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Sept 05, 2019 News

Bed Industry Awards 2019 finalists revealed

The National Bed Federation (NBF) has announced its finalists for the 2019 Bed Industry Awards, now in their ninth year. Over 20 bed…

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Sept 05, 2019 News

Etailer Amara pushes into Belgium

After a period of strong European growth, UK-based interiors etailer Amara will launch its 10th localised site this month, in Belgium. Mirroring…

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Sept 05, 2019 News

January show sponsors emerging talent

January Furniture Show (JFS) is sponsoring the awards ceremony for The Furniture Makers’ Company's Young Furniture Makers' Awards, which will be…

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Sept 04, 2019 News

Whitemeadow accredited by Investors in People

Whitemeadow has been accredited as an Investors in People organisation, having met the appropriate requirements of the…

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Sept 04, 2019 News

Bensons and Harveys products receive BSI Kitemark

Bensons for Beds and Harveys have received the BSI Kitemark for Domestic Furniture accreditation across 34 products, for the first time in the…

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Sept 04, 2019 News

Profits up as Dunelm hits 40

Dunelm has reported "a strong performance" for the year to 29th June, highlighting total LFL sales growth of +10.7% (7.7% in-store and 35.1%…

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Sept 03, 2019 News

Retail footfall takes a holiday in August, says Ipsos

Retail store footfall fell by -9.8% last month against August 2018, after a promising recovery in recent months, according to Ipsos Retail…

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Sept 03, 2019 News

Retail sales flatline in August

Total UK retail sales flatlined in August (against an increase of +1.3% in August last year) , acccording to BRC-KPMG. They were down -0.5% YoY…

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Sept 02, 2019 News

Rutherfords of Morpeth changes hands

Department store Rutherfords of Morpeth has been sold after more than 170 years in the Rutherford family. MD Richard Rutherford, the…

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Aug 30, 2019 News

Emma partners with John Lewis

John Lewis & Partners will be the first UK high street retailer to stock the Emma Original Mattress from European bed-in-a-box brand Emma…

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Aug 30, 2019 News

Consumer confidence falls again in August

UK Consumer Confidence fell three points to -14 in August, according to GfK's long-running barometer of the population's willingness to…

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Aug 29, 2019 News

Furniture Village turns 30

The UK’s largest independently-owned furniture retailer, Furniture Village, celebrates its 30th birthday this month. In honour of this…

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