The equivalent number of full-time jobs fell marginally by 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared with the same period last year. In the…
Overall shop prices reported deflation of 1.8% in January from 2% in December, boosting consumers' purchasing power, according to the latest…
J Sainsbury's plc's offer of £1.3b for Home Retail Group – owner of the Argos, Homebase and Habitat brands – should it come to fruition on 23rd…
One of the furnishing industry's favourite charity days is being relaunched at a new venue for 2016. The National Golf Charity Day, first held…
Following in the footsteps of many UK ex-pats, sofa retailer DFS has set up home in San Javier near Murcia on Costa Calida. DFS has taken over…
Sainsbury's has made an offer of £1.3b for Home Retail Group, after an offer made last year was rejected. The deal is expected to be dependent…
GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased two points to +4 in January, with four of the measures used to calculate the index seeing…
Simon Hewitt has taken over the MD’s mantle at Litmus Furniture, the agency founded by his father Peter Hewitt in 1995. Litmus is best known as…
A buoyant mood following a busy start to the new trading year saw the vast majority of exhibitors at the January Furniture Show report strong…
Last month's imm cologne/LivingInteriors exhibition saw 1185 companies from 50 countries present their newest furniture and furnishings,…
Carpetright has announced an update on trading for the 12 weeks ended 23rd January 2016. UK sales for the 12-week period were up 2.4% on a…
Children's furniture and accessories manufacturer and retailer Aspace Ltd, of Warminster, entered a CVA on 22nd January, Bristol's BDO appointed…
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