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Bed Kingdom plans to eventually establish a warehouse in Ireland as the ecommerce furniture retailer looks to develop the country into a substantial overseas market.
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The Cotswold Company has agreed a multi-year collaboration with the National Trust spanning new furniture collections and support for conservation projects.
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Aspirational interiors retailer OKA returned to growth and swung back into operating profit last year, two years after restructuring the business and withdrawing from the US market.
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Fairway Furniture says thousands of shoppers visited its new North Devon store during its first fortnight of trading as the independent retailer completed its expansion into Barnstaple.
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RH believes its new London flagship could become its number one location worldwide within two to three years after an opening period that has surpassed the premium-pitched furniture retailer’s expectations.
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Factory gate furniture turnover declined in July on weaker demand for goods destined for domestic consumption, according to new Office for National Statistics data.
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Two of the South West’s longest-established independent furniture retailers have expanded their store networks in Devon within days of one another, completing previously-signposted openings over the weekend.
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Fishpools maintained sales and grew cash reserves in the past year in what the closely-held home furnishings retailer described as a very solid performance against a backdrop of pressured discretionary spending.
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Tapi Carpets & Floors delivered bumper profits in 2025 as sales jumped by more than 40 percent, buoyed by underlying growth and the contribution from former Carpetright stores.
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Flair Furniture Group has appointed Paul Atherton as group CEO, with founder Ashley Hainsworth moving to chairman as the ecommerce furniture business pursues its £100 million sales ambition.
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Debenhams Group expects to have virtually eliminated net debt by the end of its current financial year after agreeing the £90 million disposal of its Sheffield distribution centre operations.
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Home sales at John Lewis fell in the first half as pressure on household budgets made consumers more reluctant to commit to discretionary purchases.
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Gardiner Haskins swung to a loss last year as the closure of its Cirencester store weighed on the performance of the furniture and home improvement retailer.
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Furniture wholesaler Heartlands saw borrowings and other liabilities climb last year in a period when sales declined by more than a tenth.
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The upholstery retailer behind Designer Sofas, Natuzzi Italia and Natuzzi Editions branded stores across the UK says order intake advanced by a fifth in recent months as it builds on double-digit sales growth achieved last year.
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Dunelm has identified around 100 potential locations for new stores as it prepares to substantially accelerate expansion of its physical estate.
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Barker & Stonehouse is relaunching its interior design service this month as new research commissioned by the furniture retailer reveals widespread use of artificial intelligence for home design inspiration.
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Dunelm shares fell sharply on Tuesday after the homewares retailer revealed significantly softer trading at the start of its new financial year.
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Ecommerce furniture retailer Nöa & Nani has been sold immediately following its entry into administration, safeguarding 13 jobs and ensuring continuity for customers and suppliers.
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Dunelm's ownership of the Designers Guild brand has assumed fresh importance after the licensee company operating the upmarket furnishings business filed notice of its intention to appoint administrators late last week.
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A prospective purchaser has been identified for Freemans and Grattan as talks over the future of the Otto-owned retailers progress.
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The former UK distributor of global lighting brand Megaman collapsed after its parent company withdrew financial support following years of losses, administrators have revealed.
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Anti Copying In Design (ACID) has called for greater protection for designers and manufacturers after new research showed the UK design economy has grown substantially faster than the wider economy.
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Furniture retailers are using an industry-specific AI platform to bring hundreds of products online in a fraction of the time previously required.
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NCF Living has acquired a vast freehold site in the West Midlands that will become its new national distribution and operations campus, providing capacity to support a substantially larger store network and ecommerce business.
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Bed Kingdom founder Ashley Hainsworth is recruiting a CEO to succeed him as Flair Furniture Group targets £100 million revenue within three years and expands internationally.
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UK housing transactions, a key driver of future home furnishings spend, declined for the first time in five months in July.
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Administrators of the former Carpetright trading company are waiting to learn whether HM Revenue & Customs will withdraw a £57.5 million VAT claim following recent tribunal defeats for the tax authority over flooring fitting services.
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Furniture retailer Connollys of Moy is expanding its physical footprint with the opening of departments inside an initial three Menarys stores in Northern Ireland, starting in Bangor this weekend.
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Harvey Norman is progressing plans for two further stores in the West Midlands as the Australian retail conglomerate continues to build out its fledgling English store network.
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IKEA is lowering prices across hundreds of home furnishings products in the UK as part of a €1.2 billion investment in affordability across Europe.
