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Is Amazon becoming the UK’s top DIY retailer?

New data suggests that Amazon will overtake Kingfisher as the UK’s biggest DIY retailer by 2026.

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Strong first half for Travis Perkins Group driven by home improvements boom

Travis Perkins Group has reported a strong improvement in its financial performance in the first half of 2021 compared with the same period in 2020.

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Homebase opens second dedicated kitchen and bathroom store

Home and DIY giant Homebase is to open three small-format stores in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey.

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Homebase up for sale again

DIY chain Homebase has been put up for sale by owners Hilco Capital following a successful turnaround period for the brand.

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Strong Q2 sees Kingfisher half-year profits up by 62%

The Kingfisher group, which owns B&Q and Screwfix, has delivered “resilient” results for the six months to July 31, with overall pre-tax profits up 62.4%.

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Could Wickes be up for sale?

Travis Perkins has suggested that Wickes could be put up for sale as part of efforts to simplify the group’s structure and improve earnings.

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Homebase.co.uk voted ‘worst online shop’ in Which? survey

Homebase.co.uk was voted the worst online shop in a Which? annual survey of 10,000 internet shoppers in the UK.

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‘Kitchen and bathroom orders recovering,’ says Wickes

Retail chain Wickes has reported “continued volume declines” in its core DIY and kitchen and bathrooms showroom categories, according to third-quarter figures from parent company Travis Perkins.

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B&Q showroom sales fall in first half of the year

B&Q showroom sales fell during the first half of its financial year to end of July as the DIY chain failed to benefit from the problems at rival Homebase.

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New chief executive for B&Q

Kingfisher veteran and former Screwfix boss Graham Bell has been appointed as new chief executive of B&Q UK and Ireland, effective October 1.

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Homebase rescue plan approved

Homebase “confident” about the future as creditors overwhelmingly approved its rescue plan that will shut 42 of its stores – about a fifth of the portfolio it had at the end of May.

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Homebase to axe ‘a quarter of stores’

The owner of loss-making DIY chain Homebase is set to announce the closure of about a quarter of its 249 stores, according to Sky News.

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Wickes screws down costs as earnings hammered

Wickes head office staff has been cut by a third as the bargain hunters’ showroom shed is blasted by the ‘Beast from the East’ and weak consumer sentiment

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Bathroom spending to hit ‘almost £700m’ by 2022

Increasing demand for turnkey bathroom solutions will underpin growth for bathroom retailers over the next few years, a new report has suggested.

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Homeowners rely on bank of mum and dad for renovations

Homeowners are using their parents to finance home prchases and improvements, new research has found.

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Go Banana the ‘Amazon for building supplies’

Go Banana has launched as the UK’s first comparison website for building and DIY supplies.

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