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Furniture importer and wholesaler Seconique ended five years of falling sales at its main trading subsidiary in the year to end June.
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Lower costs and stronger gross margin helped Midlands kitchens manufacturer Mereway return to profit in the year to end March.
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Year-on-year shopper numbers fell sharply on Boxing Day as fewer consumers braved the cold to visit physical store locations.
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Boxing Day sales were up by more than a quarter at Oak Furniture Land on a same-store basis, with new stores and its SofaStore rollout boosting total sales.
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Case goods retailer Furniture Barn has opened a new store at an iconic Yorkshire site that had been derelict for more than five years.
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Home achieved a record sales week in the seven days to 20th December at John Lewis, though overall revenues declined as Black Friday brought demand forward.
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The red sale tickets are ready as furniture and floorcoverings retailers look to see out 2014 in style and top the £4.6bn spent by consumers in the final quarter of last year.
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Sofa chain DFS has posted strong double-digit growth in the three months to 1st November with underlying profits up by more than half.
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North East distributor Baker Furniture says it expects profits to return to 2010–12 levels after it booked more orders in the year to end March and beyond.
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Sales momentum at kitchens and bedrooms specialist John Lewis of Hungerford was hit by the loss of key staff in the second quarter.
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Stronger margins and higher sales helped North Wales bedroom cabinet firm Welcome Furniture grow profits in the year to end March.
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Flooring and beds franchise retailer United Carpets says its small format high street stores are performing well and it may open a few more in the next year.
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Home improvement giant Kingfisher has sold a controlling stake in its B&Q China operation to one of Asia’s largest chain store retailers.
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Berlin, GER — Shareholders have invested another €15.9m in the Internet furniture retailer Home24, which operates across multiple European markets.
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The national rollout of SofaStore — sister brand to Oak Furniture Land — has begun with the fascia to be visible across the entire store estate by Boxing Day.
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Furniture sales were up for a sixth successive month in November with the latest four months all seeing double-digit volume gains.
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Commentary: First numbers since the Horatio Myer & Co beds business was sold to Steinhoff highlight how external retail customers have remained at the heart of its sales strategy.
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Furniture Village will relaunch its enlarged Sussex store at Hove’s Old Shoreham Road on Boxing Day.
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Demand for decorative papers from cabinet furniture firms helped gloss over weak sales of floorcoverings at industrial giant Egger in the six months to end October.
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Furnishings fabrics supplier Fryett’s absorbed rising costs in the year to end February but still made more than 10 per cent at the pre-tax line.
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The final quarter of 2014 got off to a strong start for Britain’s furniture exporters thanks to big orders from far off lands.
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Upholstery producer Collins and Hayes has named Emma Hughes as sales team manager with responsibility for the South West, Midlands, Wales and Ireland.
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Fashion was the top seller as Home category sales flatlined at department store chain John Lewis last week.
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Discounts were deeper in November as furniture and furnishings prices slipped further against year-earlier levels despite rising prices at the factory gate.
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Profits grew 62 per cent at floorcoverings giant Abingdon before the business was sold to the Victoria carpets and flooring group this autumn.
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Heritage Newark furniture retailer Holdens is to move to a purpose built out-of-town store next autumn and lease its existing town centre showrooms to one or more other retailers.
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Profits doubled at luxury home fashion brand Designers Guild ahead of its move into a new 80,000sqft West London DC this summer.
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Heritage furniture and department store independent Randalls of Uxbridge is to close permanently after a clearance sale next month.
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Flooring chain Carpetright is to roll out an interest free credit offer across its store portfolio following a successful trial.
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Iconic North West furniture independent Arighi Bianchi posted its highest earnings in seven years as sales climbed again in 2013–14.
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Shoppers eschewed the high street in favour of online shopping and out-of-town retail parks in November, according to the British Retail Consortium.
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Demand for goods made in the factories of Belgium and Holland — the two main overseas sources for carpet sold in the British market — slowed at the start of Q4.
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Its new click and collect service is a focus for JYSK in the UK as sales worldwide jumped 10 per cent to €2.8bn in the year to end August.
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UK spend on Chinese made furniture jumped nearly £23m at the start of the final quarter of 2014, new figures show.
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Carpet manufacturer Brockway enjoyed double-digit sales growth in 2013–14 though weaker margins hit profits.
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Mattress and divan beds supplier Breasley Consumer Products is reorganising its structure to create an office-based operations team to support the appointment of two divisional directors.
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Half year sales across Leekes’ retail stores were up 8 per cent thanks to strong demand for goods linked to the housing market, including furniture.