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Man Wah Holdings has said it is developing a long-term strategic partnership with DFS after agreeing a deal that will take the upholstery manufacturer’s direct holding in the retailer to 8.58 percent.
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Furniture shoppers using modular 3D product configurators are adding products to their baskets at a 16 percent rate, according to new benchmarking data from 3D Cloud.
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Williams-Sonoma has again highlighted the UK as one of its best-performing international markets, citing the expansion of its brands here among the factors supporting growth.
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Harvey Norman grew UK sales by nearly 40 percent last year as the Australian retail conglomerate expanded its British mainland store network and broadened the offer at its Northern Ireland shops.
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Oak Furnitureland will take its UK showroom network to 70 stores this weekend with the opening of a new large-format unit in Ipswich.
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Sterling Furniture Group is targeting a return to profit next year after restructuring the business and taking more than £2.6 million out of its annual cost base.
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The Furniture Warehouse is to expand its store network with a new branch in Bedford, taking space within the town’s former Beales department store.
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Wayfair is to grow its bricks-and-mortar network to 10 large-format stores as the ecommerce home furnishings giant steps up its investment in physical retail.
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John Lewis is to replace the restaurants at 32 of its stores with a new hospitality concept, with its Oxford Street flagship providing the fullest expression of the format.
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The parent company behind discount department store retailer Trago Mills cut losses to a fraction of the prior-year level after improving product margins and reducing its stockholding.
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Unsecured creditors of the legacy Made.com furniture retail business are now expected to recover less than previously forecast as its liquidation approaches four years since the business failed.
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Sheila Philp, the former chairman and longstanding shareholder of independent Scottish furniture retailer Gillies of Broughty Ferry, has died aged 93.
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George at Asda is bringing its home and fashion businesses together under a single advertising platform for the first time as part of one of its largest marketing investments of recent years.
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LOFT is to close its Manchester warehouse outlet as the furniture and interiors business consolidates its operations at a new 45,000 sqft headquarters.
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The retailer behind the Atlantic Shopping ecommerce furniture brand returned to profit last year following cost-cutting measures introduced after a weaker 2024.
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Natuzzi is preparing a major refresh of its UK store network across both its Natuzzi Italia and Natuzzi Editions brands.
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Dreams has opened its fourth new store of the year, taking its nationwide estate to 225 shops.
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Garden furniture supplier Norfolk Leisure Lifestyle swung to a loss last year as revenue declined for a third straight year.
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Furniture components and industrial fasteners supplier Jet Press returned to profit last year after a sharp improvement in gross margin was accompanied by lower operating costs.
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Poltronesofà rebuilt its cash reserves last year as the Italian upholstery retailer moved beyond the acquisition phase of its expansion into the UK following its buyout of ScS.
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Furniture and lighting retail sales rose for the fifth month in a row on a year-on-year basis in July as the industry continued to claw back sales lost in the first two months of the year.
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A longstanding independent furniture retailer trading from large premises in South Yorkshire is to close this autumn with its owners retiring after decades with the business.
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Ecommerce retailer My Furniture swung to a loss last year, though a further uplift in the value of its property helped strengthen its balance sheet.
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Four American furniture and interiors brands are launching in the UK and Ireland through a new multi-brand showroom in London's Chelsea design district.
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DFS is extending its association with ITV entertainment programming through a new integrated marketing partnership with The Voice UK.
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Consumer appetite for major purchases such as furniture and electrical goods strengthened again in August, reaching its highest level in nearly five years.
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Upholstery specialist Poltronesofà's plans to expand its circa 100-store retail footprint will include new units in the South of England and the West Midlands.
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Man Wah founder Man Li Wong has further increased his shareholding in DFS, continuing a rapid accumulation of stock in Britain's upholstery market leader.
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Bramblecrest owner BDP Imports delivered sharply higher sales and profits last year as improved weather and lower freight costs boosted the outdoor furniture supplier.
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Inflation returned to the household furniture category in July while consumer prices for carpet and rugs advanced at their fastest pace in nearly three years.
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Furniture retail group Stokers returned to sales growth in the past year as wider margins helped profits climb and its cash reserves pass £20 million.
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BoConcept expects sales to decline again this year as the international furniture brand continues to contend with weak consumer confidence and the impact of having a smaller store network.
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Online bed retailer Time4Sleep has transitioned to employee ownership, with its workforce taking a majority interest in the circa £10 million turnover business.
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IKEA is to launch a dedicated online marketplace in the UK enabling customers to buy and sell pre-owned furniture directly with one another.
