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Home, furniture and DIY retail news, covering new stores, showrooms, ranges and partnerships from homeware brands and home improvement retailers.

Homebase clicks refresh on new website

Homebase, the UK's home and garden experts, today reveals its transformed website. Created in partnership with THG plc’s end-to-end e-commerce division THG Ingenuity, the...
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ScS pledges £1.3m furlough repayment after record first half

ScS vowed to return some of the furlough money it has claimed from the Government as the sofa seller swung to a profit in...

Starbucks launch flagship store on JD.com

Starbucks, the world’s largest coffeehouse chain, launched a flagship store on JD.com on March 3. The online store is bringing Chinese consumers the brand’s new...

Habitat appoints Organic to drive SEO capabilities

Digital agency Organic today announces its appointment by British heritage furniture and interior retailer Habitat, to manage the brand’s SEO. The news comes following the...

The Garden Trading Company acquired by premium British brand Joules in £12.5m deal

Law firm BDB Pitmans has acted in the sale of Oxfordshire-based The Garden Trading Company Limited (“Garden Trading”) to the Joules Group plc (“Joules”). Joules,...

Card Factory launches new customer App

Greeting cards retailer Card Factory has launched a new app to allow customers to easily access their extensive online product range including thousands of...

Majority of Paperchase High Street stores could be saved

High street stationery chain Paperchase could be salvaged this week in a pre-pack rescue deal led by private equity giant Permira. According to Sky News...

Boohoo buys Debenhams brand for £55m but all physical locations to close

Fashion retailer Boohoo Group has paid £55m to acquire the brand of Debenhams - the deal includes the brand name, in-house brands, intellectual property...

Bensons makes first move to using all-electric vehicles

Bensons for Beds is to start making deliveries with all-electric vehicles as part of its journey to becoming a net zero emissions retailer by...

Oak Furnitureland appoints new Chief Financial Officer

Oak Furnitureland, the UK retailer of solid wood furniture, has announced the appointment of Emily Tate as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective...

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