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Sept 18, 2014 News

John Lewis to open at home shop in Worcester

John Lewis has announced plans to open an at home shop in Worcester in 2017. The shop will be located in between junctions six and seven of the…

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Sept 17, 2014 News

Duresta takes home gold at AIS awards

Duresta scooped two awards at the 2014 Associated Independent Stores awards this month. As well as being runner up in the Upholstery Supplier of…

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Sept 16, 2014 News

Year-on-year growth for Serene Furnishings

Serene Furnishings is continuing to enjoy unprecedented levels of growth, with year-on-year turnover up 15% on the previous financial…

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Sept 16, 2014 News

Strong furniture sales in August despite footfall decline

Footfall in August was 1.1% down on a year ago, down on the 0.6% fall in July and below the three-month average of a 0.8% decline, reports the…

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Sept 16, 2014 News

Businesses unite to call for business rate reform

More than 100 businesses have come together today to call for political parties to commit to a fundamental reform of the business rates system…

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Sept 15, 2014 News

British visitor growth recorded at Tendence

The recent edition of Frankfurt's Tendence exhibition attracted around 35,000 trade visitors from 88 countries (2013 – 37,306 visitors from 86…

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Sept 15, 2014 News

Software supplier to debut at Bed Show

Award-winning bed and furniture software supplier, Retailsystem, is to make its first appearance at the NBF Bed Show this year. On the stand…

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Sept 11, 2014 News

Retailers welcome historic ruling to curtail excessive card fees

UK retailers have today welcomed an historic court ruling to end the excessively high fees retailers pay banks to process card payments (known…

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Sept 11, 2014 News

John Lewis Partnership interim report for 2014 released

“Partnership sales grew strongly at 6%, with Waitrose and John Lewis both outperforming their respective markets," says Sir Charlie Mayfield,…

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Sept 10, 2014 News

Luxury fitted furniture owner secures £8m investment

Canburg, owner of two of the world’s most renowned luxury fitted furniture businesses – Smallbone of Devizes and Mark Wilkinson Furniture – has…

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Sept 09, 2014 News

Ikea's new catalogue pushes the boundaries

Ikea continues to forge a path for multichannel retail with its latest catalogue, which, through its tie-in app, offers more films, 360° views,…

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Sept 09, 2014 News

August sales growth best since January, says BRC-KPMG

Furniture was the third fastest-growing category in August, building on the strong momentum of recent months, according to the latest BRC-KPMG…

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