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The owner of furniture and interiors retailer OKA cut the estimated value of its investment in the business by more than a third during 2025, newly-filed accounts reveal.
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Riva Home returned to profit as sales jumped by more than a third, with the home furnishings supplier saying the benefits of consolidating its operations in Leeds were now feeding through to performance.
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Sofa Club has appointed former Sofology managing director Emma Dinnis as a non-executive director as the fast-growing upholstery retailer looks to challenge the sector's largest operators.
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Loaf maintained sales close to year-earlier levels in 2025 but a sharp contraction in gross margin sent the furniture retailer to a loss at the operating line.
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Higher sales and rental income combined with the lower cost of servicing debt to help independent retailer Bradbeers elevate net profits in the past year, new accounts show.
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Tapi Carpets & Floors has won its multimillion pound VAT battle with HM Revenue & Customs after a tax tribunal rejected the authority's claim that the retailer was liable for tax on fees paid directly to independent floor fitters.
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A return to growth in June meant first half turnover at the furniture factory gate was marginally positive, according to new official statistics.
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The number of completed housing transactions, a key indicator of future big-ticket home spend, remained positive in June as rises in England, Wales and Northern Ireland mitigated a slower property market in Scotland.
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Ecommerce retailer Furniturebox says investment across marketing, people, technology and operations has strengthened the business and improved its growth prospects, but prioritising long-term value over short-term profitability saw it slip to a loss last year.
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Fenwick narrowed losses by more than a fifth last year as the family-owned department store retailer completed the first year of a three-year plan designed to return the business to profitability.
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Meta Sofa is to rebrand as Meta Home Group as the fast-growing furniture supplier broadens its product offer and deepens its strategic partnership with global upholstery giant Man Wah Holdings.
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Furniture remained the dominant merchandise category at Associated Independent Stores last year as purchasing volumes through its Cenpac payment platform outperformed both budget and the prior year.
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British furniture and interiors company Soane recorded highest-ever sales last year as continued international demand for its designs offset a decline in its domestic market.
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Will Kernan, chairman of Neptune since 2023, is to become managing director of John Lewis, replacing Peter Ruis at the helm of the department store business.
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Family-owned furniture, home and garden retailer Shackletons is expanding its store network with a new showroom in Nottingham, its latest opening following last year's launch at Fox Valley.
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An online furniture retailer with more than £4 million of stock at its last balance sheet date has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
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Poltronesofà UK says it expects to return to positive operating profit this year after completing a £60 million overhaul of the former ScS store network.
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Nick Scali wants to add at least another 10 UK stores before launching the type of large-scale advertising campaign it believes can materially build awareness of the Australian furniture brand in Britain.
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Westwing has opened its planned UK warehouse after its fledgling British business became the largest of the home furnishings retailer's recent international market launches.
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Glasswells is inviting customers and the wider community to share stories and photographs charting their connections with the family-owned retailer over the past eight decades.
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The owner of home and leisure retailer The Range has more than doubled the size of its principal working capital facility after agreeing £190 million of financing with a banking syndicate led by Wells Fargo Capital Finance.
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Nick Scali's UK business was profitable in the second half of its financial year as like-for-like orders climbed by almost a fifth despite what the Australian furniture retailer described as a difficult market.
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Soft furnishings supplier Sanderson Design Group saw UK brand sales decline in the first half, contrasting with double-digit growth in North America and at its British manufacturing operations.
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Lifestyle retailer Oliver Bonas is to extend its store estate into retail parks for the first time, with two new locations planned for this autumn.
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Liverpool furniture and home retailer Taskers said it has returned to profitability and achieved a double-digit sales lift as the supervisor of its company voluntary arrangement (CVA) reported the business remains compliant with the restructuring agreed two years ago.
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Furniture Brands International has expanded its UK logistics capacity with the opening of a new distribution centre aimed at supporting retailers and interior designers across the UK and Ireland.
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Singapore-based furniture retailer Castlery has unveiled its first designer collaboration, partnering with fashion designer and television personality Tan France on an 18-piece home furnishings collection as the business continues to build its presence in the UK market.
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NCF Living has opened its 25th store, is preparing another in the East Midlands, and has taken additional headquarters space as the furniture retailer continues an expansion programme that has reshaped the business over the past five years.
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Next has raised annual profit guidance for the second time in three months after stronger-than-expected second-quarter trading, with warm weather, improved international demand and higher marketing investment helping sales comfortably exceed forecasts.
