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  • Wickes: Brits still holding back on big-ticket items as DIY goods preferred

    July 31, 2024

    Wickes reported a mixed set of results for the half of the year, with consumers still unwilling to spend on big-ticket items but happy to buy DIY retail goods. Overall group sales fell by 3.4 per cent in the 26 weeks to June 29 at the London-listed company. Revenue in the second quarter fell by [...]

  • Londonmetric sells off £30m of former LXi assets following ‘mega-merger’

    May 30, 2024

    Property firm Londonmetric has sold more than £30m worth of retail units, including an Asda supermarket and two former Cazoo showrooms.

  • Wickes announces fall in overall sales, guidance unchanged

    May 1, 2024

    Retail sales rose by 0.6 per cent in the period, making it a year of positive retail sales growth for Wickes. The group said retail sales were driven by increased transactions rather than inflationary prices. 

  • Wickes chief gets inflation-busting pay rise after ‘proving himself’

    March 21, 2024

    The chief executive of Wickes has been handed an inflation-busting pay rise after 'proving himself' in the role.

  • Wickes plots expansion in home solar energy market after slight profit boost in 2023

    March 19, 2024

    Pretax profit in 2023 was slightly higher than 2022, rising to £41.1m from £40.3m.

  • Wickes returns to ‘volume growth’ and ‘on track’ trading expectations after two year hiatus

    November 3, 2023

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