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Jul 31, 2015 News

John Lewis clearance ends on a high

John Lewis reports that its clearance ended with a strong week's trade across all the retailer's directorates, with sales closing up 10.2% on…

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Jul 31, 2015 News

July sees consumer confidence decrease

GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index decreased three points to 4 in July. Joe Staton, head of market dynamics at GfK, says: “Concerns about the…

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Jul 30, 2015 News

Silentnight sales up 15% y-o-y

Silentnight Group reports that it grew sales to the year ending 31st January 2015 to £125m, up 15% year-on-year. Its two leading household name…

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Jul 30, 2015 News

MFI ceases trading as sister company expands home furnishings offer

The MFI brand will no longer trade, the operations and home furnishings business transferred to sister company VictoriaPlum.com, which has…

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Jul 29, 2015 News

Sleep Council launches video campaign

The Sleep Council has launched a series of humorous videos to promote better sleep habits and the importance of a comfortable, supportive bed in…

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Jul 28, 2015 News

Sales up 3.3% at Next

Next Brand full price sales for the first half of the retailer's financial year (to 25th July 2015) were up 3.5%, of which 1.7% was derived from…

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Jul 28, 2015 News

Young Professionals Industry Experience provides a great learning opportunity

The Furniture Makers’ Company Young Professional Industry Experience 2015 came to a close at a presentation event held at One Moorgate Place…

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Jul 28, 2015 News

Kobe strengthens contracts division

Luxury fabric specialist Kobe has strengthened its contracts division with the promotion of Sophie Meager into the role of contract sales…

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Jul 28, 2015 News

Morris group cuts workforce due to overseas pressure

Scottish furniture supply group H Morris & Company has cut its Glasgow workforce by as much as 30% after facing a write down of around £3m from…

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Jul 27, 2015 News

The Foam Company takes to the road

The Foam Company, one of the UK’s leading experts in foam products, is taking to the road for an 11 week tour of the UK’s independent bed…

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Jul 27, 2015 News

Retail health improves for third consecutive quarter

Following its quarterly meeting on July 14th 2015, the KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) has released its latest findings that state that the…

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Jul 24, 2015 News

SBID to partner with IIDA in the Middle East

The Society of British and International Design (SBID) will be teaming up with The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) in their…

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