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May 05, 2016 News

Sporting stars raise funds for Cumbrian flood appeal

Sporting stars, Sam Vokes and David Haye have helped raise more than £500 in an online auction for the Cumbrian flood appeal, with all proceeds…

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May 05, 2016 News

Retail price deflation accelerates

The latest BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index recorded overall shop price deflation of 1.7% in April, unchanged from the decline seen in March, and in…

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May 05, 2016 News

Kingstown achieves AIS Gold Standard Award

Whilst exhibiting at the AIS Show last month, Kingstown Furniture was presented with an AIS Gold Standard award. Kingstown came third in a long…

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May 04, 2016 News

Sainsbury's bullish in face of sales drop

Sainsbury's has proclaimed "significant progress" in its full year preliminaries, despite reporting a drop in sales and profits. LFL sales were…

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May 04, 2016 News

Sales up at John Lewis

Sales at John Lewis last week were £84.6m, +9.9% year-on-year, as customers took advantage of the Bank Holiday. John Lewis price-matched a…

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May 04, 2016 News

£10m investment to bolster Sofology

Sofology has secured a £10m capital investment from the Business Growth Fund (BGF), which will be used to accelerate the retailer's UK expansion…

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May 04, 2016 News

Sales down at Next

Total sales at retailer Next for the period 31st January to 2nd May were down -0.2%, with full-price sales down -0.9%. The performance of Next's…

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May 03, 2016 News

Concerns grow for retail labour market

The number of full-time retail jobs fell by 0.9% in Q1 2016 compared with the same period last year, according to the BRC-Bond Dickinson Retail…

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May 03, 2016 News

London Cabinet Makers joins The Furniture Ombudsman

Bespoke furniture maker London Cabinet Makers has joined The Furniture Ombudsman (TFO) to pledge its ongoing commitment to customer…

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Apr 29, 2016 News

British brands prosper in European online sales

Total online retail search volumes grew 52% YOY in the first quarter of 2016, according to BRC-Google, which also points out that the European…

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Apr 29, 2016 News

Economic uncertainty clouds consumer confidence

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index dropped three points in April to -3.  All of the measures used to calculate the Index saw decreases…

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Apr 29, 2016 News

Oak Furniture Land opens 70th store

Oak Furniture Land opened its first store in Manchester – its 70th nationwide – on Saturday 23rd April. The 17,000 sqft store has created seven…

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