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John Lewis yesterday opened its new £35m Birmingham department store, which anchors the Grand Central retail development above New Street Station.
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Revenue growth escalated at Lebus Upholstery with the Lincolnshire sofa manufacturer posting a third successive double-digit sales climb.
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Carpets group AIREA posted higher profits as sales climbed at home and abroad and in both contract and domestic markets in the year to end June.
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International furniture brand BoConcept has revised its 2015–16 profit forecasts on the back of better-than-expected sales and order growth over the summer.
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Heritage furniture brand Ercol is to make a major investment in machinery at its Buckinghamshire factory as it looks to build on another year of strong growth.
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Leeds mattress and bed technology manufacturer Harrison Spinks was last night named bed manufacturer of the year for 2015.
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National retailer Furniture Village has retained its bed retailer of the year crown, with Newbridge Street Bedding Centre winning the independent category.
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Four-store furniture and home furnishings retailer Alan Ward has opened a new floorcoverings and interiors department at its Shrewsbury store.
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Sofa Brands International posted double-digit top and bottom line growth in the year to end June with its Parker Knoll brand among its stellar performers.
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Diversified furnishings group Ena Shaw is forecasting growth of almost a fifth this year driven by market tailwinds and the full year contribution of its Montgomery brand.
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Britain’s bed trade will descend on the Telford International Centre this morning as the National Bed Federation’s Bed Show throws open its doors.
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Furniture retailer Made.com’s negative operating margin improved on the back of higher sales and stronger gross margin in 2014.
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Steinhoff is to phase out its Cargo Homeshop stores chain with a number of its shops to be used to expedite Bensons for Beds’ growth in the South East.
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EBITDA will reach £18m at beds retailer Dreams in 2015 as it continues to benefit from internal self-help measures and strong customer demand.
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Furniture retailers’ five month run of consecutive year-on-year double-digit sales rises came to an end in August but were still ahead of year-earlier levels.
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Oak Furniture Land is lining up new stores in Scotland and a first in Northern Ireland as it continues to rollout across the UK.
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Department store chain John Lewis built on its first weekly sales growth of the year with another strong week in the seven days to 12th September.
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Store numbers at fledgling floorcoverings chain Tapi Carpets & Floors are approaching double figures with the firm opening its first store in Scotland.
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Retail giant Matalan has expanded its home furnishings offer with a dedicated programme of mattresses, bedframes and bedroom furniture through its Matalan Direct arm.
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West Yorkshire contract furniture group Thornton EME posted high top and bottom line growth in the year to end December 2014.
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Hypnos has been named AIS Bed Supplier of the Year following a vote of its independent retail membership.
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Sales growth escalated at furniture chain Betta Living in 2013–14 as it made the most of new stores and concessions in partner retailers.
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Year-on-year furniture retail prices were positive for the first time in seven months in August and up 280 basis points on the year to July.
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Poland again usurped Italy as the prime EU upholstery source for UK importers at the start of the third quarter while Chinese sofa imports also climbed.
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Kent furniture and interiors distributor Gallery Direct has added UK made mattresses to its product roster with the acquisition of Wiltshire manufacturer Dreamworks Beds.
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Half of B&Q’s planned store downsizing programme — announced in the spring of this year — will be completed by the end of its 2015–16 trading period, owner Kingfisher says.
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Retailers including IKEA and John Lewis have been praised by the Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) in a new report highlighting the industry’s contribution to furniture re-use.
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One of the largest furniture retail divisions in the UK co-operative movement is to close with Heart of England Co-op’s decision to phase out its Home & Living stores.
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Off-price furniture and accents retailer HomeSense is part way through a flurry of store openings that will take its national store portfolio to 38 shops.
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The high street and shopping centre footfall malaise continued in August though the floors of UK retail parks were trodden in greater numbers than last year.
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Softer demand for Belgian merchandise was behind a fall in carpet imports at the start of the third quarter.
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Carpets and floorcoverings group Victoria has agreed to buy flooring accessories supplier Interfloor in a deal worth around £65m.
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Anthony Joyce has assumed responsibility for Steinhoff UK Manufacturing following the long planned retirement of managing director Andy Murdoch.
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General merchandise retailer Next says its new Home stores are trading way ahead of target and significantly stronger than new floorspace devoted to apparel.
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Fast growth in economies including China and Russia helped IKEA global sales reach €32bn in 2014–15.
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Bensons for Beds gleaned market share as Steinhoff’s UK retail interests traded ahead in high single digits during the year to end June.
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Major furniture independent Stokers group deleveraged as it built sales and profits ahead of its late May acquisition of Aylesbury furniture retailer Lucas.
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Dunelm posted rising sales and profits in 2014–15 as it made the most of its existing and new stores and its burgeoning online business.
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Weak electricals demand hit sales at Argos in the second quarter while ongoing store closures hampered sister retailer Homebase despite improving like-for-likes.
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Retailer Laura Ashley enjoyed a double-digit spike in like-for-like furniture sales in the six months to 1st August though total revenue was impacted by net store closures.
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The world’s biggest bed company Tempur Sealy International has a new leader following the high-profile ousting of former CEO Mark Sarvary earlier this year.
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A major Malaysian furniture delegation has joined a raft of new and returning exhibitors to sign to the January Furniture Show, scheduled for 24th–27th January 2016.
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Year-on-year retail prices were lower for a 28th consecutive month but unchanged in August, according to the British Retail Consortium.
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Upholstery retailer Sofa.com has named Vince Gunn as its new chief executive following the earlier appointment of a new CFO.
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Like-for-like retail sales dropped in August as retailers relied on new space to make up the shortfall, according to the British Retail Consortium.
