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Feb 24, 2025 News

Promotion at retailer Land of Beds

Maria Jones has been promoted to sales director at retailer Land of Beds. With 18 years of experience in the bedding industry, Maria has built an…

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Feb 24, 2025 News

Homewares sales continue to climb, reports BDO

BDO reports that total LFL retail sales climbed by +4.72% across the week ended 16th February 2025, from a base of -0.37% for the same week last year.

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Feb 24, 2025 News

Consumer confidence up in February

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased by two points to -20 in February. All measures were up in comparison to last month’s…

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Feb 24, 2025 News

DFS appoints Nobia chair to board

DFS has appointed Tony Buffin as an independent non-executive director. He has also be appointed as a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration…

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Feb 20, 2025 News

IKEA introduces smart new app features

IKEA has unveiled several new features on its mobile app which promise to create "a more seamless, personalised, and inspiring shopping journey".

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Feb 20, 2025 News

Relatively strong Q4 concludes difficult year for Wayfair

Wayfair Inc has reported financial results for its Q4 and the year ended 31st December, 2024.

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Feb 20, 2025 News

Consumer outlook worsened in February, say BRC-Opinium

According to BRC-Opinium data, consumer confidence, based on fieldwork conducted on 4-7th this month, was almost 40pts lower than in July.

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Feb 19, 2025 News

Autumn Fair and Glee to co-locate in 2026

Event and exhibition organiser Hyve Group has announced the co-location of Autumn Fair and Glee at the NEC Birmingham next year. Autumn Fair will…

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Feb 17, 2025 News

Furniturebox returns to profit

Online retailer Furniturebox has returned to profit, with a +20% surge in sales. The business, which was co-founded by Dan Beckles and Monty George…

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Feb 14, 2025 News

Homewares perform well in early February

Last week (ended 9th February 2025), total LFL retail sales grew by +2.61% from a positive (albeit flat) base of +0.08% for the same week last year,…

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Feb 14, 2025 News

Winners of inaugural pillow awards announced

The winners of The Comfy's, a new consumer-facing awards programme dedicated to pillows, have been revealed.

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Feb 14, 2025 News

Retail sales weather a stormy January

Total UK retail sales increased by +2.6% YoY in January, against a growth of +1.2% in January 2024, according to the latest Retail Sales Monitor from…

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