Markets / FURNITURE / Feb.03Acquisition boosts £76m furniture maker Herman MillerPension gain improves funds despite loss
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Herman Miller, the contemporary office furniture company, says the inclusion of a full year's trading from its 2010 acquisition of Colebrook Bosson & Saunders improved its top line last year.
Roberto Cavalli, the Italian fashion design house, is to launch Cavalli Home at the Salone del Mobile event in Milan this April and has signed licensing agreements with four manufacturers.
B&Q, the UK's largest home improvement retailer, has hired former Tesco Direct pioneer Steve Robinson to advise the company on its ecommerce business.
Tough trading conditions haven't quelled the expansion plans of furniture retailers Dwell and Hammonds while home and leisure chain the Range has also announced a raft of new stores.
Eric Pickles MP has been named the political keynote speaker for the British Retail Consortium's (BRC) Retail Symposium later this year.
Sales dipped back below £50m for the furniture group behind the Wade Upholstery, Celebrity, YP and Parker & Farr brands last year.
The organisers of the Manchester Furniture Show say they are in discussions regarding extending the venue tenancy for the event beyond 2014.