LOGISTICS
Web relaunch for Cranleigh/DHD
CABINET
Ex-Wood Bros md joins Nathan
Simon Gilbert to spearhead freestanding cabinet range.
VIEWPOINT
Interiors Trends
Designer Hugh Elliott offers an independent analysis of cabinet trends at Interiors 2010.
Latest Furniture distributor sales up 25% to £8.1m; Profits rise four-fold
West Midlands importer and distributor Heartlands Furniture made a £0.99m pre tax profit in the year to 31st May as sales rose by a quarter.
Marketing Sofa firm to open 7th UK showroom next month
Yorkshire upholstery supplier Vale Bridgecraft will open its seventh regional showroom in Warrington on 1st April.
Logistics Contract supplier consolidates furniture offer; Partners DHL
One of the UK's largest office supplies distributors is to consolidate its furniture offer into a central warehouse in Lutterworth to improve its delivery service.
M&A DFS £500m sale decision close as private equity mull final bids
DFS founder Lord Kirkham may decide within the next few days whether or not to sell his upholstery retail chain to private equity groups including Permira and Cinven.
Retail Fire causes serious damage to Scottish furniture independent
Independent furniture retailer Beale & Pyper has had its Morayshire showroom ravaged by fire.
Retail Pro-British Ask If It Is campaign pays off for London retailer Quilters
Independent says furniture affiliated to the pro-British campaign outperformed all others in the past four months.
Events Central Hall now full at MFS
The signing of upholstery supplier Ashley Manor completes line up of exhibitors in main exhibition hall at the Manchester Furniture Show.
Retail Aldiss order pipeline £0.9m ahead; Profits return expected
Norfolk retailer believes focus on furniture will provide profits return.
Legal MDF Design in administration
Made to measure furniture supplier MDF Design has appointed the Manchester office of corporate recovery firm Begbies Traynor as administrator.
Retail UK half year sales flat for Bensons & Harveys parent Steinhoff
Six-month sales climb half of one per cent to £336.25m in the UK for Steinhoff.
Retail Leather sofas from £49 as top independent readies £5m stock sell-off
Lee Longlands writes to customers inviting them to private view of £5m stock clearance from a number of its core stores. Vows to sell leather sofas from £49 and divan beds as cheap as £34.
Events London Furniture Show postponed; Too few exhibitors signed
The md of Insight Exhibitions has confirmed the postponement of the inaugural London Furniture Show for a second year.
Retail Danish furniture giant puts down £2.45m marker for its UK operation
One of the world's largest furniture retailers posted sales of £2.45m in its first full year of trading from its four UK stores.
Beds No troubled waters for £40m chain as bed sales help it to 18% uplift
Soft furnishings retailer Paul Simon says a full year of bed sales helped it grow turnover by almost a fifth in the year to 31st May.
Retail Growth in online retail sales falls to lowest level since records began
Year on year growth in online retail sales slowed to 5% in January, the smallest like for like rise in the history of the e-Retail Sales Index, a monthly study carried out by consultancies IMRG and Capgemini.
Archive Review of 2009; Top stories from the past 12 months
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FLOORING
CF rebrands retailers as members
Carpet Foundation to phase out the use of Registered Specialist name and logo.
FLOORING
Carpet trade in 25% target
Flooring retailers and manufacturers to unveil action plan for reducing waste sent to landfill.
LEGALS
Cresta Furniture in administration
The Manchester office of PKF in charge after Preston retailer falls into administration.
SPECIAL REPORT
The UK's greenest furniture firm?
A report on the changes made to the factory at Westbridge Furniture - Marks & Spencer's chief upholstery supplier.
BEDS
Growth at £14m bed supplier
Burnley bed manufacturer Sweet Dreams to take on more staff following positive start to year.
SUPPLY
G-Plan to roll out POS package
Sofa manufacturer to extend new point of sale package after a successful trial at Bristol independent.