ScS share plunge underlines chilling downturn in furniture sales
Shares in ScS Upholstery, the furniture retailer, plunged almost 40pc today after the store group said that an unnamed credit insurer had stopped offering cover to a number of suppliers who sell sofas to the retailer.
The announcement, which relates to a technical aspect of the supply chain, is chilling evidence of the steep downturn in [...]
Fake goods and lax laws cost furniture business dear
A Manchester-based furniture supplier claims it is losing tens of thousands of pounds of business to cheap imports because of lax copyright laws.
Castlefield-based Ralph Capper Interiors Ltd is calling on the government to increase protection for designers to stop copies of design classics being sold in the UK.
It is so determined to have its voice [...]