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Jun 25, 2018 News

Duvalay signs East Asia distribution deal

Bedmaker Duvalay has signed an exclusive licensing agreement that permits Chinese manufacturers to produce and distribute one of its mattress…

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Jun 21, 2018 News

Minerva updates name to reflect activities

The name of the Minerva Furnishers Guild has been changed to Minerva Furniture Group, in a move to better reflect the buying group's modern…

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Jun 19, 2018 News

Industry association delivers latest standards updates

The Furniture Industry Research Association has published its latest Quarterly Standards Update, which is available to all members of the…

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Jun 19, 2018 News

Retail start-up secures digital mentoring

Home furnishings start-up, Stitched, has successfully pitched to secure mentoring from digital marketing agency Pack. The pitch took place as…

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Jun 15, 2018 News

Mattressman begins restructuring process 

Bed manufacturer and retailer Mattressman has entered a restructuring process to downsize its operation due to a slump in sales. Business rescue…

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Jun 15, 2018 News

Sainsbury's invests in new Habitat stores

Habitat plans to open two new stand-alone stores this autumn – one in Westfield London in September, followed by another in Brighton town centre…

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Jun 15, 2018 News

Charity shooting event raises £24,000

The Furniture Makers’ Company’s clay pigeon shoot fundraiser, Big Shots, which took place earlier this month, raised £24,000 for the…

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Jun 14, 2018 News

Weather and a wedding lift May retail sales

The ONS' May 2018 retail sales revealed significant growth compared to April 2018, thanks in part to better weather and the Royal…

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Jun 13, 2018 News

Fabb in administration

Last Thursday (7th June) PwC's Toby Underwood and Peter Dickens were appointed joint administrators of Fabb Projects Ltd, which traded as Fabb…

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Jun 13, 2018 News

Manufacturer invests in digital transformation programme

Furniture manufacturer and designer Godfrey Syrett has outsourced its IT support and services to Technology Services Group (TSG). The North-east…

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Jun 13, 2018 News

Ultra Furniture enters administration 

The closure of Tesco Direct has been cited by administrators as the reason for Ultra Furniture going into administration. Steven Muncaster of…

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Jun 13, 2018 News

Long-serving Glasswells employee retires

Glasswells employee Richard Ball, who started working at the home furnishing store straight from school, is retiring after 50 years of service…

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