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Wickes sales have been affected by the adverse weather seen this Spring

Wickes sales slump in wet weather

- Sales since the start of the year at DIY specialist Wickes have been dampened by recent cold and wet weather, a trading update published today reveals.Parent company Travis Perkins has seen its total revenues boosted by the full incorporation of T...
10:52AM - Mon 14th May 2012
Lord Harris has announced he is to step down as CEO of Carpetright after almost 25 years in charge of the retailer

Lord Harris to step down as Carpertright CEO

- Long-serving retail boss Lord Harris is to step down from his role as CEO of carpet & flooring specialist Carpetright, it has been announced today.Harris, who founded the business in 1988, will be replaced in the CEO role by former Sainsbury’s dir...
11:59AM - Fri 11th May 2012
Sales of floorcoverings in the UK have improved for Carpetright in recent months but bed sales have slumped (image ©iStockphoto.com/Sharon Meredith)

Carpetright issues another profits warning

- Weak bed sales & low consumer spending in Europe have heavily hit the profits of carpet, flooring & homewares specialist Carpetright, it was announced today.Total group sales dropped a further 4.2 per cent for the retailer over the last 11 weeks t...
11:15AM - Tue 24th April 2012
Dunelm has been invested heavily in new stores over the last nine months

Dunelm underlying sales flat in Q3

- Specialist out-of-town homewares retailer Dunelm Group has today reported strong sales over the last quarter at its new outlets, but also an overall drop in footfall across its store portfolio in the last two months.Total sales across the group in...
09:43AM - Wed 11th April 2012
Halfords CEO David Wild at one of the retailer's reserve & collect counters

Halfords launches free next-day reserve & collect

- Bicycle & car parts retailer Halfords has improved its reserve & collect online service to allow for next-day pick-up at any of its stores, it has been announced.Customers ordering goods from the retailers website before 6:00 pm will now have the ...
01:11PM - Wed 4th April 2012
Oliver Stocken is standing down as Chairman of Home Retail Group after 14 years

Home Retail Group appoints new Chairman

- Independent director John Coombe has been promoted to the position of Chairman at Home Retail Group (HRG), it has been announced today.The owner of Argos & Homebase has chosen Coombe to succeed Oliver Stocken who is retiring and will leave the bus...
12:43PM - Thu 29th March 2012
Sales at Topps Tiles remain sluggish but the company is well positioned to benefit from an upturn in consumer spending (image ©iStockphoto.com/Marius Gheorghe Barzu)

Topps Tiles sales down 4.5% in first half

- Tile & wood flooring retail specialist Topps Tiles has seen sales continue to slide over the last six months, however the final 13 weeks of this period saw a slight improvement in trading.Consumers remain reluctant to spend significant sums of mon...
10:39AM - Wed 28th March 2012
B&Q reopened 27 ex-Focus DIY stores last year

Kingfisher profits up 20% despite B&Q sales slide

- Kingfisher, owner of home & DIY retailers B&Q and Screwfix, has today published an eight step forward-looking strategy plan while reporting a 20 per cent rise in full-year adjusted pre-tax profits.Much of the profits growth was thanks to strong sa...
10:02AM - Thu 22nd March 2012
Hombase has seen its LFL sales drop 6.2 per cent in the first eight weeks of 2012

Argos & Homebase sales slide further in new year

- Home Retail Group has reported today that poor sales have continued at its operations since the turn of the year, but say that profits for its last 12 month period will be in-line with expectations.The owner of retailers Argos & Homebase has publi...
10:38AM - Thu 15th March 2012
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