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Jan 17, 2022 News

Industry association reflects on 2021

The Furniture Industry Research Association has released its 2021 Annual Review, summarising its activities over the last 12 months, with output…

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Jan 17, 2022 News

Significant international appetite for Polish event

Visitors from 50 countries have confirmed their participation in Meble Polska 2022, taking place in Poznań from 22nd-25th February 2022, says…

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Jan 14, 2022 News

Online’s worst-growth year still strong, says IMRG Capgemini

The UK online retail market experienced the lowest rate of growth in 22 years in 2021, with online revenue finishing up +2.7% YoY, according to…

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Jan 14, 2022 News

INDX shows will run in a Covid-secure format, says AIS

With a busy schedule of trade shows planned for 2022, AIS has confirmed that its INDX shows will go ahead under current Government guidance for…

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Jan 13, 2022 News

Channel balance returns as Dunelm reports record Q2

Dunelm has reported a record Q2 (to 25th December 2021), with strong performance across all channels. Total sales of £407m in the quarter were…

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Jan 12, 2022 News

Importer's growth lauded by Forbes

Artisan Furniture (Global Vision Direct) was recently the subject of a Forbes article which explored the importer's Indian manufacturing…

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Jan 12, 2022 News

DFS enjoy strong H1 and appoints new Sofology MD

In a trading update covering H1 (to 26th December 2021), DFS Furniture has announced strong order intake performance across the half as a whole,…

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Jan 11, 2022 News

Festive success but headwinds for retail in 2022, says BRC-KPMG

Retail sales grew by +2.1% YoY (+4.6% Yo2Y) in December, reports the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.  LFL sales were up +0.6% YoY, online…

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Jan 10, 2022 News

Retailers encouraged to celebrate National Bed Month

As National Bed Month (March) approaches, the National Bed Federation (NBF) is calling on bed manufacturers and retailers to support the annual…

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Jan 06, 2022 News

Spring Fair confident of a strong February edition

Home and gift fair Spring Fair will take place from 6-9th February 2022 across halls 1-8 of the NEC Birmingham as planned, according to Julie…

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Jan 06, 2022 News

Healthy Q4 sales raise expectations at Next

Next has issued a trading statement covering the eight weeks to 25th December, and states that full-price sales were up +20% Yo2Y – £70m ahead…

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Jan 06, 2022 News

Malaysia's EFE event postponed

Malaysian furniture exhibition EFE, which was due to take place in Kuala Lumpur from 9-12th March 2022, has been postponed to an as-yet…

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