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Oct 19, 2020 News

Dunelm reports impressive Q1

Total sales in Q1 grew £96.5m YoY to £359.1m, reports Dunelm in a trading update covering the 13-week period ended 26th September 2020. At the…

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Oct 19, 2020 News

Bed stores buoyant, finds NBF poll

The spending boom creating havoc with furnishing sector supplies, prices and lead times is also set to put many bed retailers back on track to…

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Oct 19, 2020 News

Manufacturers encouraged to attend guild mark webinar

The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry, is inviting UK furnishing…

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Oct 19, 2020 News

BRC calls for shoppers to spread Christmas spend

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has launched a national advertising campaign calling on the public to start their Christmas shopping earlier…

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Oct 18, 2020 News

Short-term growth ahead of uncertain times, warns BFM

The latest British Furniture Manufacturers’ (BFM) Economic Review points to a third of the British public spending more on home improvements -…

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Oct 18, 2020 News

Online sales growth starting to normalise, says IMRG

As lockdown restrictions were reintroduced throughout September, online sales returned to patterns that would be expected at this time of year,…

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Oct 18, 2020 News

Scientist shares sleep routine tips

Health and wellbeing brand (and bedmaker) Mammoth is working with University of Oxford sleep scientist, Dr Nicola Barclay, to help families get…

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Oct 09, 2020 News

Tightening restrictions hinders retail footfall in September

According to BRC-ShopperTrak data, YoY UK footfall decreased by -30.1% in September, with only a +4.7 percentage point improvement from…

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Oct 09, 2020 News

NBF warns of price rises and delivery disruption

The bed industry is warning of disruptions to deliveries this side of Christmas and unavoidable price rises as manufacturers face increasing…

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Oct 08, 2020 News

Tempur Sealy reacquires rights to UK brand

Tempur Sealy International, Inc, the world's largest bedding manufacturer, is reacquiring the rights and assets to manufacture, market, and…

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Oct 07, 2020 News

Local lockdowns threatening retail recovery, says Ipsos

September marks the fourth consecutive month since non-essential stores started re-opening that footfall levels have closed the gap on the same…

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Oct 07, 2020 News

Material shortages affecting furniture production and pricing, says BFM

Shortages of foam and particleboard are set to impact the production of furniture in the run-up to Christmas, the British Furniture…

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