Internet furniture, home and gift retailer Cox & Cox — the subject of a late February prepack buyout — was one of the biggest winners of the early part of the pandemic.

Gordon Mearns, the md of Sterling Furniture, says the timing feels right for him to step down and retire, with the company in a good position as it marks its 50th anniversary this year.

113 companies were closed or placed into insolvency proceedings last week.

Nine companies left creditors facing £31.5 million shortfall.

The first ports of call for almost every upholstered furniture retailer after the emergence of non-compliant products are the same.

A rising tide lifts all boats and there was an element of that about some of the companies that traded strongly through the pandemic. But not Cox & Cox.

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127 companies were closed or placed into insolvency proceedings last week.

Nine companies left creditors facing £21.2 million shortfall.

RH, the premium furniture and interiors retailer preparing to debut here with the launch of a large gallery in the Cotswolds, has ramped up the transfer of its vast bank of intellectual property to British shores.

Online furniture and homeware retailer Cox & Cox traded strongly through the pandemic, growing sales at a rapid rate through lockdown periods as ecommerce and home spending enjoyed a tailwind.

Oak Furniture Superstore has new private equity backing after a transaction that will surprise many across the furniture industry.

2022 was a tougher period for Ekornes, resulting in the Norwegian upholstered furniture giant cutting its cloth accordingly with job cuts in its homeland and in the Far East, where its Vietnamese factory is closing.

Mattress company Dormeo U.K. traded strongly through the early part of the pandemic, building sales by almost 50 percent to nearly £41 million.

22 companies were closed or placed into insolvency proceedings last week.

7 companies left creditors facing £4.7 million shortfall.

The U.K.'s top 100 export markets in 2022 across mattresses, bed bases, living, dining, bedroom wood cabinet, and upholstered furniture.

Complete list of all countries from which foam and sprung mattresses were imported into the U.K. in December 2022, including the value of goods and year-on-year comparisons.

Complete list of all countries from which timber living, dining and bedroom cabinet furniture was imported into the U.K. in December 2022, including the value of goods and year-on-year comparisons.

Complete list of all countries from which sofas, sofabeds and armchairs were imported into the U.K. in December 2022, including the value of goods and year-on-year comparisons.

Complete list of all countries from which carpets were imported into the U.K. in December 2022, including the value of goods and year-on-year comparisons.

44 companies were closed or placed into insolvency proceedings last week.

10 companies left creditors facing £11.3 million shortfall.

Last May we revealed Next had made an investment in online furniture retailer Swoon, which was only publicly-confirmed by the retail giant four months later, in September.

Many companies across the U.K. furnishings sector have made the sustainability of their products and services central to their business model and at the heart of all decision making.

The Conran Shop's Chelsea store closed last weekend in a move that will save the furniture and lighting retailer a vast sum in annual rent payments.

As a rule, the prepack sale of the business and assets of an insolvent company to an unrelated third party spells bad news for the prior shareholders.

Sofa.com was again a big profit generator for its owner Frasers Group last year, yet cash declined and it was nothing to do with dividends. Here's why.

25 companies were closed or placed into insolvency proceedings last week.

10 companies left creditors facing £14.9 million shortfall.

The finances of some of the country's mid-sized upholstered furniture manufacturers fly under the radar but are significant in the context of the wider sofa market.

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