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    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      DFS warns of falling sofa demand as cost of living crisis bites

      Company pares revenue guidance as April orders dip below pre-pandemic levels

    • Monday, 14 February, 2022
      ExplainerSupply chains
      Why supply chain crisis is a ‘big’ problem for furniture

      Industry hit hard by shipping and supply problems as transport costs soar because of size of items

    • Thursday, 23 September, 2021
      DFS warns supply chain disruption to hit furniture prices

      Shipping and haulage woes add to raw material cost increases

    • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
      Sales rise a fifth at DFS as shoppers stay at home and buy sofas

      Profits for the year will be in the top half of the range of analysts’ forecasts

    • Tuesday, 25 August, 2020
      UK retail industry
      DFS remains cautious despite lockdown sales surge

      Furniture orders jump but chain warns job losses and Brexit cloud outlook

    • Monday, 24 August, 2020
      UK schools
      Boost for Johnson in efforts to get English schools open again

      Downing St confident after teaching unions and local authorities say they will not block return to classes

    • Thursday, 4 October, 2018
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      IPOs of lossmaking companies require a belief in the motives

      ‘Non-believers’ can’t be blamed for debuts of Aston Martin and Funding Circle

    • Tuesday, 22 May, 2018
      fastFTMatthew Vincent
      Opening Quote: Halfords’ new line-up; DFS’s hot seat 
    • Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Conviviality shareholders lose-lose as C&C buys into it wholesale

      C&C gets wholesale arm of collapsed rival for less than tax on two pints of Carling: £1

    • Wednesday, 28 March, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Opening Quote: Melrose fires final salvo in GKN bid battle
    • Friday, 19 January, 2018
      UK companies
      Carpetright warning sparks selling in furniture, DIY stores
    • Thursday, 5 October, 2017
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      Markets Live: Thursday, 5th October, 2017
    • Thursday, 5 October, 2017
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Opening Quote: DFS – sofa, so predictable; EN+ heads to London; ‘Ready?’
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2017
      Retail & Consumer industry
      DFS warns of challenging UK market as sales fall

      Furniture retailer blames economic outlook for ‘significant’ decline in footfall

    • Thursday, 10 August, 2017
      UK companies
      DFS profits hit by ‘very challenging market’
    • Thursday, 15 June, 2017
      UK business & economy
      DFS warns of fall in UK consumer spending
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      DFS casts wary eye on sterling and UK consumer confidence
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      DFA and ScS confident on outlook in spite of possible cost increases following fall in pound

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