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Jan 17, 2025 Interviews

The Hardcastle Report

Retail is changing. In the past five years alone, the sector has been forced to adapt to seismic shifts in consumer expectations, the rise of…

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Jan 14, 2025 Interviews

Claimlane – making furniture returns easy

The furniture industry is thriving, says returns and claims management specialist Claimlane – but behind the growth, operational efficiency persists…

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Jan 09, 2025 Interviews

Getting Personal: Sarah Bianchi, Arighi Bianchi

Sarah is the owner and lead buyer at famed Macclesfield furniture and interiors independent, Arighi Bianchi. Representing the fourth generation of…

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Jan 06, 2025 Interviews

Shire Beds' Fara Butt on D&I in the furniture industry

If a more diverse workplace is a more productive workplace, why is the UK furniture industry falling short when it comes to representing people from…

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Jan 03, 2025 Interviews

Pillow flight – 100% Comfort cleared for takeoff

Three men walk into a bar … and come up with 100% Comfort, a three-pronged proposition that threatens to shake up the global sleep sector. The three…

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Dec 10, 2024 Interviews

Ben Womack’s all-star cast

During the depths of the pandemic, when trade professionals were keen to reach out to one another, stay connected, and buy or sell stock, furniture…

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Dec 06, 2024 Interviews

Getting personal: Holly Yates, French Bedroom

Holly Yates joined luxury furniture and mattress e-tailer French Bedroom as head of brand in 2020, before being appointed MD in 2022. Her rich…

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Nov 29, 2024 Interviews

Hooker Furnishings – born in the USA

Where there’s a will, there’s a way – just ask Hooker Furnishings’ CEO Jeremy Hoff, who, in just under a year, has paved the way for the US…

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Nov 27, 2024 Interviews

Leekes embraces park life

On 14th November, Leekes opened its seventh home department store, on Kingsditch Retail Park in Cheltenham. Covering just 18,000 sqft of retail…

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Nov 08, 2024 Interviews

Tour de force – the Young Professionals Industry Experience

This summer, eight young professionals – all earmarked as future industry leaders – completed a unique three-week tour of UK furniture and furnishing…

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Oct 23, 2024 Interviews

Women in furnishing: Shackletons' Donna Bellingham

Furniture News continued to explore women’s changing role in the furniture industry earlier this year, marking International Women's Day by asking…

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Oct 18, 2024 Interviews

60 seconds with … Mark Denby

To mark its 60th anniversary, The Furniture Makers’ Company looked to the future by highlighting 60 of the industry’s most promising young…

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