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Feb 27, 2025 News

Fashion retailer to open first home store next month

Fashion retailer Primark is set to open its first Primark Home store in Belfast on Thursday 6th March.

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Feb 26, 2025 News

Curry night raises £1800 for industry charity

The ninth annual Curry Night, organised by the Yorkshire Region of The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for…

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Feb 26, 2025 News

Innovative springmaker receives 100th patent

British spring manufacturer and components supplier to the mattress and furniture industry, Spinks, has achieved a major milestone after receiving…

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Feb 26, 2025 News

One in 10 part-time retail jobs at risk, says BRC

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is warning of the impact that both the Budget and upcoming regulatory changes could have on part-time jobs in the…

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Feb 25, 2025 News

HRH The Princess Royal named patron of retail charity

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has taken over patronage of the Retail Trust from her mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.

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Feb 24, 2025 News

Promotion at retailer Land of Beds

Maria Jones has been promoted to sales director at retailer Land of Beds. With 18 years of experience in the bedding industry, Maria has built an…

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Feb 24, 2025 News

Homewares sales continue to climb, reports BDO

BDO reports that total LFL retail sales climbed by +4.72% across the week ended 16th February 2025, from a base of -0.37% for the same week last year.

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Feb 24, 2025 News

Consumer confidence up in February

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased by two points to -20 in February. All measures were up in comparison to last month’s…

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Feb 24, 2025 News

DFS appoints Nobia chair to board

DFS has appointed Tony Buffin as an independent non-executive director. He has also be appointed as a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration…

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Feb 20, 2025 News

IKEA introduces smart new app features

IKEA has unveiled several new features on its mobile app which promise to create "a more seamless, personalised, and inspiring shopping journey".

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Feb 20, 2025 News

Relatively strong Q4 concludes difficult year for Wayfair

Wayfair Inc has reported financial results for its Q4 and the year ended 31st December, 2024.

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Feb 20, 2025 News

Consumer outlook worsened in February, say BRC-Opinium

According to BRC-Opinium data, consumer confidence, based on fieldwork conducted on 4-7th this month, was almost 40pts lower than in July.

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