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North West omnichannel retailer Furniture in Fashion made its largest public-record gain in history in 2020/21 as it traded strongly through the pandemic.
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A complete list of all of the new U.K. furniture retail companies formed in May 2022.
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Failure is rarely terminal in the furniture industry and some brands just refuse to whither away.
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Bedworld was one of the standard-bearers for online mattress retailing in the U.K.
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Nine companies left debts of £2.5 million. Here's who they owed money to.
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Of the 13, four were placed into administration, and the remainder liquidation.
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DFS last month said a lack of liquidity in its shares was significantly impacting the progress of its buyback programme. Well, there was no shortage of trades yesterday.
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Designer furniture maker B&B Italia has become the latest company in the sector to offer its wares direct to the consumer with the launch of its first ecommerce website.
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On Wednesday we revealed that property entrepreneur Michael Bruce—who co-founded the now-listed Purplebricks online estate agency—had acquired the online interior design provider My Bespoke Room (MBR).
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New corporate envelope for the entities that will form its U.K. retail activities.
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Updated shareholder rosters reflect board changes and more concentrated ownership at leading independent furniture retailers with stores in the Midlands and North West.
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Eve Sleep, the mattress and sleep products business, floated on the stock exchange five years ago with an IPO that valued the company at about £140 million.
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Eight companies left creditors owed £1.7 million.
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14 companies filed for insolvency in the week to June 3, 2022.
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Change of ownership at the outset of the pandemic for West Yorkshire ecommerce mattress retailer gave it closer ties to the manufacturing sector.
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Back in February 2020, just as the virus was taking hold in Europe, Italian sofa giant Natuzzi made a prediction.
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Five companies left creditors owed £19.7 million.
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Nine companies filed for insolvency in the week to May 27, 2022.
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Stores sales have fallen in each of the past four years for IKEA in the U.K., while online sales have surged. Here are the figures.
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Physical retail will take a long time before it's substantial, and yet there's a very substantial sized team working on it today, Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah told analysts earlier this month ahead of a brick-and-mortar expansion for the hitherto ecommerce specialist.
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Historic retailer ceased trading at the end of March, but as we reported at the time, there are more chapters to be written.
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New structure for Hertfordshire headquartered furniture wholesale and retail company.
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Eight companies left creditors owed £688,000.
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Eight industry companies were placed into liquidation between May 13–20, 2022.
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A breakdown of sales and year-on-year comparison by sofa business unit.
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The rise in input costs is not a phenomenon unique to European producers.
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Furniture retailer Made.com made a point of highlighting its strong balance sheet in announcing the hire of a new CFO and downwards-revised guidance on Monday morning.
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Seven companies left debts of £2.4 million.
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Two liquidator appointments in the past seven days.
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The value of upholstered furniture arriving from China jumped markedly in March, new figures show. But it is very much a case of caveat emptor when it comes to interpreting the data.
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The East Anglian group building positions in U.K. furniture companies.
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Floorcoverings is a significant product category for ScS, best known as the U.K.'s second largest specialist in the upholstered furniture category.
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Furniture retailer Made.com on Monday announced the acquisition of Trouva, a self-described curated marketplace for the U.K.'s hidden gem homeware and lifestyle brick-and-mortar boutiques.
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A laser focus on its most profitable market and own-run websites boosted earnings at furniture and home ecommerce group Domu Brands last year.
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Ekornes is best known for its recliners, but it is increasingly diversifying into becoming a furniture supplier across a wider range of product categories.
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Four companies left creditors facing £7.3 million shortfall.
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Seven insolvencies from within the furniture and furnishings industry were announced in the seven days to May 6, 2022.
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Recticel last year agreed to sell its engineered foam business to Carpenter Co in a deal worth €656 million, with the transaction expected to complete in short order.
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A complete list including company name, company number, and registered address of U.K. floorcoverings retail companies formed between April 1–30, 2022.
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A complete list including company name, company number, and registered address of U.K. furniture retail companies formed between April 1–30, 2022.