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May 31, 2024 News

Historic independent furniture retailer faces liquidation

Peter Green Furnishers, a large, single-store independent located in Chandlers Ford, Southampton, is facing liquidation.

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May 31, 2024 News

Actona bolsters Furniture To Go’s market-leading RTA offer

Furniture To Go (FTG) has partnered with Denmark's Actona Group to bring the latter's products to the UK and the Republic of Ireland. 

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May 31, 2024 News

Retail footfall improves in May, but BRC calls for industry reform

According to BRC-Sensormatic IQ data, total UK retail footfall decreased by -3.6% YoY in May (YoY), a marked improvement on April's -7.2%.

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May 30, 2024 News

Sterling’s new CEO reveals expansion plans

John Pattison, the new CEO of leading independently owned home furnishing specialist Sterling Furniture Group says he envisages “exciting times…

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May 30, 2024 News

D2C sleep brand to open first UK store

Emma - The Sleep Company will this week open its first physical store in the UK at the nation’s largest shopping centre, as it underlines a…

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May 30, 2024 News

Gallery director's charity bike ride nears

James Hudson, commercial director at Gallery Direct, has been training hard on the hills of Devon ahead of a 400km, four-day charity bike ride…

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May 29, 2024 News

Marks and Spencer appoints new CFO

Marks and Spencer Group has announced that Alison Dolan will join its board as CFO.

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May 29, 2024 News

Bedding group begins work on significant factory extension

Work on a factory extension, predicted to increase Raskelf Group’s bedding manufacturing capacity by +30%, is now under way.

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May 29, 2024 News

Consumer confidence outlook brightens, but major purchase intent falters

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased two points to -17 in May. Four measures were up and one was down in comparison to last month’s…

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May 29, 2024 News

ScS CEO to move on this summer

In the wake of the retailer's acquisition by Italian group Poltronesofa last autumn, ScS CEO Steve Carson has announced that he plans to leave the…

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May 29, 2024 News

BFM survey reveals expectations of order uptick

The latest figures from the British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM) point to a rise in furniture orders and output over the next six months.

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May 29, 2024 News

Furniture price cuts help bring inflation back to "normal"

Inflation returned to “normal levels” in May, according to the latest Shop Price Index from BRC-NielsenIQ.

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