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Distribution / NATIONAL / May.18

Exhibition boosts John Lewis Kitchens

Grand Designs Live delivers warm leads

 

jlp-kitchDepartment store retailer John Lewis says it expects to write more orders for big-ticket kitchens after securing several hundred warm leads at the consumer home show Grand Designs Live.

 
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Distribution / NATIONAL / May.18

Half year sales almost double for Oak Furniture Land+

Furniture chain growth continues

 
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Distribution / REGIONAL / May.17

Margin improves for Scottish independent+

But Hampton & McMurray sales fall

 

ham-mcPrivately owned Glasgow home furnisher Hampton & McMurray posted smaller sales and earnings in the year to end October despite an uptick in gross margin.

 
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Distribution / REGIONAL / May.15

Big-ticket sales not helped by Parkway development, says Camp Hopson+

Underlying profits fall 45% for Berkshire firm

 

campThe opening of the first phase of the Parkway development in Newbury - now home to a John Lewis At Home store - failed to galvanise big-ticket sales last year according to major furniture and department store retailer Camp Hopson.

 
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Distribution / INTERNATIONAL / May.15

Problems for international furniture retailer Kika+

Moves to close Middle East store

 
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Distribution / NATIONAL / May.11

Lord Harris to step down as Carpetright chief executive

Will remain chairman of flooring giant

 

lord-harrisLord Harris, founder of Britain's biggest flooring retailer Carpetright, is stepping down as chief executive with effect from Monday (14 May).

 
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Distribution / NATIONAL / May.17

Retail parks hold steady against backdrop of structural change

Out-of-town resilient while high streets suffer

 
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Distribution / SOURCING / May.16

Cologne fair organiser to run Moscow show in 2013

Koelnmesse partners local trade fair organiser

 
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Distribution / NATIONAL / May.15

Owners of ecommerce retailer in rights issue+

Investors up stake in Occa-Home

 

Early stage investment company William Currie Group has taken a near double-digit stake in ecommerce furniture and interior design retailer Occa-Home.

 
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Distribution / NATIONAL / May.13

Underlying IKEA UK profits fall 62%

Retailer complains of low housing transactions

 

ikeaUnderlying UK profit before tax at furniture chain IKEA dipped almost two-thirds last year as the retailer cut its prices and lost 3.8 per cent of its revenue.

 
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Distribution / REGIONAL / May.11

Sales uptick for Northern Ireland beds-to-bras retailer+

But margins squeezed at eight-store SD Kells

 

kellShoppers in Northern Ireland helped cash generative department store retailer SD Kells deliver sales growth in the year to end January.