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John Lewis Partnership chairman Jason Tarry is said to have warned staff the retailer is entering a period of lower sales and higher costs, after trading conditions deteriorated more quickly than expected, putting further pressure on profits.
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Online homewares and furniture retailer DUSK has launched a dedicated trade division as it seeks to build business-to-business sales alongside its consumer operation, targeting interior designers, developers, housebuilders, landlords and hospitality customers.
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Online furniture and homewares retailer DUSK has partnered with embedded protection specialist Loxa to offer furniture care plans across its product range, extending after-sales cover to its two million customers.
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Online home furnishings retailer Wayfair said the UK remained a challenging market even as the group delivered stronger second quarter sales growth, improved profitability and its strongest free cash flow since 2020.
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Ryan Gilfrin has been appointed interim chief executive at the UK arm of La Redoute, the ecommerce furniture-to-fashion retailer.
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Family-owned furniture and flooring retailer Glasswells celebrated its 80th anniversary by recognising long-serving employees at a gala event attended by 250 current and former staff, members of the Glasswell family and retired colleagues.
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French furniture retailer Roche Bobois has appointed long-serving executive Eric Amourdedieu as chairman of its executive board with immediate effect, replacing Guillaume Demulier after the supervisory board terminated his mandate.
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Sainsbury's has agreed to sell Argos to a retail investment vehicle backed by True Capital, the long-time owner of furniture retailer The Cotswold Company, in a deal that marks one of the biggest ownership changes affecting the UK home furnishings market for years.
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Furniture and beds importer Birlea recorded its strongest annual profits in four years in the 12 months to October 31, 2025 after sales climbed to an all-time high.
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JYSK's Irish business reported an 84 percent fall in pre-tax profit last year as the Danish furniture retailer accelerated its store rollout, despite recording its strongest sales growth since entering the market.
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Furniture and home retailer Soho Home has recalled one of its upholstered armchairs after it was found to have been manufactured without a required fire-resistant inter-liner, creating an increased risk of fire if exposed to a naked flame.
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Cheshire and North Staffordshire retailer The M6 Bed Warehouse has formally opened its third store after announcing plans to expand earlier this year.
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Jarrolds completed the separation of its retail business from wider group activity in a year in which the historic Norwich retailer overhauled its furniture operations and accelerated its shift towards a partnership-led department store model.
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Ernst & Young has been fined almost £1.2 million after the UK's accounting watchdog found deficiencies in its audit of Made.com less than a year before the online furniture retailer entered administration nearly four years ago.
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Glasswells saw profit decline in the year to February 28, 2026 as weaker demand for furniture and floorcoverings outweighed resilient trading in its restaurants, removals business and smaller homewares categories.
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A Hertfordshire based ecommerce retailer selling contemporary flatpack home furniture has filed for insolvency with all items on its website listed as being out-of-stock and unavailable.
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The value of UK-manufactured upholstery and mattress sales both declined last year as domestic producers lost market share to their international contemporaries.
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Property investment held back profits at Barkers of Northallerton despite stronger underlying trading, as the independent department store and home furnishings retailer increased sales and improved margins in the past year.
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Retail sales in the combined furniture and lighting sector rose at their fastest pace in 17 months in June, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data suggested.
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Expanding into the furniture category helped ecommerce retailer Online Home Shop build out sales in the past year with margin expansion also aiding profit growth.
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Consumer appetite for major purchases such as furniture and flooring strengthened sharply in July, reaching its least-negative level since January, as wider consumer confidence posted its biggest monthly improvement in more than two years.
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Andersons of Inverurie recovered all of the revenue lost the previous year in the 12 months to October 31, 2025 but higher costs and margin contraction meant profits dipped to a four-year low.
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Howden Joinery said its fitted bedroom business helped drive first-half growth as the trade-only supplier continued expanding its depot network and investing in manufacturing and digital capabilities despite a subdued UK kitchen market.
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Furniture manufacturers are stepping up investment in digital production technology as they seek to improve productivity and sharpen competitiveness, with Government-backed grants helping to accelerate projects ranging from CGI product visualisation to automated cutting systems.
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Deflation deepened in the household furniture category last month as prices fell at their fastest pace in two years, new inflation data shows.
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Borrowing costs linked to the opening of a second retail showroom weighed on earnings for independent upholstery vertical The Sofa Library last year.
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Bensons for Beds has launched a workplace finance platform for its 1,700 colleagues, offering access to earned wages before payday, savings tools and financial education as part of its wider employee benefits strategy.
