West Midlands motion furniture manufacturer behind the Mi-Bed and Mi-Chair brands — maintained its sales momentum in the year to end June.
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Furniture retail price deflation narrowed in March despite the earlier fall of Easter and its associated bank holiday promotions.
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March looks odds-on to continue furniture’s double-digit growth trend as the category top scored in the British Retail Consortium’s monthly retail sales survey.
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Thousands of furniture and design professionals trooped through the doors of the Fiera Milano showgrounds at Rho yesterday for day one of the 2015 iSaloni series.
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Furniture independent Cousins’ product sourcing strategy paid off in 2013–14 as it made the most of a 160 basis point upswing in gross margin.
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Two of Britain’s furniture ecommerce specialists are among a list of eight competing for the main prize at the Tech & Ecommerce Awards 2015.
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Laura Ashley said furniture like-for-likes inched up in the year to end January though overall category sales declined as it closed space dedicated to Home products.
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Rent-to-own furniture and electricals chain BrightHouse says it wants to double store numbers to 600.
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Department store retailer Debenhams has named Terry Duddy — former Argos CEO — as a non-executive director.
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The group behind the Parker Knoll, G Plan Upholstery and Duresta sofa businesses says it has laid the platform for substantial growth in 2014–15.
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UK and Ireland furniture distributor VIDA Living says growing its international business will help it increase investment and reduce product cost.
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Andrew Porter is investing £200k as part of a refurbishment programme at its purpose-built furniture warehouse headquarters in the North of England.
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Lifestyle ecommerce retailer Achica has taken investment in the business beyond £30m with a new seven-figure rights issue.
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Harrogate retailer Smiths The Rink has become the latest stockist for Spink & Edgar Upholstery, the upmarket sofa business launched by the Harrison Spinks group late last year.
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US furniture chain Crate & Barrel and UK catalogue and online business Freeman Grattan Holdings were key growth drivers for the Otto group in 2014–15.
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North West carpet manufacturer Penthouse said new product introductions and POS material were behind a big uplift in performance in 2013–14.
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Out-of-town home retailer Dunelm says its will open another four stores and launch its new web platform before the end of June.
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Furniture was among the few sectors to enjoy growth in March as retailers in other categories struggled, according to consultancy BDO.
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Year-on-year sales fell at John Lewis last week as it struggled with tough comps against the run-up to Mother’s Day 2014 and cooler weather hindering apparel demand.
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Heritage Edinburgh furniture retailer Martin & Frost reopens today following a £1m refurbishment that sees both the store footprint and product offer expanded.
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Home categories made sales gains at retail giant Marks & Spencer in the final three months of its 2014–15 financial year.
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Industry charity The Furniture Makers’ Company (TFMC) has named Hypnos as the recipient of its Sustainability Award for 2015.
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Underlying profits jumped 30 per cent for Seconique as the Midlands furniture wholesale group benefited from the cheaper cost of moving goods from A to B.
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Luxury kitchens chain Harvey Jones launches its first ever television advertising campaign today (1st Apr) with targeted spots aimed at specific consumer demographics.
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Steve Lamb has joined furniture distributor VIDA Living as key account manager for its UK business.
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Britain’s biggest home improvement retailer B&Q is to cut its store portfolio by 60 stores while UK and Ireland CEO Kevin O'Byrne is to leave.
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Irish furniture retailers continued to make up lost ground in February as big-ticket lines — including motor cars — topped the sales charts.
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Sales fell in low single digits for the UK arm of Canadian office furniture giant Global in 2013–14 as the company arrested a long-running top line decline.
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Upholstery giant Natuzzi has taken a leaner product line into 2015 as it looks to build on an improving sales picture through last year.
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Thousands of shoppers attended the official opening of Barker and Stonehouse’s £4.5m Stockton store this weekend.
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Furniture Village has hired industry heavyweight Greg Suthern to the newly created post of chief operating officer.
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Furniture retail sales growth is accelerating again with a double-digit rise in volumes recorded in February.
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Home category sales were positive despite a dip in overall activity and weaker store sales at John Lewis last week.
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Sofa group DFS’ return to the stock market will have a transformational impact on its bottom line, the retailer has confirmed.
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The January Furniture Show is to back the next generation of furnishing industry leaders by sponsoring the Furniture Makers’ Company’s Young Professionals course.
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Furniture retail price inflation has slipped below zero in eight of the past 18 months but February’s fall was the steepest yet.
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North Yorkshire retailer Barkers of Northallerton is to create a dedicated contemporary furniture department as part of 20,000sqft extension of its edge-of-town furnishings store.
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Furniture distributor Willis & Gambier shrugged off what remained tough market conditions to improve its top and bottom lines last year.
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Consumers paid less for their furniture in February but retailers and wholesalers had no such luck, with no change to manufacturing output price inflation.
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British Bed Stores — the online bedroom retailer run by the owners of the now defunct Bed Centre UK ecommerce store — has ceased trading.
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Marketplace retailer NotOnTheHighStreet.com (NOTHS.com) has named Tesco executive Simon Belsham as its CEO.
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Exhibition organisers say they only have space left in Halls 2 and 3 for next year’s January Furniture Show following strong supplier demand.
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Furniture retailer CFS — which trades from a number of former Land of Leather stores and lists its ex-CEO among its directors — has been sold as a going concern.
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Glasgow independent Forrest Furnishings is to add 10,000sqft in shop floorspace at its South Street showrooms after accepting an offer for its Cathedral Street property.
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Home Retail Group has named former Tesco UK board member Echo Lu as managing director for its Homebase retail chain.
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Commentary: Next is committed to investing even more in its growing Home and furniture operation, though 2014–15 wasn’t without its challenges, including taking a hefty upholstery recall hit.
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Management at Whitestone, Westex and Abingdon — the three companies acquired by Victoria PLC in the past 15 months — have increased their stake in in the group.
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Profits more than doubled at Corby furniture wholesaler Kettle Interiors in 2013–14 as the firm made the most of higher sales, quicker delivery and lower costs.
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Strong growth returned for John Lewis last week with all bar five of its stores up on last year and online rising by nearly a quarter.
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