Home & DIY

- 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...

- 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...

- 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...

- 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...

- 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 ...

- 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...

- 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...

- 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...

- 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...