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Jun 08, 2022 News

NBF announces judges for retailer awards

The National Bed Federation (NBF) has announced the first line-up of judges for the retailer categories for the 2022 Bed Industry Awards. A…

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Jun 07, 2022 News

Furniture spend suffers further cuts

Squeezed consumers cut their spend in May, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, which saw the furniture category placed firmly…

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Jun 06, 2022 News

Coast To Coast Challenge awaits bed retail team

A team of cyclists from retailer Mattress Online plan to cycle over 140 miles from one side of the UK to the other, to raise funds for Zarach, a…

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Jun 06, 2022 News

Very sees Home revenue decline

Following a record year, Home revenue was down -20.5% at The Very Group as of the end of Q3 (2nd April 2022), as customers "continued to shift…

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Jun 06, 2022 News

Sofology launches new sustainable seating options

With the long-term ambition of offering customers a greater choice in sustainable furniture, sofa retailer Sofology is launching a new range of…

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Jun 06, 2022 News

D2C sleep brand outlines sale process

D2C sleep wellness brand eve Sleep has launched a review to explore the strategic and financing options available to it, including the…

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Jun 06, 2022 News

Violence against retail workers tripled over pandemic, says BRC

Retail workers were subjected to a huge rise in violence and abuse over the pandemic, with incidents almost tripling from 455 per day in 2019/20…

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Jun 06, 2022 News

Retail inflation persists through May, yet non-food increases decelerate

Retail inflation is set to get worse before it gets better, states Helen Dickinson OBE, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium (BRC),…

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Jun 06, 2022 News

NBF launches Pledge for Our Planet

The National Bed Federation (NBF) has launched an industry-wide Pledge for Our Planet, asking companies in the bed industry to take steps in…

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Jun 01, 2022 News

Scottish independent acquired by established family retailer

Retailer Gillies of Broughty Ferry has acquired Grampian Furnishers. Grampian Furnishers, based in a purpose-built 30,000 sqft store in Elgin,…

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May 27, 2022 News

IKEA UK returns to profit

IKEA UK returned to profit in the year to August 2021, with significant demand demand driving sales of £1.96b (+2.7% YoY), despite the…

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May 26, 2022 News

REHAU sells Russian business and withdraws

Global polymer specialist and furniture surfacings provider REHAU Group plans to sell its business in Russia to the local management, before…

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