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Britain’s biggest floor covering retailer, with 643 stores, continues to be hit by the weak UK housing market and the reluctance of cash-strapped homeowners to buy big ticket items. City analysts have all year been busy slashing full-year profit...
A number of UK retailers including Focus DIY, Oddbins, Habitat UK, Moben Kitchens’ owner Homeform, Jane Norman and TJ Hughes failed in 2011. Mothercare, Thorntons, Carpetright and Comet, have been closing outlets as the recession takes a bite out of...
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: A police officer escorts a family past a burnt out Carpetright shop in Tottenham on August 8, 2011 in London, England. Pockets of rioting and looting took place across some parts of London in the early hours of Monday... View Photo »
I am delighted that David has agreed to join Carpetright's board as an independent non-executive director. His experience and track record will enable him to make a valuable contribution to the Board.
He should have done more to keep Vince Cable under control at the Department of Business. The man is an idiot. "To be honest, I think George Osborne has done much better in power than Cameron." Lord Harris of Peckham is the chairman of the retailer...
$2.9 billion, or 36 cents, in the fourth quarter of 2010, hit by the loss of exclusive rights to sell Lipitor, its top-selling drug. Financial Times: For the full year 2012, UPS expects to earn between $4.75 and $5 per share, an increase of between 9%...
21 – and that’s compared to last year when the country was gripped by severe winter weather which put the brakes on trading across the high street. City analysts had pencilled in full year profits of between £8.8million and £11.9m but slashed this to...
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: Police stand in front of a burnt out Carpetright shop in Tottenham on August 8, 2011 in London, England. Pockets of rioting and looting took place across some parts of London in the early hours of Monday morning prompted by... View Photo »
Carpetright said sales remained volatile and sensitive to promotions, meaning profits for the year to 28 April were likely to fall short of even the most pessimistic of City forecasts. Despite the difficult weather conditions of a year ago,...
In the past three months, sales in the UK fell 4.8 per cent and same-store sales were down 0.5 per cent. The rest of Europe produced same-store sales growth of 0.3 per cent. Lord Harris of Peckham, chairman and chief executive, said that pre-tax...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: A Carpetright store burns on Tottenham High Road after being set on fire by youths protesting against the killing of a man by armed police in an attempted arrest, August 6, 2011 in London, England. Twenty-nine-year-old father-of-four Mark Duggan died August...
View Photo »HICKSTEAD, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Great Britain's Tina Fletcher riding Promised Land win The Carpetright Derby during the British Jumping Derby meeting on June 26, 2011 in Hickstead, England.
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: A police officer escorts a family past a burnt out Carpetright shop in Tottenham on August 8, 2011 in London, England. Pockets of rioting and looting took place across some parts of London in the early hours of Monday morning prompted by earlier rioting in...
View Photo »HICKSTEAD, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Great Britain's Guy Williams riding Richi Rich III finish in joint second place in The Carpetright Derby during the British Jumping Derby meeting on June 26, 2011 in Hickstead, England.
View Photo »HICKSTEAD, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Great Britain's Ronnie Healy riding Carlow Cruiser finish in joint second place in The Carpetright Derby during the British Jumping Derby meeting on June 26, 2011 in Hickstead, England.
View Photo »HICKSTEAD, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Great Britain's Michael Whitaker riding Animation II finish in joint second place in The Carpetright Derby during the British Jumping Derby meeting on June 26, 2011 in Hickstead, England.
View Photo »HICKSTEAD, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Ireland's David O'Brien riding Mo Chroi finish in joint second place in The Carpetright Derby during the British Jumping Derby meeting on June 26, 2011 in Hickstead, England.
View Photo »HICKSTEAD, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Ireland's Shane Breen riding Mullaghdrin Gold Rain finish in joint second place in The Carpetright Derby during the British Jumping Derby meeting on June 26, 2011 in Hickstead, England.
View Photo »LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JUNE 29: A general view of Liverpool store TJ Hughes which has filed an intention to appoint an administrator on June 29, 2011 in Liverpool, England. The UK's high streets continue to struggle with Habitat and Jane Norman going into administration and top retailers...
View Photo »LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JUNE 29: High Street shops try to entice customers with Summer sales as takings drop on June 29, 2011 in Liverpool, England. The UK's high streets continue to struggle with Habitat and Jane Norman going into administration and top retailers such as Thornton's, TJ...
View Photo »LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JUNE 29: A boarded up shop waits to be let on June 29, 2011 in Liverpool, England. The UK's high streets continue to struggle with Habitat and Jane Norman going into administration and top retailers such as Thornton's, TJ Hughes and Carpetright stores under threat...
View Photo »LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JUNE 29: A busker plays outside a shop to let on June 29, 2011 in Liverpool, England. The UK's high streets continue to struggle with Habitat and Jane Norman going into administration and top retailers such as Thornton's, TJ Hughes and Carpetright stores under...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: A Carpetright store burns on Tottenham High Road after being set on fire by youths protesting against the killing of a man by armed police in an attempted arrest, August 6, 2011 in London, England. Twenty-nine-year-old father-of-four Mark Duggan died August...
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