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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 / REGIONAL / May.11

Simply Dutch to close, Owner focus on new venture

30,000sq ft Yorkshire store to shut

 

Leeming Bar furniture and home accents retailer Simply Dutch is to close with its owner Jason Hadlow to focus instead on Bring, Buy, Sell - a retail venture he set up last year.

 
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Distribution / REGIONAL / May.10

EZ Living Furniture to open Dublin store

June dateline slated for store launch

 

ezIrish furniture retailer EZ Living is to open a Dublin store after agreeing terms on a unit at the city's Airside Retail Park.

 
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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.

 
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Distribution / REGIONAL / May.10

Green shoots of recovery, says Leekes

Q1 sales up 10% for home store group

 

leekes-smRegional furniture and home department store retailer Leekes says its investment programme is coinciding with a return to health for the retail sector.

 
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Distribution / REGIONAL / May.09

Six-figure losses spark Hoopers closure

Carlisle store shuts, others unaffected

 

Regional department store retailer Hoopers is to close its Carlisle store. The retailer said it had been unable to stem six-figure losses at the Castle Street site.