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Feb 04, 2016 News

Home furnishings manufacturer Evans Lichfield to relaunch at Spring Fair

Home furnishings manufacturer Evans Lichfield is unveiling a new brand identity which will roll out in February 2016 at Spring Fair, one of the…

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Feb 04, 2016 News

DFS remains on track

The DFS Furniture group reports that it has maintained good sales growth through the first half of its current financial year (26 weeks to 30th…

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Feb 03, 2016 News

Mobile share of visits to UK retail sites increases to 64%

Smartphone shopping is now the default for UK shoppers, with 64% of all website visits to retailers last year coming from mobile devices,…

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Feb 03, 2016 News

Concerns for 2016 retail labour market

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…

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Feb 03, 2016 News

Purchasing power boosted by price deflation in January

Overall shop prices reported deflation of 1.8% in January from 2% in December, boosting consumers' purchasing power, according to the latest…

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Feb 03, 2016 News

Sainsbury's set to become UK's largest non-food retailer

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…

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Feb 02, 2016 News

Furniture Makers puts charity golf day back on the map

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…

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Feb 02, 2016 News

DFS invests in new Spanish store

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…

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Feb 02, 2016 News

Terms proposed for purchase of Home Retail Group

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…

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Feb 01, 2016 News

Consumer confidence bullish throughout January

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…

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Feb 01, 2016 News

Simon Hewitt enters MD role at Litmus Furniture

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…

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Feb 01, 2016 News

Confidence returns to the market at January Furniture Show

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…

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