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Furniture design company launches ecommerce website
Furniture and lighting design business Tom Dixon has launched its first transactional website.
Sep 3, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Big margin jump drives profit hike at £40m Lancs furniture firm
Cabinet company JJO has returned a five fold profits increase to £2.3m before tax in the year to end February. Sales rose by 2.9% to £39.6m.
Sep 2, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Balterio capex spend will boost production capacity by a third
Laminate flooring company Balterio is to increase its production capacity to almost 30m sqm following a €12m investment in its manufacturing plant and systems.
Sep 2, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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W&G parent Samson reports 24.3% sales rise in H1 to $220.6m
Global furniture distributor Samson Holding - parent to the Willis & Gambier group in the UK and a suite of US based brands - grew sales by a quarter to $220.596m and profits before tax by 37.5% to $22.315m in the half year to end June.
Sep 1, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Graham & Green agrees CVA, £6.5m business gets protection from creditors
Furniture, homeware and lifestyle retailer Graham & Green has agreed a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) with its creditors, including HM Revenue & Customs.
Aug 31, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Dwell sets out 33-store plan, secures £5m from private equity
Furniture and homeware retailer Dwell has confirmed plans to open a further 33 stores across the UK and secured a £5m investment in the business from an independent private equity company.
Aug 31, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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High Street sales rise in early August, says CBI survey
More than half of all retailers saw annual sales growth in the first two weeks of August, with less than a fifth reporting contracting sales volumes, according to the latest CBI Distributive Trades Survey.
Aug 31, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Headlam to extend Lifestyle Floors brand beyond carpets, profit up 10%
Floorcoverings distributor Headlam says it will broaden the launch of its Lifestyle Floor brand beyond carpets and into vinyl, wood and laminate later this year.
Aug 27, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Administrator appointed to £5m fitted furniture business
Pepper Kitchens, a fitted furniture company based in St Ives, is in administration, with Ian Carr and David Dunckley from the Cambridge office of professional services firm Grant Thornton appointed to run the business.
Aug 26, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Frank's Flooring plans to grow store network beyond 30 within next year
One of the largest privately owned flooring retailers in the UK plans to open a further 10 stores over the next year to take its total to 35.
Aug 26, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Armstrong closes Teeside plant as it exits Euro homes market
Global flooring producer Armstrong is to close one of its UK plants as part of a strategic exit from the European residential market.
Aug 25, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Beale to rebrand Rochdale store as Whitakers following acquisition
Department store retailer Beale is to rebrand the Westgate store in Rochdale under the same fascia as its other store in the Greater Manchester area following its acquisition earlier this month.
Aug 25, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Fenwick maintains double-digit margin, sales flat at £290m
The Fenwick department store group, which includes retailers Bentalls and Williams & Griffin, has reported flat sales and profits in the year to end January.
Aug 24, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Potential unrest at bed firm following departure of GMB shop steward
Workers at £30m bed manufacturer Vi-Spring will be balloted on strike action at the end of this week, according to a story in the Herald newspaper in Plymouth, where the company is based.
Aug 24, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Carpet firm in administration, but md insists «we have long and viable future»
Manufacturer Carpets of Kidderminster is in administration but its managing director says the company can look forward to a long future as soon as remedial action has been implemented.
Aug 24, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Household goods sales down in value terms in July
The value of the market for households goods, including furniture and floorcoverings, was down by 0.3% in July compared to the same month in 2009.
Aug 23, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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UK revenue down 11.9% for German curtain company
The British subsidiary of German curtains and upholstery fabrics company Ado saw a second successive double digit fall in sales through 2009.
Aug 23, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Sales to reach £10m this year, says office furniture company
The balance sheet value of supplier Imperial Office Furniture increased by 8.7% between 2008 and 2009 to reach £1.187m at 31st December.
Aug 23, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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UK biggest growth market for Calligaris, sales up 40%
A third year of double digit revenue growth for furniture supplier Calligaris is evidence of a huge shift in the buying tastes of the British consumer, according to the Italian producer's UK main agent.
Aug 23, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Balta creates €700m super-group with Domo Floorcoverings buy
The Balta Group is to acquire the wall to wall and carpet tile divisions of fellow Belgian business Domo Floorcoverings. Both companies export product in huge quantities to the UK residential flooring market.
Aug 22, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Hull business snaps up MFI rights and promises relaunch
The brand of collapsed furniture retailer MFI has been acquired by a Hull based family who run a suite of bathroom businesses including Victoria Plumb and Douglas James.
Aug 22, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Sofa producer sales up 3% to £12m+, but «market still weak»
Overall furniture market conditions in the UK are still extremely weak and are expected to remain so for some time to come, according to major Norwegian upholstery producer Ekornes.
Aug 19, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Caxton to guest exhibit at Long Point event next month
Cabinet brand Caxton will be among the marquee names joining Long Eaton Guild members at next month's Long Point exhibition in the East Midlands.
Aug 19, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Sales up 1.5% for Mostyn's, soft furnishing group cuts loss
Curtains and soft furnishings retailer Mostyn's sales rose by 1.5% to £7.625m to end February, helping the group reduce its pre tax loss to a shade over £64,000.
Aug 18, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
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Furniture price deflation goes up to 5.8%, says ONS
Consumers had to pay 5.8% less for furniture than they would have done in the same month last year, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data for July.
Aug 18, 2010 - FurnitureXpert.co.uk