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The Chinese ecommerce group behind UK furniture retailer MH Star UK has expanded its European ambitions by acquiring the Alinea brand, paving the way for the revival of one of France's best-known furniture chains.
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The Global Home group has reported a strong first half to 2026, with its owner saying all three of its UK and Irish furniture businesses are delivering double-digit sales growth and a sharp increase in profits after a mixed performance last year.
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Fabrics supplier Ashley Wilde is pressing ahead with a major warehouse investment that it says will transform the business and its operations.
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Magnet Group has secured overwhelming creditor approval for its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), clearing the way for the kitchen retailer to press ahead with a property restructuring less than seven months after its acquisition by Alteri Investors.
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German luxury kitchen manufacturer Eggersmann has sold a 49 percent stake to Finkemeier Holding as part of a capital increase designed to support its long-term growth and strengthen its position in the premium market.
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Bensons for Beds has returned to Burnley after a six-year absence with the opening of a new store, marking a six-figure investment by the Alteri Investors-backed retailer.
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Furniture makers' combined turnover fell for the first month in three in May and at the sharpest rate in almost two years, according to new official figures.
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Frasers Group said its Premium Lifestyle division, which includes Sofa.com and its department store business, improved gross margins as a stronger product mix offset weaker sales in the past year.
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DFS said it expects full-year profit to come in towards the middle of upgraded guidance after revenue growth, margin gains and cost discipline offset a weaker second half in the upholstery market.
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Dunelm expects full-year profit to be in line with market expectations after delivering higher sales, improved margins and strong cash generation despite disruption from unusually warm weather during its fourth quarter.
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Motion furniture giant Man Wah Holdings is entering the upholstered bedstead market with a new technology-led collection as it continues to broaden its product portfolio beyond reclining sofas.
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The latest restructuring of the BedWorld retail chain has left HMRC, Google and Facebook-owner Meta among creditors facing significant losses, as the predecessor company's liquidation reveals a significant shortfall.
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David Barnes has been appointed sourcing director for non-upholstery categories at Meta Lounge and WS Specialist, taking on responsibility for developing the furniture and home interiors offer as the product offer is expanded beyond upholstery.
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A notice of intent to appoint an administrator (NOI) at a former Magnet holding company last week will have no impact on the proposed company voluntary arrangement (CVA) at the national kitchens retailer.
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Consumer spending on furniture and furnishings inched forward in the first quarter of 2026 but the floorcoverings category continued to see soft demand.
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Furniture clearance retailer Brand Interiors is to close its Preston store as it narrows its retail footprint after it underwent a pre-pack administration process earlier this year.
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Furniture Village has been named Retail Family Business of the Year at the 2026 Family Business of the Year Awards, marking the fourth time the retailer has collected the accolade.
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Upholstery and furniture brand Swyft is accelerating its move into physical retail with the opening of a second London showroom less than a year after launching its first bricks-and-mortar store.
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RH has struck a multi-year partnership with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team that will see the US home furnishings retailer design hospitality spaces across the team's global race calendar and headquarters.
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Furniture importer GFW said it has embarked on an aggressive three-year expansion programme centred on increasing warehouse capacity and upgrading its core operating systems, as newly-published consolidated accounts showed the first financial impact of the group's family reorganisation.
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Jones the Furnishers is to close after 90 years in business, bringing the curtain down on the long-established independent Northampton furniture retailer.
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The growing importance of environmental, social and governance credentials is increasingly influencing buying decisions in the furniture industry, according to research from the British Furniture Association (BFA).
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Revenue growth and margin expansion helped historic furniture maker Ercol record its first after-tax consolidated profits since 2016 last year.
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Independent furniture retailer Hatfields is closing its Colchester budget and clearance store after 16 years, as rising operating costs and weaker demand prompt the family-owned business to concentrate on its main showroom ahead of a major refurbishment.
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Furniture, lighting and giftware supplier Pacific Lifestyle returned to profit last year on the back of margin expansion and revenue growth, partially fuelled by M&A activity.
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Kitchen and housewares supplier Joseph Joseph said profits climbed sharply last year on double-digit revenue growth, reflecting stronger consumer demand in key markets despite ongoing cost pressures.
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Furniture chain NCF Living has posted its first-ever seven figure bottom line after margin expansion and a fifth straight increase in revenue.
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Ecommerce-led retailer Roseland Furniture said last year yielded its best-ever financial results as it prepared to embark on expansion that has seen it build out its physical store footprint.
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Independent bed retailer Cartergate Bed Centre has closed its Newark store with the company placed into a creditors voluntary liquidation process.
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