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Dunelm profits set to beat expectations

Dobbies posts increase in full year sales and profit
Dobbies Garden Centre Group saw its sales increase by 12% to £166 million in the year to 24 February. On a like-for like basis sales were... View Article

Heal’s to open Chiswick outlet store
Furniture retailer Heal’s is to open a new outlet store on London’s Chiswick High Road next week. Due to launch on 3 December, the 2,080 square... View Article

ScS trading in line with expectations
ScS, the upholstered furniture and floorings retailer, has said its business is trading in line with expectations with like-for-like order intake down 7.1% in the 17... View Article

IKEA invests £200 million in speeding up work to become climate positive
IKEA is investing €200 million in speeding up its work to become climate positive by 2030. The funds will be used to help the furniture and... View Article

Wilko Retail appoints head of design
Wilko has hired Alexei Cowan in the newly created role of head of design. Cowan will be responsible for establishing a dedicated product design function within... View Article

Kingfisher third quarter trading ‘disappointing’
Kingfisher, the owner of B&Q and Screwfix, saw its like-for-like sales fall by 3.7% in its third quarter The retailer said the decline was due to... View Article

Made.com opens newly designed ‘instapartment’ in Amsterdam
Made.com has opened an apartment above its Amsterdam store to enable it to showcase its product range in the context of a real home. The apartment... View Article

Steinhoff to sell Bensons for Beds and Harveys to Alteri Investors
Steinhoff has agreed to sell Blue Group, the owner of the Bensons for Beds and Harveys retail brands, to Alteri Investors. The company has owned the... View Article

Carpetright agrees terms of takeover by Meditor
Carpetright has agreed the terms of a takeover by its biggest shareholder Meditor. In a statement, the carpet and flooring retailer said the deal would see... View Article

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