Tag Archives: Dunelm

Dunelm Christmas sales grow by 18%

Dunelm delivered sales of £478m in the 13-week period ended 31 December 2022 which was 18% higher than last year, and 48% up from pre-pandemic levels. Nick Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer, said: “We have delivered another strong performance and the relevance of Dunelm’s value offering has really come to the …

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Dunelm provides positive update

Dunelm Group has provided an update on its current trading performance and financial position for the year to 27 June 2020.  Restarting operations Dunelm closed both stores and online on 24 March and over the last three months have gradually re-opened all of its operations in a phased and controlled manner. …

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Dunelm resumes trading online

After closing all of its retail operations in March, Dunelm has now restarted its online business Dunelm.com after implementing changes to comply with government social distancing guidelines. After a phased restart of the online business, the company is said to be fully operational, with the exception of some two-man delivery …

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Dunelm: update on current trading and coronavirus

In light of the rapidly changing developments regarding COVID-19, homeware chain Dunelm has issued the following update (which will replace its third quarter trading statement): ‘We have been working closely with our colleagues to assess the risks that they and our customers were facing from the COVID-19 outbreak across our …

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Dunelm matchmakes with First Dates in new partnership

Channel 4 has announced a year-long partnership with Dunelm that will see the homeware retailer sponsor the broadcaster’s award-winning dating series ‘First Dates’, ‘First Dates Hotel’ and ‘First Dates Abroad’. The partnership marks the first time that Dunelm has sponsored Channel 4 content. Channel 4 said: ‘As one of the …

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Dunelm sponsors ITV’s This Morning show

Homeware chain Dunelm is sponsoring ITV daytime magazine show ‘This Morning’ for a year. The programme, fronted by Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, features a series of broadcast idents which showcase Dunelm products, along with licensing, digital activity and branded content collaborations. Dunelm has introduced a dedicated This Morning hub …

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Dunelm Group posts 9% growth in second quarter

Homeware retailer Dunelm Group has reported sales growth of 9% for the second quarter (the 13 weeks ending December 29). In the period, like-for-like store sales increased by 5.7% year-on-year and online sales rose by 37.9%. These results mean that the company expects its first half pre-tax profits to be …

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Dunelm CFO Keith Down set to step down

Dunelm announced today (Tuesday February 20) that its chief financial officer (CFO) Keith Down will step down in June to take up a role closer to his family home. Keith said: “I have enjoyed my time at Dunelm. The business has made great progress during the last few years and …

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Dunelm posts ‘good progress’ in first half and disposes of Achica

Homeware chain Dunelm today (Tuesday February 20) revealed like-for-like sales growth of 6% and total sales growth of 18.4% for the 26 weeks to 30 December 2017. Chairman Andy Harrison commented: “We have made good strategic progress in the first half, best highlighted by the 36.8% like-for-like growth in our …

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Dunelm appoints new chief executive

Homeware chain Dunelm has announced the appointment of Nick Wilkinson as its new chief executive, with effect from February 1. He succeeds John Browett, who stepped down from the role in early September for personal reasons. Nick has extensive retail experience across a number of consumer brands, most recently as …

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