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The cold snap helped John Lewis shift more of its winter fashion stock as total sales climbed 10.8 per cent last week.
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National furniture chain the Futon Company said revenues have continued to build out following a slow start to 2013–14.
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Harveys and Bensons for Beds owner Steinhoff has named Alexandre Nodale as Chief Executive at Conforama, its French based pan-European furniture and electricals chain.
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Black Friday demand for electricals helped retailers to their strongest year-on-year sales performance in three months in November.
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Bedding and fillings group John Cotton increased sales for an eighth year in a row in 2013–14 but one-off costs and customer price pressures stymied earnings growth.
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Bed specialist Dreams has launched its £6m seasonal marketing campaign including its first ever investment in the video-on-demand space.
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Designer Contracts will near treble the size of its central distribution depot with a move to a larger site in the Midlands next spring.
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Global upholstery producer Natuzzi has lofty ambitions for the UK market in 2015 as it looks to build on solid growth here this year.
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International contemporary furniture specialist BoConcept is to overhaul its worst performing stores worldwide by targeting closures or installing new franchisees.
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Upholstery retailer Sofa.com generated more cash, more sales and almost twice as much profit in the year to end February.
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Commentary: Sofa.com’s pre-tax margin climbed 390 basis points to 13 per cent in 2013–14 and the retailer can do even better having invested in its Eastern European factory.
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Retailer Ponden Home ended a three-year negative earnings trend to grow profits by well over a third in the year to 1st March.
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Premium kitchens retailer Harvey Jones has expanded its board with three appointments and will open its 31st showroom this weekend.
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Chancellor George Osborne has bowed to lobbying and agreed to review business rates, though wholesale change to the tax is at least a year and a half away.
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The owner of carpet firms Ryalux and Burmatex has announced plans to buy up the shares of its smallest private investors.
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Sales jumped sharply for Sterling Furniture as the stores group expanded into new product segments and pitched itself as a complete home furnishings solution for shoppers.
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Shoppers went gadget crazy at John Lewis last week as customers made the most of the department store retailer’s Black Friday deals.
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West Midlands distributor Serene Furnishings has appointed Alan White to represent its Serene Beds and Serene Living brands in Scotland.
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Stronger gross margin and higher sales helped 48-store furniture and furnishings chain Harry Corry return to profit at EBITDA level in 2013–14.
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Longtime Collins and Hayes sales manager Bruce Cowen is retiring at the end of 2014 after 32 years with the company and more than 50 years in the furniture industry.
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Ireland’s largest furniture wholesale and distribution business is relaunching as VIDA Living and making a seven-figure investment in its UK operation.
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The heritage Allders of Croydon department store has reopened under new ownership and is now trading as Zervo.
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At least three more Oak Furniture Land stores are earmarked to open before the end of 2014 as brand owner JB Global continues to expand its store footprint.
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Bedding entrepreneur John Cotton received his MBE at Buckingham Palace yesterday after being named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List earlier this year.
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Proposed changes to the furniture fire and flammability regulations are not viable and leading trade associations and manufacturers are against them, according to a Conservative MP.
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National beds specialist Dreams will open a new format store in Romford tomorrow morning (28th Nov).
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Harveys and Bensons for Beds owner Steinhoff is to enter the fashion market after agreeing to acquire one of the largest non-food retailers in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Lower costs and stronger margins helped national flooring chain Carpets4Less to grow profits by a quarter in 2013–14.
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The Home directorate was top of the tree as Christmas gifts and decorations drove sales at John Lewis in the seven days to 22nd November.
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Home improvement retailer B&Q said sales of showroom merchandise — its kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms offer — declined in its third quarter.
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Two-store independent Cookes Furniture said it built sales momentum in 2013–14 and has seen top and bottom line improvement in the first six months of its new financial year.
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Yorkshire beds group Harrison Spinks has launched a dedicated Contract division headed up by one of the sector’s most experienced executives.
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Earnings grew strongly at wall and floor tile retailer Topps in the year to end September as year-on-year sales climbed almost 10 per cent.
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Paris, FRA. — Simmons Bedding Group owner Cauval Industries has hired the former head of IKEA France Jean-Louis Baillot as chief operating officer.
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Upmarket retail chain Sofas & Stuff — the brainchild of Sofa Workshop founder Andrew Cussins — is on the march with new smart showrooms opening across Britain.
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The owner and managing director of Hick Lane Bedding is one of three men charged with human trafficking related offences in Yorkshire.
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Belgian carpet producer Lano has agreed to buy the broadloom carpet business of compatriot and rival manufacturer Bajong.
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