24 December 2024, 03:45

Interviews


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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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Oct 11, 2024 Interviews

The Big Question: How do you stay optimistic when faced with bad news?

What do you think? From emerging trends to the latest business principles, Furniture News is setting out to gauge the trade’s feelings on a variety…

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Oct 08, 2024 Interviews

Getting personal: Phil Gant

Phil joined the industry in 2013, and worked as a sales rep for Kettle Interiors until late last year. Now self employed and running sales agency PG…

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Sept 20, 2024 Interviews

To sleep, perchance to Dream(s)

As Dreams continues to grow its UK market share, CCO Paul Solly takes a moment to share his views on today’s turbulent retail environment,…

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Sept 18, 2024 Interviews

Rauch gathers momentum

Off the back of a strong summer, German wardrobe wizard Rauch is looking ahead to a season of shows and further success. Furniture News caught up…

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Sept 16, 2024 Interviews

DUX in a row

What do glamour model Melinda Messenger, football legend Ossie Ardiles and a unique spring system have in common? Furniture News’ Paul Farley knows…

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