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A fall in sales in the third quarter proved a setback for the owner of the Habitat furniture retail brand outside the United Kingdom.
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Loaf says the launch of its new London store will have a transformational effect as it looks to build on profitable growth in 2014–15.
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The pace of the rollout of the Habitat brand has been accelerated with the chain to reach its 2015–16 store target several months ahead of schedule.
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The privately owned group behind the out-of-town Trago Mills shopping centres enjoyed a leap in profits in 2014 despite relatively flat sales.
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Furniture and design retailer The Conran Shop is preparing to open its third UK store with a new concession inside Selfridges London.
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West Elm senior buyer Angus Whyte and vice president Kerri Ackermann tell The Furnishing Report about its new gallery in John Lewis.
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Premium sofa and chair manufacturer Spink & Edgar Upholstery and luxury fabrics supplier Swaffer have partnered for a new product line to be introduced this month.
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Department store retailer Bentalls has appointed the former head furniture buyer at rival retailer John Lewis for a newly created director of buying role.
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Ponsford commercial director David Carter has left to launch his own brand management, distribution and sourcing business.
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Major flooring manufacturer Ulster Carpets has unfurled the first phase of its £30m investment programme as it celebrates another year of record profits.
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The acquisition of the Morris, Zone and Relaxateeze brands meets a strategic need, says Nathan Group chairman Nicholas Radford. He tells the Furnishing Report why.
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Taking full control of the G Plan brand represents a powerful opportunity for the upholstery group Sofa Brands International.
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Whirlpool has waded into the battle to acquire British premium stoves and furnishings group Aga Rangemaster, threatening to capsize a bid from one of its rivals.
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Sales growth escalated at large independent furniture retailer Hatfields of Colchester in the year to end March.
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The Morris Furniture Group has sold its G Plan Cabinets brand to Sofa Brands International and its Zone, Relaxateeze and Morris brands to the newly formed Nathan Group.
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The second of IKEA’s smaller format store pilots is planned for the North East of Scotland with the retailer hoping to open in time for the key Christmas trading period.
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Modern furniture specialist BoConcept enjoyed a strong first quarter in the UK, where its largest franchisee has taken control of all London stores.
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Multi-fascia beds retail group Beter Bed said it made market share gains across Europe in the first half despite net store closures across its circa 1,100 store estate.
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Department store mutual John Lewis’ slow start to the year continued as revenue within its Home category trended downwards for a third successive week.
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Furniture Village opens its 41st store this August Bank Holiday weekend as part of its plan to open 20 new sites over the next five years.
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National retailer Furniture Village grew 2014–15 profits by 43 per cent as orders increased and margins returned to historically high levels.
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US furniture retailer West Elm is to open concession-style spaces in John Lewis stores starting with the department store chain’s big Oxford Street revamp, which officially opens next week.
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East of England beds retailer Mattressman is raising cash for a new children’s hospice, by donating a percentage of the proceeds of its in-house produced Nook mattress.
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The next edition of the IMM furniture fair in Cologne looks set to sell out with under a fifth of stand space remaining, according to organiser Koelnmesse.
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Online beds retailer Wedo Beds has ceased trading and will be placed into liquidation later today.
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The company behind the SleepShaper mattress brand has developed a grading system for its memory foam programme and says others in the industry should follow its lead.
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Flatpack bedroom supplier Ashcraft Furniture was saved through a pre-pack administration last month, new statutory filings reveal.
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Adjustable furniture vertical HSL delivered profitable growth as it continued to invest in store expansion in the year to end December.
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East of England mattress and bed base manufacturer Mansion House posted strong sales, profits and cash growth in the year to end March.
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The boss of wholesale giant Headlam says momentum is building in the UK flooring sector as it claimed first half market share gains.
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Furniture retailers made double-digit sales gains for a fifth consecutive time in July, with sales now trending upwards in each of the past 14 months.
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Tough comps and changeable weather were blamed as John Lewis’ sales in the second week of its new financial year continued in the same vein as the first.
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Half year UK and Ireland revenue declined for Stressless brand owner Ekornes as lower sales in the second quarter eliminated gains made in the first.
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IKEA says it will become the first major retailer in the world to offer a fully LED lighting range as part of a global investment that could reach €100m.
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Furniture and home department store retailer Glasswells has paid tribute to its operations director Robert Hawkins, who died last week following a short illness. He was 72 years old.
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Furniture trade association FIRA is to lay on additional EU Timber Regulation training courses, saying many in the trade are still stumped by how it relates directly to them.
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Furniture prices slipped back into negative year-on-year territory in July to clock up a sixth successive month where category inflation has been flat or sub-zero.
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Furniture and home retailer Sterling has invested more than £500,000 at its new-look Mill Café at its flagship Tillicoultry showroom.
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IKEA has confirmed its long-awaited store along the M4 corridor will open in a year’s time in the summer of 2016.
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The number of people shopping out-of-town retail parks grew at its fastest rate in over a year in July, according to the British Retail Consortium.
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Divan and mattress maker Highgrove Beds has invested heavily through a mix of new debt and self-generated cash flows after posting record sales and profits.
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The Benelux based carpet industry’s grip on the UK flooring market is weakening with British buyers looking to the East.
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Home merchandise sales declined as John Lewis failed to match year-earlier trade in the first week of its new financial year.
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Rising short term costs meeting supply deadlines pushed the Simmons Bedding Group into deficit in the year to end December, despite sales being ahead of plan.
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A new resource for manufacturers looks at how to incorporate ergononics, health and well-being considerations into the design of home furniture.
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Rising demand from core export partners in Europe drove a 9.8 per cent increase in furniture exports from the UK in the second quarter of 2015.
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